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if you love motorcycles or vehicles of
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any kind you're going to love this story
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David cuff who manages the website
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classic cycles came across this
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motorcycle graveyard years ago on the
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Internet there were pictures of a
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forgotten collection of old motorcycles
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that had been abandoned in a warehouse
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after some researching mr. cuff managed
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to find out where this warehouse was
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located and decided to seek it out he
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was hoping it was still there and
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luckily for him it was he found out that
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the warehouse was in Lockport New York
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just nine hours north of where he was
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located sounds like the perfect excuse
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for a road trip
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when mr. cuff first arrived at the
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warehouse he described it as the
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building with the alleged motorcycle is
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within eyesight of the canal lot we hung
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out by the lock for a while watching
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boats being raised and lowered I was
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getting a feel for the area and casing
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the building like a bank robber
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the buildings were trashed stuff
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everywhere there were small hints that
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there were motorcycles in there with a
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gas tank here a beat-up motorcycle frame
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over there the door to the building that
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contained the motorcycles was open a few
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inches and I could see a motorcycle
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leaning against the wall the basement
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was full of old rusty bikes that nearly
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rusted away from the moisture in the air
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there was a set of stairs that looked
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like they were just days from crumbling
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I lightly walked upstairs and opened the
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door and that's where my jaw drop
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the room was full of motorcycles there
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were holes on the main floor with
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motorcycles falling into the basement
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and there were motorcycles on the third
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floor falling onto the main floor half
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of the main floor was concrete and very
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stable so he wandered around and tried
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to process what we were seeing while
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trying to be quiet and be aware of what
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was around us
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after mr. cuffin his friend wandered
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around a bit seeing all that was stored
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in this dilapidated warehouse they went
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home
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mr. cop really wanted to know more about
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these bikes and how they came to be so
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when he got home he started making some
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phone calls after calling a friend of a
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friend he found someone who works in the
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commercial and industrial real estate
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business from there he was able to get
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the name of the person who owned the
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building come to find out the building
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was owned by a gentleman named
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but he wasn't allowed to enter the
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building this was because the building
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was labeled condemned and it was now
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owned by the city of Lockport because
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there were unpaid property taxes that
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were due mister cuff wasn't satisfied
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and he wanted to get more information
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about this building they decided they
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would need to start the process of
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getting accident insurance for Frank
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from there mr. cuff called Frank
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regularly to help build trust between
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them so that way he could help save some
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of those priceless motorcycles the
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process was slow and I would call Frank
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every 3 to 4 days and inquire about the
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status of entry I probably got on
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Frank's nerves but I knew it would be
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worth it in the end Frank was very
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patient with me and always gave me an
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update when I called while trying to win
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Frank's trust I asked about the history
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the motorcycles were collected by a guy
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named Colt he owned several different
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motorcycle shops over 50 years and was
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by all accounts a motorcycle enthusiast
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Coll would take trade-ins of motorcycles
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it would also buy inventory of defunct
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dealerships it was easy back then to
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start a dealer compared to today in 1997
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I believe Coll sold the building and
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motorcycles to Frank Frank operated the
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business as cold psycho Salvage which
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sold parts off the hundreds of
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motorcycles he had back taxes were owed
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on the building and Frank began paying
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them in 2002 cold died at 18 years of
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age the building began to fall apart and
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crumble around itself at one time Frank
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got an estimate to have the roof
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replaced the estimate was three hundred
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thousand dollars fire more than Frank
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could justify as the building continued
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to fall apart and the city condemned the
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building Frank didn't see a reason to
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continue to pay back taxes after going
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back and forth with the city they
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finally gave Frank a deadline and told
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him he could get whatever he wanted out
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by mid November 2010 once they got this
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news mr. kuffs started making plans for
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a second trip to the warehouse but this
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time he came prepared with a bike
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trailer in tow mr. kuffs said we spent
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the next six hours in the building
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exploring every square inch of the four
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levels we claimed bikes and parts and
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gathered them up and talked to Frank
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about prices the prices were very good
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which made us happy and allowed us to
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get more stuff I got three motorcycles
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well one complete bike which is a Honda
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CB 350 a rolling Java frame from right
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around 1950 and a whatsit I don't know
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what this left I guess
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I bought it because it looked different
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the only writing I can find in the bike
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is made in Germany missing the whole
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front end I'm not sure what my plan is
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for it I can't try to find parts if I
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don't know what it is just four days
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after a second trip mr. kuffs decided to
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go back up to the warehouse one more
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time because rumor headed that Frank was
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going to start scrapping the leftover
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bikes we drove all night and got to
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Lockport at 7:15 a.m. the next morning
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we got to the building a few minutes
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before Frank did and we were surprised
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to see two large roll of dumpsters full
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of motorcycles that would be an awful
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sight to see if you're a motorcycle
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enthusiast we were able to save some
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bikes in parts it was also nice to see
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the memories come back to Frank he has a
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great memory and told us details from
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back when the business was booming
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including such a time that he scrapped
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600 or so motorcycles years ago I shed a
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tear hearing that these weren't ugly
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late 1970s or 1980s bikes
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these were 1960s and early 1970s bikes
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unfortunately on July 30th 2013 the
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building burned down in a fire and any
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motorcycles left in this graveyard were
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lost as well mr. Clough recalls the
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motorcycle graveyard I'm afraid there
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will never be another scrap like this
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one these days it's much different
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motorcycles are much more expensive and
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not just toss design with things like
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eBay and Craigslist there are just too
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many avenues to sell buy some parts
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these fines are what we dream of as kids
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we all hear the rumors but assume they
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don't exist or don't make the effort to
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explore the possibilities or to track
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down the facts this is one time where
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the outcome made it all worth it I can't
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even imagine coming across a find like
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this I hope they were able to salvage
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all that they could from the fire and
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were able to create new memories with
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the old bikes they saved this is a
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priceless find that mr. cuff came across
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especially with him being such a
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motorcycle enthusiast
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