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This is a 1903 Indian motorcycle which is claimed to be the oldest-known unrestored example in existence. I laugh that electric bicycles are becoming the rage now when these were made back in the early 1900’s.  This is nothing more than a motorized bicycle, the 1.75-horsepower Indian. It was owned by the late Charlie Alder, Jr., who passed away last year. His carpenter father obtained it through a $50 barter in 1950, when he discovered it hanging on the wall of a dentist’s office, unused since 1920. Sadly it has spent most of its life in storage, although it has been taken … Continue reading →