Vintage Motorcycle Days

Well, today was the last day of the annual vintage meet at Mid-Ohio. Lots of cool stuff shows up at something like this and this is one of them.

The American Best of Show winner was a 1950 Dynacycle, one of perhaps a dozen remaining in the U.S.

Essentially a bicycle with a motor bolted into the bottom bracket, the immaculately restored Dynacycle was the lifelong project of Tennessee’s Don Dungan (top).

Bought as a graduation gift for by his parents in 1952 from a St. Louis department store for $242, the Dynacycle was ridden hard, almost sold, and lived in pieces in boxes for decades, until Dungan finally was able to locate the parts to complete the restoration only a few weeks before Vintage Motorcycle Days.

I have a friend who usually goes every year, so if he has any good pictures, I’ll see if I can get them and post ‘em.