1940 Crocker Special

Drove up to Wheels Through Time today to see Dale Walksler's wonderful collection of vintage motorcycles. I asked him to fire up the Crocker and he obliged and did one of his famous burnouts through the museum--much to the crowd's delight.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Crocker
• Special
• Harley
• Indian
• Wheels
• Throught
• Time

[TheTwistedGypsy]

thats what I hate about harleys...there harder to get going then my menopausal wife.....but it sure looks nice...lol

[Gary7even]

@TheTwistedGypsy

Uh...the bike in the video is a Crocker, not a Harley. But that's still not bad for a 75 year old bike that hadn't been started in two months.

[hoschist]

This bike kicks any period Harley oder Indians ass!!!

[Gary7even]

Yep. A 61 inch Knucklehead of the time put out about 40 horsepower. The 61 inch Crocker put out 60 horsepower. No comparison.

[jaratt85]

how odd it almost idles like a bonnieville.. when he lets it idle

[downallyourstreets]

imagine the Mad Max bike gang riding up as he's taking a year to kick that engine over

[superbradthestrong]

what a bike what a page in history still offends me, the tool that thought it was a harley the day i see one in the flesh so to speak ...............yeah blah blah fading into the distance still rambling about how cool crockers are thats me

[jcthawaii]

@TheTwistedGypsy Dumbass, no clue what your looking at or talking about.

[wsbill14224]

It looks and sound sweet! It looks long too. Good stability at speed!

[schlusselmensch]

@EnemyKnown Found a picture of the bobber. No front brake? With that lovely engine? Gimme a break! I'd be in hospital within an hour.

[EnemyKnown]

@schlusselmensch Don't really care for the fakers either. The only reason I bought the rag was for the Crocker pictures and the little bit of info otherwise it would have stayed on the rack.

[schlusselmensch]

@EnemyKnown I can't get past the cover of Easyrider, the huge fake tits really put me off. I'm a purist. I am amazed that Crocker didn't come up with a rear suspension, he was obviously a very clever bugger.

I'll try to find a picture of the bobber on the net, for sure.

[EnemyKnown]

@schlusselmensch If this vid. is any indication it should be one hell of a ride. I don't know if you've heard of motorcycle sculpter Jeff Decker. He made a beautiful looking Crocker bobber. He did out of a basketcase Crocker that would have cost way to much to bring back to stock. I saw it in the Jan. 06 issue of easyrider.

[schlusselmensch]

@EnemyKnown Dragon's teeth? I got some of those! Don't you mean rocking horse shit? A know a guy with a Crocker, I hope he doesn't sell it before I go to pick up a car I bought from him. I think I need to ride one.