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The Traub in the wall: America's most mysterious motorcycle

By Peter Corn - May 5, 2026, 3:07 PM ET

America's most mysterious motorcycle was built by an equally enigmatic character in Chicago in 1916, stolen (maybe), bricked into a secret compartment behind a basement wall for fifty years, until an unwitting hero stumbled across it at work. Aging is tough. The deeper into our lives we dive, the faster...

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