Military motorcycle

The U.S. Marine Corps bike that owes a thanks to Danny LaPorte, Bruce McDougal and Chuck Bowers

The fascinating aspect of a diesel motorcycle is (to me) that it can run on aviation kerosene and/or bio fuel. Not to mention, reports indicate perhaps over 100 miles per gallon and superb power and torque.

Then they set out along the blacktop in the gunmetal light, shuffling through the ash, each the other’s world entire.—Cormac McCarthy, The Road. When the apocalypse comes, this is the bike I will be riding. Because it’s probably the toughest bike in the world. It’s the civilian version of the Hayes Diversified Technologies M1030, the most highly regarded military motorcycle in the West. It’s not yet on sale, although there’s a waitlist you can get onto. The price will be $18,500 + tax and…

View the 1942 Harley-Davidson WLA Military for sale at EJ Cole Collection 2015 in Las Vegas, NV as S19.

Post Listing Update: The Zundapp was pulled off of eBay, final sale price unknown. 11-15-20 Update: Five years later, the Zundapp is back up for sale. It seems to have lost its trailer and the pric…

The big Indian Chief with skirted fenders is the iconic Indian motorcycle, it is safe to say, the first image that comes to mind when anyone thinks of Indian. The […]

This fine example is a 1942 Harley Davidson WLA Military Motorcycle. This bike just went through an extensive going over, this machine starts and runs great.