New for 1912!!!

[c.o.]

This pre-16 forum has been a little slow as of late and I thought I would share a couple ads from my recently acquired issue of Motorcycling dated November 2, 1911. I can never get enough of this stuff and I'm amazed at the high quality of the magazine. My scans however may not be as great. I'm going to have to go the way of jurassic and get on one of those photo hosting sites. Here goes..............

[c.o.]

Well it sorta worked.......... I really like this one........ Park your horse and buy a Thor!!

[c.o.]

Here's a shot of H-D's newly acquired property by the tracks........ I seperated the photo and text to make it fit..............

[c.o.]

Oh, and here's a pretty crappy scan of the new Yale......... wow color!!

[exeric]

That's great stuff Cory. The ad about getting rid of the horse is interesting. I have a friend who is a horse and buggy driver/historian. She made the comment that by 1912 the horse to motor vehicle ratio was about 50/50. I didn't ask but I would guess she refered to working horses. What an uncertain time that must have been and especially worrying to older people who saw motorcycles and cars as a threat to their more gentle way of life. Henry Ford is credited with saying that he didn't know if the automobile would be a blessing or a curse to humanity. I have to say that cars and motorcycles were a blessing to all of the beasts of burden that didn't always have a kind and caring master. . . . And future motorheads like us.

[c.o.]

No kidding Eric, I'm sure there were a lot of scepticle and utterly disgusted folks with dim views on the new contraptions. Here's an Excelsior ad..........

[c.o.]

A few more..............

[Chuck#1848]

Here is a photo that I found on the wall at the Fry brothers Turkey Ranch Restaurant on route 15 in Pennsylvania this Indian delivery sidecar rig was used to deliver their product (turkeys) to customers in and around the area


I always make it a point to stop there for something to eat they have some good food there and stopped on my way back from Oley in 2008

[Chuck#1848]

August 10 1911 ad for the new HD's getting........10 miles for a cent!

Also the ad goes on to say that this is the most durable since making them NINE years ago

[c.o.]

So Chuck, whaddya figure, does he really have meat in the hack or is he hauling some of that ol' home brew?