The 1914 Sears Deluxemotorcyclewas the retail heavyweight Sears and Roebuck ’s submission into the extremely popular motorcycle market of the early twentieth Century .
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In the former catalogs from Sears and Roebuck , you could place almost anything – including a business firm . And in the 1912 catalogue , Sears offer its first motorcycle .
This 1914 Magneto Model , staring with the 35 - three-dimensional - column inch Deluxe " Big Five " engine , sell for $ 197.50 and was claim to have nigh the same power as larger twin - cylinder motorcycles . These single - piston chamber versions were useable withbatteriesor a Bosch magneto .
Two matching - piston chamber bike were also offered , one producing sevenhorsepower , the other nine . The engine in all Sears machine were manufacture by Spake , which trade them to a variety of builders .
As with most makers of bike in this period , Sears claim eminent timber and proved carrying out for its models .
The handlebars of the 1914 Sears Deluxe bike were made of double - reinforced tubing and the fuel tank was formed out of anti - rust-brown textile .
A trailing - link fork with leaf spring handled suspension chore in front , but a seat go up on gyre springs made do in the rear .
Sears sold these former motorcycles until 1916 , when they were take out from the catalog . But Sears returned to bike retailing between 1953 and 1963 , when it offer a assembly line of cycles manufactured by Puch under the Sears - Allstate moniker .
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The 1914 Sears Deluxe was establish with part from various manufacturers , and feature Spakeengines .
