What's a Lion?
 

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/n...783882929.html

There is something appealing about the funkiness of this one.

I've never heard of a Lion, but that is a pretty cool and funky bike... That front rack and headlight treatment is especially neat. I'm guessing it's an Asian bike boom bicycle. The seat tube is really relaxed, too.

I agree it looks pretty neat. If it is close I would at least go look at got $100

Like Photogravity I was thinking Asian origin but I wonder if some Serviceman or, more like in DC area, some State Dept employee brought it back from a foreign posting.

http://images.craigslist.org/3K93J23...91b48f1c10.jpg

Heh, I saw an Apache branded bike, made in Japan, the other day in a thrift store. :D But I just couldn't see it being worth the $120 they wanted for it. Maybe if it had cool lights & reflectors, like that Lion. ;)

Japanese or possibly Taiwan mid to late 70's. I had one similar not a Lion but the rack was nearly identical and had the dual light setup.

Aaron :)

I have see kids Lion bikes on Charlotte CL
Ed

for $99 buy it NOW and ask questions later. The racks are cool enough alone for the $99 price.

+1. almost certainly Japanese and 1970s.

It is cool. For $99 can't go wrong.
Makes me think of......


http://files.list.co.uk/images/2009/...-LST037928.jpg

......but way cooler!

Check in the mail?

Not to worry, seller has yet to respond.

Its amazing people can take pictures that bad. I thought I was the worlds worst photographer. Ed

Yup...but ya gotta toss the lighting system in too....I'll give ya some extra scratch for that. :thumb: