The Motorcycle That Time Forgot... And Nobody Can Explain

In 1967, a guy remodeling a building in Chicago knocks down a brick wall and finds a motorcycle. Not a rusted-out relic — a pristine, one-of-a-kind machine just… sitting there. The name on the frame? “Traub.” No one’s ever heard of it. There’s no record of a company, no production history, no clue how it got there. And the weirdest part? The thing was decades ahead of its time.

With a hand-built engine, a custom transmission, and tech that didn’t show up on major bikes until the 1930s, the Traub shouldn’t exist — and yet it does.This episode breaks down the engineering, the theories, and the ghost story buried inside the bricks. Who built it? Why did they hide it? And how is it still running over a hundred years later?

This isn’t just a mystery about a motorcycle. It’s about the kind of genius that vanishes without a trace — and leaves the rest of us wondering how something this perfect ended up behind a wall.

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