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[duffeycycles]

Yes & Ray was pissed when HD set his mechanic up with a dealership.
Ray never talked to Mike again even tho Mike never sold a bike to anybody anywhere near Mad City

[duffeycycles]

Too Cool Badger !!! Mike Wilson was trained at Madison HD & was an HD sponsored dealer to get a new dealership in Eastern Iowa

[duffeycycles]

Erwin "Smitty" Smith Tri City Motors

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[T. Cotten]

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....Cotten

[duffeycycles]

Cedar Rapids Iowa dealers 1910-1912

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[Tommo]

And a bit of fun 1914 style IMG_20230719_0009.jpg

[Tommo]

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[Tommo]

I've been asked to do some research using my "MotorCycle" magazine collection from the 1912 to 1914 period and thought the American content I'm coming across deserved to be shared.
I find it a bit ironic that as a Harley guy I'm putting so much Indian stuff up but them's the breaks.
I'll post the text first and add the photos in the next post because whenever I include both in one post the text gets all mixed up

[Steve Swan]

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[Steve Swan]

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[Steve Swan]

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[Steve Swan]

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[Steve Swan]

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[Steve Swan]

i collect 1927 JD literature 20230719_190603.jpg20230719_190710.jpg20230719_190614.jpg

[Tommo]

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