If I remember correctly, it sold for $18K but this was 5-6 years ago.
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if you look closer you can see the faded olive green. or i guess it was olive green. one book i found had 3 color options, olive green,pea green and another shade of green . the bike was painted without any dissassemby. the bottom and inside of tank still have a lot of paint on them.
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Originally posted by joebiker View Postif you look closer you can see the faded olive green. or i guess it was olive green. one book i found had 3 color options, olive green,pea green and another shade of green . the bike was painted without any dissassemby. the bottom and inside of tank still have a lot of paint on them.Eric Smith
AMCA #886
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1918 Military models had flat fenders.Be sure to visit;
http://www.vintageamericanmotorcycles.com/main.php
Be sure to register at the site so you can see large images.
Also be sure to visit http://www.caimag.com/forum/
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I don't think the flat fender is a hard fast rule for Military bikes of 1918. The flat fender was an option for civilian '18s and I think it was something that just came about because of muddy roads, and not necessarily a military specification. Again, I could be wrong.
I can't say if these bikes are 1918s, but they are at least '17s, and could very well be 18s. America went into WW1 in April of 1917, and we were done in Nov. of '18 so we were in it for about a year and one half.
Eric Smith
AMCA #886
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I think what joe means is the olive green overpaint of the original paint?
I would suggest to very carefully clean off the olive green overpaint to get the original paint out.
An original paint like this will be is very fagile and will maybe suffer a lot from doing the Cannonball and from modifications like most participants of the run do on their bikes. That hurts if a bike is that good from the beginning. I think it is better to use a bike not that good as a start for a CB bike (but this is my very personal thought)
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