John Deere Musclebike

[2Slow]

Here is an oddball. This bike sat in an eastern Colorado Barn for a long time. Did some research and found that John Deere made bikes from 1895 until the early 1900s then sold bikes badged as Deere from 1973-1975. Musclebikes, 10 speeds, 3 speed mixtes, etc...
It is in decent shape but needs a good going thru. I am not sure if there is much of a market for them. The seat and handgrips have the Deere logo on them.
Any Deere collectors out there? I am planning to get it in shape and sell it locally unless anybody here is into this bike.

 

[Jaxon]

I have seen this bike bring 700 dollars to a John Deere dealer who wanted one. They do bring above average price on ebay most times I have seen them. The last one sold for 301 dollars.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-JOHN-DE ... 2327cfa865

 

[charliechaindrive]

Meh, it's a deer. If it had the red M's on it, then it'd be a decent bike lol

Ccd

 

[charliechaindrive]

Accidental double post. Cool find! didn't know that JD made muscle bikes too, I've seen the ten speeds go at garage sales before.

Ccd

 

[Heavy Pedal]

One of the kids in my neighborhood when we were growing up had one exactly like that but he did what we all did with our bikes.... stripped it down, painted it black and made a BMX bike out of it!

 

[Outlaw90]

Whats your sale price on it?

 

[B607]

Meh, it's a deer. If it had the red M's on it, then it'd be a decent bike lol

Ccd

John Deere...still in business
Minneapolis-Moline...out of business

I like some of the old MM's because the seat spins around. And I would definitely like to find a '38 Model U Deluxe in a barn somewhere that I could buy for cheap. 8) Gary

 

[William Bessemer]

Hello,
My wife had a bike exactly like this when she was a kid. Is it for sale and still available?

 

[2Slow]

Hello,
My wife had a bike exactly like this when she was a kid. Is it for sale and still available?

Sorry. I sold the little Deere bike. It went to a John Deere collector in Illinois. I hope you find another.

 

[rickpaulos]

It is in decent shape but needs a good going thru.

Yeah, that is in very decent shape for that model. Most JD muscle bikes are quite beat up. Must be the farm boy in the owners.

I wrenched in JD's home community and I repaired countless JD bikes, mostly the men's 10 speed model with dropped bars and the worst brake levers ever. Those bikes were either beat up or in perfect shape but they all (100% of them) needed to have the brake levers replaced.

 

[RailRider]

K@@@L ride. Just saw one like it for sale on the bicycle trader on facebook. Don't see them much!

 

[MAD BRAD]

Very nice, never saw one it would be a hit in moline area MB