Bike of the Month -October 2014- Vintage Bike

October 2014 Bike of the Month
Bob Nichols and his 1937 Indian Big Base Scout Make: Indian Model: Big Base Scout Year: 1937 Country of Origin: USA Engine: 750cc Twin Transmission: 3 speed Owner: Bob Nichols City: Newport Beach		1937 Indian Big Base Scout Congratulations to Bob Nichols of Newport Beach for winning Bike of the Month with his 1937 Indian Big Base Scout. I first met Bob in August 2008 when he came to our meet. At that time he gave me a posters of his yellow and red bikes. Over the years I've gotten to know Bob fairly well and I've spent many Saturday evenings at Costa Mesa Speedway with Bob and Smokey. Bob was a Speedway Racer in the 1940's and has owned this bike since 1940. At 94 years of age, he still owns and operates Bob Nichols Racing www.BobNicholsRacing.com creating high performance motorcycle parts. Visit his site for a great story of his early years. There were only 51 Big Base engines built. Of those 51 only twelve are known to be in existance. Bob owns two of those twelve. He's owned this bike since 1940 and paid $135.00 for it. Five years ago, this bike beat the Harley factory bikes at Oglethorpe Georgia. It hasn't been running in several years due to a hole in the case. For the past 6 weeks Ken "Smokey" Elford of Long Beach has been working on it and getting it running. Thanks Bob for bringing such a great part of history to our meet. See all the photos in our October Gallery. Starting the Indian today at the meet.

The Bike of the Month contest is held monthly at the Vintage Bike OC meet. Qualifying motorcycles must be 30 years old or older. Former Bike of the Month winning bikes are not eligible to win again. Anyone attending the meet is eligible to enter a qualifying bike in the contest and vote for their favorite bike. The winning bike is chosen by a popular vote and is featured on the Home page for one month and in this feature article. The Bike of the Month articles are permanent content on the site.

Bike of the Month Gallery
Photo gallery of all the Bike of the Month winners.

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October 2014 1937 Indian Big Base Scout September 2014 1964 Twin Engine Triumph August 2014 1954 Jawa 500 OHC July 2014 1970 Triumph Bonneville T120R June 2014 1977 Honda CB750 May 2014 1963 Yamaha YG1 April 2014 1948 Norvin March 2014 1952 BMW R67/2 February 2014 1966 Honda Superhawk 305 January 2014 1970 Honda CT70 December 2013 1938 BMW R12 November 2013 1939 Zundapp KS600 October 2013 1952 BMW R67/2 » Show All Links

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