What is this

[jmanjeff]

Some one posted this on georges antique motorcycle I know some one here can help this guy out

[fabercycle]

It's Eddie Munster on a motorcycle.

[Ohio-Rider]

No Fair. Thats what I was going to say. LOL

[jmanjeff]

funny guys no one know what the bike is

[T. Cotten]

It's an awesome photo, and I regret that I haven't a clue,... But I really wonder why he has two different shoes on.
(The Mennonite ladies in my region wear ones like he has on his left foot.)

...Cotten

[Paps]

One shoe for balancing. One shoe for brakes.

[exeric]

I'm going to go way out on a limb. I think it's a home built bike from a few makes. The frame and tank looks like an Indian light weight from about 1910, with a section job on the tank. It looks like a Yale was a major donor to this project. I think the fork is a Yale fork with a truss added and a spring arrangement that was probably inspired by a Sager attachment. The handlebars look like early Yale bars which would logically fit the fork. Also, the rear stand is very similar to a Yale stand. I think the motor is Yale too. I would imagine that building bikes like this was not uncommon in the early days. People were less wasteful and much more resourceful, and without the disraction of the boob tube, projects like this were entertainment.

[exeric]

I believe his shoes are the classic hob nail boot. Very stiff leather and made to last.

[William McClean]

This is the legendary ShoeBooty model produced by Florsheim Manufacturing for advertisement. They also built a hillclimber.

[JohnR]

Seems to have a drive chain on each side of the rear wheel?

[exeric]

The chain on the right side of the motorcycle is the pedal start assembly. The chain on the left would go to a jack shaft which may have the clutch, or it has a motor clutch mounted directly to the sprocket shaft. Or, it may not have a clutch and you have to stop the motor when you stop the bike which is real early motorcycle technology and quite outdated by the time this bike was running around.