Old Bike Australasia

The Yankee

three years ago Brian Kelleher was down near Mittagong and was looking at a car to purchase, when he spotted an unusual motorcycle; a Yankee. He immediately thought this would make an interesting addition to his National Motorcycle Museum at Nabiac. A purchase was made and the machine transported back to Taree where his son, Glen attended to removing the engine and giving it and the chassis a cosmetic clean-up for display in the museum. No attempt has been made to start the

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