Home Invasion - Stolen 1914 Cyclone Racer

DiIullo
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2/7/2012 7:15pm Edited Date/Time 2/9/2012 2:58pm
Shouldn't be hard to spot, Spread the word...


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EastFlorida
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2/7/2012 7:32pm
I absolutely hate a thief... I'll rat one out any chance I get. I wish I cold help and I wish you the best getting it back..
Cigaro
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2/7/2012 7:46pm
Wow! That's nice. I hope you find it..
ocscottie
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2/7/2012 7:53pm
Damn Sean, that sounds really f'ed up!! "Armed robbers tied up my parents and proceeded to steal two motorcycles from my families collection"

I hope they catch those jackholes and make them slowly (painfully) pay for it.
500guy
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2/7/2012 7:58pm
Fucking Cowards, I hope they catch them and torture them.

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Tim507
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2/7/2012 8:01pm
My guess is that this a contract job and the bikes have gone underground or out of countrySad
TerryK
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2/7/2012 8:02pm
I'm betting that's a job commissioned by a collector that will pay whatever it takes to have a certain item in his collection. Bet they are already in a different country. They are unique bikes and can't be sold or even shown in public.
Motoxdoc
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2/7/2012 8:02pm
What city was it stolen in? Where should I start looking?
TerryK
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2/7/2012 8:02pm
Tim507 wrote:
My guess is that this a contract job and the bikes have gone underground or out of countrySad
Damn, beat me by mere seconds! Tongue
Tim507
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2/7/2012 8:06pm
Tim507 wrote:
My guess is that this a contract job and the bikes have gone underground or out of countrySad
TerryK wrote:
Damn, beat me by mere seconds! Tongue
I when I choose to race I can still get the hole shotSmile . As far as the thieves, we are definetly on the same page at the same moment!
DiIullo
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2/7/2012 8:50pm
This happened in Bel Air, CA. The're not my bikes, but a friend of a friend and just helping get the word out. I agree it must be a contract job of some kind. The bike is amazing I just read it was purchased in 2008 for over 500K.

It might not help, but it definitely wont hurt to share the info...


Side note: when new in 1914 it had 5.5:1 compression and the thing made 45hp...!
TerryK
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DiIullo wrote:
This happened in Bel Air, CA. The're not my bikes, but a friend of a friend and just helping get the word out. I agree it...
This happened in Bel Air, CA. The're not my bikes, but a friend of a friend and just helping get the word out. I agree it must be a contract job of some kind. The bike is amazing I just read it was purchased in 2008 for over 500K.

It might not help, but it definitely wont hurt to share the info...


Side note: when new in 1914 it had 5.5:1 compression and the thing made 45hp...!
Only 8 in known existence? Definitely a contracted theft.
DanDunes818
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2/7/2012 9:05pm
Wow.. That is one hell of a machine. Hope it is somehow returned to its owner.
NeWskoolmxer
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2/7/2012 9:07pm
To bad if they catch them they will most likely get little prison time.......Shame.
mjskier
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2/7/2012 9:38pm
Is there a serial number or other way to identify it?
TDeath21
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2/7/2012 9:49pm
Son of a fucking bitch. I hate thieves. I doubt this bike makes its way to Missouri but if it does I'll be sure to remember it. This deserves a sticky.
2/7/2012 9:55pm
mjskier wrote:
Is there a serial number or other way to identify it?
my daddy always told me there was no such thing as a stupid question....lmmfao...he had more shit than Carter had liver pills
mjskier
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2/7/2012 10:11pm
mjskier wrote:
Is there a serial number or other way to identify it?
my daddy always told me there was no such thing as a stupid question....lmmfao...he had more shit than Carter had liver pills
I'm glad this made you laugh, but seriously, to me this is just an old bike with a pretty color scheme.
And the color isn't that original either unless this poster used the same bike.

http://www.amazon.com/Cyclone-Racer-Photographic-Poster-Clifton/dp/B001J9OCWI

Is it the bike or yet another yellow old bike?

http://thevintagent.blogspot.com/2008/05/1914-cyclone-for-sale.html
2/7/2012 10:39pm
mjskier wrote:
Is there a serial number or other way to identify it?
my daddy always told me there was no such thing as a stupid question....lmmfao...he had more shit than Carter had liver pills
mjskier wrote:
I'm glad this made you laugh, but seriously, to me this is just an old bike with a pretty color scheme. And the color isn't that...
I'm glad this made you laugh, but seriously, to me this is just an old bike with a pretty color scheme.
And the color isn't that original either unless this poster used the same bike.

http://www.amazon.com/Cyclone-Racer-Photographic-Poster-Clifton/dp/B001J9OCWI

Is it the bike or yet another yellow old bike?

http://thevintagent.blogspot.com/2008/05/1914-cyclone-for-sale.html
I'm fairly certain that is the exactly correct bike

And there are only 6 known in the world, so I'd say there are decent odds it could be the one in the poster too
2/8/2012 12:58am
That's a great shame,a bike like that looks a classic case of stolen to order,what as awesome machine,there can't be many of those dirt track bikes left in existance
motogrady
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2/8/2012 5:02am
Hanging around the fringe of the vintage/antique scene, I always thought
many of those guys were, well, just paranoid.

Hide them in the basement, hang them in the attic, "don't mention the address, internet thieves will googleearth it
and steal it", yeah, right.

Sadly, stuff like this makes me kinda agree with them.
2/8/2012 5:30am
I'm fairly certain that is the exactly correct bike And there are only 6 known in the world, so I'd say there are decent odds it...
I'm fairly certain that is the exactly correct bike

And there are only 6 known in the world, so I'd say there are decent odds it could be the one in the poster too
I ran the math for you and the odds are 1/6.
426Hemi
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2/8/2012 6:41am
Sad to hear, but that looks like a cool bike.
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2/8/2012 7:17am
mjskier wrote:
I'm glad this made you laugh, but seriously, to me this is just an old bike with a pretty color scheme. And the color isn't that...
I'm glad this made you laugh, but seriously, to me this is just an old bike with a pretty color scheme.
And the color isn't that original either unless this poster used the same bike.

http://www.amazon.com/Cyclone-Racer-Photographic-Poster-Clifton/dp/B001J9OCWI

Is it the bike or yet another yellow old bike?

http://thevintagent.blogspot.com/2008/05/1914-cyclone-for-sale.html
I was down at my local Cyclone dealer yesterday and they had at least 10 of these yellow Cyclone's in stock. Smile
TerryK
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2/8/2012 7:31am
motogrady wrote:
Hanging around the fringe of the vintage/antique scene, I always thought many of those guys were, well, just paranoid. Hide them in the basement, hang them...
Hanging around the fringe of the vintage/antique scene, I always thought
many of those guys were, well, just paranoid.

Hide them in the basement, hang them in the attic, "don't mention the address, internet thieves will googleearth it
and steal it", yeah, right.

Sadly, stuff like this makes me kinda agree with them.
Not a far stretch when there are only 8 in existence and this one was purchased for $520,000 and probably insured for 1/3 more than that.
Mini Elsinore
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2/8/2012 12:00pm
Those bikes are likely now resident in one of the BRIC countries....... Russia or China would be my guess....
mjskier
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2/8/2012 1:32pm
NetMXer wrote:
I was down at my local Cyclone dealer yesterday and they had at least 10 of these yellow Cyclone's in stock. Smile
Wrong cyclone dealer?

SMS
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2/9/2012 11:13am
The engine serial # is 1040 A in case anyone starts running across parts.

In the posts above, the stolen Gilbert bike is not the same one that is in the Mid-America auction sale ad that sold for $500k+. Look at the shape of the frame in the two photos... The Gilbert bike was Blick Wolters' race bike back in the day and it is a Cyclone engine mounted in a Harley frame with a Merkel fork, a popular combo back in the 20's. The one in the sale ad was a Steve Mcqueen bike awhile back. (Way before this recent sale)

Actually there are 12 known Cyclones and/or Cyclone engines out there, a few of the street versions and a few of the race ones. Gilbert's bike had one of the rarer ported cylinder engines built by the factory for the race effort. Maybe 300 of them were built between 1914-1916, few obviously survived war surplus metal drives and time.





Thanks all for helping to spread the word.
mjskier
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2/9/2012 2:22pm
the stolen Gilbert bike is not the same one that is in the Mid-America auction sale ad that sold for $500k+

Yes, that was a rhetorical question. There are a lot more differences than just the frame. (tank, pedals...)
Thanks for the engine number. Maybe it'll prevent somebody from beating up some poor guy just because he has a yellow Cyclone... Laughing
jtomasik
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2/9/2012 2:51pm
Wow. How terrible. Glad your parents are ok. Hope you get the bikes back.
TerryK
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2/9/2012 2:58pm
jtomasik wrote:
Wow. How terrible. Glad your parents are ok. Hope you get the bikes back.
Exactly. We almost lost the fact that these folks probably suffered a terribly scary ordeal. I hope they are doing well.

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