More Crocker info....

[c.o.]

I found this info and figured some folks may be interested.... http://www.ticochoppers.com/foro0104...7c6c801c57b83a

Barry, your a quick reader.... whaddya think?

At the bottom of the page there are some great pictures of Jeff Decker's bike.... bare bones with no extras........ just the way a custom sickle should be.......

[wideglide38]

Cory, Great read & the scoot photos are amazing! Thanks for posting.
William,
AMCA 10035

[c.o.]

No problem. I'm glad you enjoyed it....

[Barry Brown]

plenty of plagiarized inaccurate hyperbole that I have heard many times before. Crockers have become the most over rated bike of all time.

[c.o.]

I figured as much. It's an interesting read but like you said there's a lot of b.s. floating around about the Crocker. It's the mystique man! There just wasn't a whole lot of them made and they are a stout enough machine to be noticed when one does pop up. I'm still a fan but I'm also a little more skeptical of the "legend" now. As a youngster I dreamed of having one but that thought was finally dashed after the Half Moon Bay deal..... they exploded exponentially in the dinero department..... Yikes can a sickle be worth the kind of money they are fetching? That was a loaded question folks we've beat values to death on this forum already.......

[exeric]

I agree with Barry, and he should know. The Crocker is a great bike and deserves to be held in high esteem but I consider other bikes of the time to be more technically developed, and just better looking. Certain objects have that "certain something" that makes them stand out and apparently Crockers have "it".

[c.o.]

Gosh they are cool though.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_liJ...eature=related

[c.o.]

I recall a conversation about this machine......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY2MH...eature=related

[Barry Brown]

there is not one bloody original Crocker part on that thing! It's an INDIAN with a home made ohv conversion NOT a Crocker! It should be called a "DECEPTION 101"

[Chris Haynes]

I am certainlly no expert but I have been told that Crocker made OHV conversions for Indians. Any truth to it?

[Barry Brown]

yes he did but that particular one is a repop of a repop. I know it well. there have been many other 3rd and so on generation repops of these.

[c.o.]

There's an article on Dave Minerva's Big Tank in the latest issue of Hemmings. I guess I should clarify....there are pictures of Dave's machine in the article. It's the regular well told Crocker story and not much of anything on the bike pictured. I sure would like to hear more on that machine (it was featured in the Spring issue of the club mag). It's got to have the most character of any Crocker I've ever seen. It's his philosophy that I like the best about the club article. quote "As Dave fires up the bike, a spectator wanders by, obviously impressed to see such a rare machine being put to use. "What's it valued at?" he asks. Dave blips the throttle a few times, and the race edged sound of his 68-year old hot-rod brings a smile to his face. "Doesn't matter," he responds. end quote.

Since I'm not likely to get my hands on one in this lifetime, what's it like to ride one Barry?