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Old Jan 6, 2023 | 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by piasspj
Add 107 years of repair and maintenance fees to that. Figure storage costs as well. Honestly what would they be worth today if you paid that much and then left them sit outside (at least in most areas).
That’s what most people did, which is why there’s so few of them left and why the few left cost do much now.
 
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The previous owner of my 41 UH bought the bike for $25 in 1964 after haggling the seller down from $30.
 
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I will hazard a guess that classifieds clipping is out of Grand Rapids Michigan, I recognize the street names. Do you know the newspaper name is it from?

I found a 1915 clipping from the Detroit Free Press mentioning that the Grand Rapids MC held a two-day endurance run of 425 miles in length held on July 31 - Aug 1. Coincidence that July 31 is the date of your classifieds clipping.
 

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Originally Posted by badger34
I will hazard a guess that classifieds clipping is out of Grand Rapids Michigan, I recognize the street names. Do you know the newspaper name is it from?

I found a 1915 clipping from the Detroit Free Press mentioning that the Grand Rapids MC held a two-day endurance run of 425 miles in length held on July 31 - Aug 1. Coincidence that July 31 is the date of your classifieds clipping.
Thats a good guess. Do not know the name of the paper, friend of mine found it in a wall on a remodel project. The pages were in bad shape, these 2 pieces were pretty much all that was salvageable.
 
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