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The 1942 Crocker Big-Tank Twin motorcycle being presented by Gooding & Company. - Credit: Brian Henniker, courtesy of Gooding & Company. Brian Henniker, courtesy of Gooding & Company.
The Crocker Motorcycle Company is an American manufacturer, based in Los Angeles, California, founded by Albert Crocker.Located at 1346 Venice Blvd, Crocker produced a series of kits and whole motorcycles between 1931 and 1941: an overhead-valve conversion kit for the Indian 101 Scout motor (1932), a single-cylinder speedway racer (1934), powerful V-twin road motorcycles (1936–40), and the ...
In Los Angeles, Crocker moved into a former furniture store on 1346 Venice Blvd to sell and repair used motorcycles. [3] Al Crocker and Paul Bigsby in 1931 introduced a dirt track racing motorcycle. [citation needed] Crocker invented the Crocker 30–50 cu in (490–820 cc) single-cylinder speedway bike.
Previous models have sold for the cost of 10 Harley bikes!
The Crocker family was a wealthy American family based in California. Its fortune was primarily earned through the entrepreneurship of Charles Crocker , a tycoon who co-founded the Central Pacific Railroad [ 1 ] and acquired a controlling interest in the Southern Pacific Railroad system.
The California quail is the official state bird of California. This list of birds of California is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species seen naturally in the U.S. state of California as determined by the California Bird Records Committee (CBRC). [1] Additional accidental and hypothetical species have been added from different sources.
Birds make some very unique sounds, and the screaming Piha is no exception. The San Diego Zoo shared a video on Wednesday, June 19th of what it sounds like, and you've got to hear it to believe.
Ron Simms is an American custom motorcycle builder, operating his business, Simms Custom Cycles, in Hayward, California. Simms has been building custom motorcycles for over 47 years. He has been featured in Easyriders magazine, [1] and the photo essay book Art of the Chopper, [2] where his work was compared to Arlen Ness as epitomizing the East ...