This 1948 James Comet belongs to the Art Busman Collection. It will be featured in the 2016 edition of the Paul Oxman Publishing Motorcycle Classics Calendar. Photography @ Doug Mitchel
10 Responses to “Picture Of The Week. 1948 James Comet”
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Very cool.
Just the best. Wish they made them today,
What a good looking bike. If someone made an updated version of this, at a reasonable price, would the consumer buy it or insist on those step through flying nun scooters?
Nice. ..Z
I thought I recognized the bike…. a chum had one in Houston, in 1960. The gas tank was spilt like an old Harley’s. There was a top frame rib running between them.
The motor was a Viller’s or Cotton. I’d buy one no matter the price, just to “live” in that era again, and have the things I couldn’t afford as a kid. Better throw a Mustang Stallion in there too to fill the hole that the EPA has created.
Now that is cool!
Over & Out,
Jeff
Agree with Mr Nicklus !!!!!
Sign me up! Red will be just fine.
Cantrell
There were two of these floating around locally I almost jumped on but figured I couldn’t find parts, I passed. So later on I met a guy to help fix my sportster, there it was in the garage! Neat bike, a lot smaller than they’re pictured. Definitely for a 12-17 year old rider. He never did fix it, likely it flipped. He couldn’t find parts either.
Bicycle collectors tend to hold items like this, it’s so similar to a solex that it crosses over into that collector world.
If you want a modern equivalent check out the Kikker Hardknock.