Original 1966 Batcycle Sidecar Bat Bike Motorcycle VTG Rare Batman tv show prop For Sale


Original 1966 Batcycle Sidecar Bat Bike Motorcycle VTG Rare Batman tv show prop
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Original 1966 Batcycle Sidecar Bat Bike Motorcycle VTG Rare Batman tv show prop:
$9999.00

Here's something you don't see everyday! I am selling my 1966 Batcycle and sidecar. I was told that it was used as a stunt bike or display bike for the 1960's TV show years ago. The production company made a few of them and when they were done gave it to a wrecking yard in San Fernando to have them destroyed, they crushed them all except one! They kept one as a souvenir all these years, once the wrecking yard went out of business everything was saleed off and this bike was found in a back room. It had been sitting there since then until I got it! Of course I wanted to restore it but have realized that I will never have the time and know that another fan out there could bring this baby back to its original glory. The bike is a 66 Yamaha Catalina 250 that needs a lot of work obviously and is a donor bike. I do not have the front fender, but it would not be hard to reproduce. All of the parts and fenders that I have will need to be properly attached and connected. I have just placed them where they go in the pictures. You will need to fabricate your own brackets etc. as well as sidecar frame and wheel. There are some scratches and chips too, which I have tried to show. All that being said, you will not find many of these around and this is the real thing! Make sure to grab this one before someone else does! This may be your one chance to get your hands on an original Batcycle! A similar bike with sidecar sold at a 2009 Barrett-Jackson sale for $24,750.

The Batcycle was the idea and creation of two builders, Daniel Dempski and Richard "Korky" Korkes of Burbank California and doing business as Kustomotive. It was designed by Tom Daniel and built in 5 days in April 1966. The first Batcycle (Hero bike #1) was built from a modified 305cc Yamaha YM1 with a customized side-car and a gas powered go-kart.

Dan and Korky used the basic design of the scalloped fairing from a Yamaha racing fairing that was modified with Filon (fiberglass) sheets. There were two "Speedline" patterns used on the sidecar. One was shaped as an "S" and the other was shaped as a "Z."

Thanks to the success of the Batcycle, Dan and Korky built 3 copies. Yamaha was happy to supply them with 3 more black motorcycles for free. One was seen in two episodes of the Batman TV show and included a working gas powered go-cart (Hero bike #2). The other two had a similar design, but had a non-working “Bat Kart.” All the Batcycle’s toured the U.S. and Canada to promote the TV show and bring in extra money for Kustomotive.


WE WILL BE SELLING LOTS OF COOL VINTAGE ITEMS OVER THE COMING MONTHS SO PLEASE KEEP CHECKING BACK TO SEE WHAT NEW ITEMS WE HAVE LISTED!!

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