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[saddlebums]

Free Vintage Motorcycle Images

Go on, have a look -- after all, you paid for them

There's lots of cool, free stuff on then Library of Congress website. Well, not really free. If you're a taxing-paying American you already paid for them.

Not the least of the goodies are vintage motorcycle images. Though the vast majority are free to download, some you'll need to pay for -- again -- to call your own.

Music: Riding Along, composed by Roy Shield and performed by The Beau Hunks

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[wytfut]

A huge hole is forming

I've been in the Excelsior Henderson game since pretty much the beginning. Around 1999. Although I didn't buy/own one until 2001.

The community although small is very strong and supports pretty much each of the members some how some way. My youtube channel is an example (which is not exactly successful). The club is another. Friendships of course. Inner networking. AND..... Atlantic EH.

Jamie and Marty Jones started Atlantic EH in Elkton Virginia shortly after the factory closed its doors. Jamie and Gary (Jumper) Houk both started buying parts off shelves from dealerships all across the right coast that were getting out of the EH business. With their own money no less. ....

Jamie, is a well experienced mechanic. European sports cars mechanic, Diesel mechanic, and heavy equipment mechanic. I'm going to say he probably had quite a few years working on motorcycles also before then.

Their business was a huge gamble. Only so many customers out there..... the number was way below 2000. At the time it wasn't an immediate success, but did well, as the east coast owners supported them whole heartily. Jamie working out of the attached 2 stall garage of their home.

Here in the flatlands.... I had heard of them... but didn't know much other than that. We were dealing 99% with Bobby (Xman) Baldwin, and a touch with John Jones in Minnesota.

Basically thru attrition, we started dealing with Atlantic EH, and never looked back.

Jamie/Marty made another huge step, an attached shop, virtually doubling the square footage of their home. Something that can handle many X's at one time. Jamie thought this shop out well, and it worked.

In all the years I connected with them, Jamie was never ever less than 6 X's in or around his shop waiting for his soft touch. He had no need for work. They didn't need to advertise, as the bikes rolled in.

They held annual parties at their home for ALL of their customers. I did get to make one of those, and never felt so welcomed by so many strangers.

It was a promise that when you called to order parts or ask questions, the phone call was going to be close to an hour every time. Many times more so. They wanted to know the weather, hows the family, hows your X, "are you doing good?".... If Jamie didn't have time to talk, you could email him. He'd do email every Sunday, with replies.

I had an issue with my X, that needed some special order parts out of Las Vegas.... that were expensive. Marty just sent them to me. Me being confused called her immediately to cipher what was going on. She told me, use what I needed of these parts, which she'd bill me, and send the rest back.... no charge. (time sert kit). WHAT?

I'm guessing by now, that all readers are picking up, I cannot praise these fine people enough, for everything they have done for our community. You are correct... I could write anecdotes for pages. ..

...............

Jamie found out last week.... he's pretty much full of cancer. Yes its terminal. The time line they are giving him is sooooooooo short. I'm besides myself, as there is nothing I can do for them from here. I have some good X friends that are much closer and doing everything they can to make this a smooth process.

Marty before this.... has been having her own personal battle with Alzhiemers, and Jamie has committed himself to helping her, and working on X's in between. Jamie officially retired as the "official" Super X mechanic 2 summers ago in the Wisconsin Dells.

And this huge hole is forming within our community. There will be other heros within our group, no doubt. But none will be equal to our first 25 years of the Jones.

Jamie.... I hope you get to read this. I can't get anymore real than this. And I stand by all of this. Gods speed my friend!!

[wetsteve3]

The first William Henderson designed four cylinder motorcycle, America's finest early four cylinder, influential for decades This is believed to be the only original/unrestored 1912 Henderson known in America

Original paint and tires 59 cubic inch F-Head Four Cylinder engine Henderson was based in Detroit, formed by brothers William and Tom The Henderson company was purchased by Ignatz Schwinn in 1918, adding a four cylinder to the Excelsior lineup.

Working for Schwinn for two years, Bill and Tom broke away and started the ACE motorcycle company. The Culmination of Henderson design can be seen in the Indian Four

Formerly from the Doc Cleveland Collection. William Henderson was an engineering child prodigy, as so many historical figures seem to be. He was born into the motoring industry, as his grandfather, Alexander Winton, had founded one of the earlier auto makers in the USA, and his father was Vice President of Winton Motors. William joined the family firm at 16, but spent his free time sketching out ideas for motorcycles, which he’d pass by his father for technical critique. Eventually, the sketches became blueprints, and his father could only nitpick at the sound design for a 4-cylinder motorcycle his son had penned in 1909. Figuring the effort of actually building a prototype from the sketches might curb his enthusiasm, Tom helped William build a working prototype in 1911; the resulting machine worked so well, young William was able to secure funding to the tune of $175,000 to start manufacture on his own. Working with his brother Thomas as chief operating officer, the Henderson Motorcycle Company produced its first motorcycle from its Detroit factory in January 1912.

The first Hendersons used a 4-cylinder 57 CI (934cc) motor with inlet-over-exhaust design, with a single-speed chain drive and a clutch. It was started via a folding hand crank, just like a Winton car, and the very long chassis was designed for stability and the ability to carry a passenger with ease. The front fork had a short leading-link suspension, and the fuel was carried in a long cylindrical torpedo tank. It was a beautiful and elegant machine, wonderfully constructed, very fast and expensive at $325. It was soon labeled the “Duesenberg of motorcycles” for good reason, with totally smooth running, a charming exhaust note and an air of quality. Carl Stearns Clancy famously chose a Henderson for the first ever round-the-world motorcycle journey, which began in October 1912 and covered 18,000 miles by August 1913. Clancy earned money selling press reports and photographs of his trip, making an incredible publicity coup of Henderson.

This 1912 Henderson is the only original-paint, first-year Henderson known in America. It retains the paint applied by the factory, as well as the tires and everything else. It is truly a once-in-a-lifetime motorcycle, in remarkable condition for being 105 years old and would be welcome in any Concours d’Elegance around the world as a solid-gold original. How does one value such a machine? One doesn’t; if you can afford it, do what it takes to secure it as this is as good as it gets.

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[rainbowriderjt]

1930 Henderson Excelsior Inline 4

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Motorcycle Monday

Excelsior Henderson assembly line

[the-firebird69]

Excelsior without the Henderson not like the tank as well and you don't need to dimple it it makes it hard to make make it Merkel might do it but it looks good like eraser and this look is close to what it'll be the rear will have two shocks and you do not have to modify much to make the frame right the front will have two members going upwards and we'll meet at the top of the plate the box with two pipe in it will work we do that for the swing arm and the steering and we're going to look at the Springer and he says the material you going to use those more money and it's true and the shock is going to be hydraulic anyways but if you have to go to a spring which you probably won't that's what you would do and so we're going to make prototypes and hang on to the molds did you understand what you're saying. It's it's cheaper because you don't have to make it up and the oil system is difficult we also have to modify it a little more than that I have a seat and tank will fit better and the fingers will be properly fitted fenders LOL and would be a little higher up not much going to keep it lower and the pipes will be normal looking a little long but normal and that's what I did and he's saying that he thinks this was one of the basis models for the hard knock kicker 5150 and his people are saying it is and truthfully one of the ones he took apart and put together and he like the frame and it's almost the same and it's not very hefty and they're saying we have to make it heftier and we're going to do that and we might try the round stock any suggesting the double well out by the tank that kind of bicycle I put a couple on the outside and then on the third wheel the horizontal the same thing see weld it and you slide it over and you weld it and we're going to do that and then you can use smaller stock a little bit and it's true and the MIG welder everybody uses it but still this is going to be great it's a very very well known bike and it was only around for a little while but they were known for being inexpensive and that's what we need and they got knocked out by morlock and that's what we are and the smaller company has got knocked out it's going on now

Kate Middleton

Olympus yeah they're coming by and pushing pushing and things like that they want our son in the Firebird they're starting to see why and Timmy Doyle does not and he has his reasons one of the reasons is he doesn't want to inspire our people. But our son and daughter say it's really something we're going to try and wait on and probably will have to anyways and he's saying you're fooling around with me and you're saying no I'm not the money is coded and it attacked the clans and you guys are getting attacked anyways without the money and they're saying that you're issuing the money and they're coding the money you're issuing you find out about it and it's just not issuing much money and they say it seems to be working but it's not going to because of what they've been doing and we're not aware of that no we are and we told you guys but you didn't listen

[csajokamotoron]

A Nimbus márka több mint 60 év után elektromos változatban tér vissza

A Nimbus név valószínűleg nem lesz ismerős a legtöbb motoros számára, de Dániában nagy rajongótábora van a márkának, mivel ez az az egyetlen dán motorkerékpár-gyártó. 1919 és 1960 között a Nimbus kiváló minőségű motorokat értékesített, amelyeket soros négyhengeres motorok hajtottak, amelyeket hosszirányban szereltek a vázba, mint az Excelsior Henderson vagy az Indian négyes motorokat. A vállalat a Fisker and Nielson porszívógyártó cég része volt, amely ma a Nilfisk név alatt él tovább, és amely most a Nimbus márkanevet licencbe adta Claus Clausennek, hogy egy új elektromos motorkerékpáron használhassa. Az utolsó Nimbus motorkerékpár az 1934 és 1959 között gyártott C típus volt, és az új gép ebből az ősből merít ihletet. A Type E névre keresztelt motorkerékpár egy hamis merev vázat használ. Valójában egy lengőkar van elrejtve a hátsó vázkerekek között, és egy monoshock van elrejtve az egyszemélyes vezetőülés alatt. A váz közepét egy nagy akkumulátorcsomaggal és egy elektronikai egységgel töltötték ki, ahol normál esetben a motor ülne. Az elektromos motor a lengőkar tengelyével koncentrikusan helyezkedik el, biztosítva, hogy a szíjvéghajtás feszültsége a felfüggesztés teljes rugóútján egyenletes legyen. A vállalat 2023 júliusában részvénykibocsátást indított, hogy forrásokat gyűjtsön a Type E projekthez, valamint egy ezzel egyidejűleg fejlesztés alatt álló elektromos segédmotoros kerékpárhoz.   Forrás Read the full article

[bamboomusiclist]

8/11 おはようございます。Bill Henderson / Sings Vjlp1015 等更新完了しました。

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[suzylwade]

1930 Henderson KJ Streamline ‘Art Deco’ was an innovative and distinctive style of design that spanned the boom times of the Roaring Twenties and the bust of Depression-ridden 1930s in the States. ‘Art Deco' was avant-garde. It celebrated the newly mechanised modern world, yet embraced everything from everyday manufactured products to exclusive works of art. From cinemas to skyscrapers, from luxury ocean liners to exotic automobiles - and, yes, motorcycles, too. What is arguably the most resolutely ‘Art Deco’ motorcycle ever built emerged in the United States in 1935 as the one-off creation of a Michigan-based metalsmith employed at the ‘Oldsmobile’ car factory. The bike was based on his 1,300cc 4-cylinder ‘1930 Henderson KJ Streamline’ model. His name was O. Ray Courtney (the O was for Orley, which he preferred to ignore) and though little is known of him he built a handful of completely innovative custom motorcycles during his life. Ray Courtney rode his first motorcycle in 1908 at the age of 13, and acquired his first proper bike - a 1916 3-speed ‘Excelsior V-twin’ - before joining the ‘Army Air Corps’ to fight in the First World War. Upon his return home he found work at ‘Central Manufacturing’ in Connersville, Indiana, making body panels and fenders for luxury cars such as ‘Duesenbergs'. Later he moved to Lansing, Michigan, where he worked for the 'Oldsmobile Division’ of ‘General Motors’. Courtney spent his life shaping metal for the prototypes coming out of these firms’ design departments, in the process acquiring a feel for the forms and styling that he adapted to two wheels. While working with metal was his forte, he also worked the drawing board pencil, making a significant contribution to the body design of the 1933 ‘Oldsmobile F-33’ - today a highly collectible automobile. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #oldsmobile #generalmotors #indianmotocylecompany #patent #artdeco #motorcycle #metalworker #designer #orleyraycourtney #raycourtney #1930hendersonkjstreamline https://www.instagram.com/p/CfYhPTHI7Og/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[saddlebums]

Antiquing at the AMCA National Meet

Celebrating the past but concerned about the future

Where can a guy who remembers seeing The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show go to feel young these days? An Antique Motorcycle Club of America National Meet will do nicely, thank you.

No, I wasn't the youngest guy in Harmony, NJ, on this balmy June Friday – but among the younger. Some teenagers spending quality time with grandpa were there, looking rather bored. And that Hipster who responded with "25 cents?" when a vendor quoted him at "25" was there. Yeah, that guy.

But the problem of recruiting new blood into the AMCA is no secret, especially to the AMCA. Maybe they should ply that hipster with some PBR and find out what motivated him to pick through endless boxes of rusting motorcycle parts. Encourage him to bring his friends next time. Or contact the kids at The Moto Social where, for these Brooklynites, everything old is new again — but on their terms.

For me and Dale the Organzier it was a great way to spend the afternoon while discovering some beautiful motorcycle roads in Warren County along the way. Keep Rt. 519 from Newton to Stockton in mind if you enjoy riding back country roads. Much better than any asphalt you'll find in Brooklyn I assure you.

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[wytfut]

Scooter Cannonball

Most of you reading along most likely know about this upcoming event, but I have an “urge” to write a bit about it.

A week from tomorrow (june 15, 2023), I leave for a once in a lifetime adventure, that this old blue hair is going to totally enjoy.

The Scooter Cannonball.  Here’s their website scootercannonball.com  .. 

Its a coast to coast event, starting in San Clemente California, and ends at Hilton Head North Carolina.... 7 days later. I know I’ve probably told some of you the wrong dates, but thats just me... I can’t remember dates/numbers for the life of me. My personal hell. 

This event is a race against the clock. With several classes of “scooters” competing. 

The classes are broke down to engine size, vingtage, etc. Some scooter are known historically to well in this event, while others not so good. 

I got asked into this hilarious idea by good friend Dennis Bennett in Huron South Dakota (a Excelsior Henderson Pal).

He witness last year the scooter cannonball up close, as the event went thru and stopped for the night in Huron. 

Dennis, Ken Bretz (the 3rd member of our team), and myself are all Excelsior Henderson buddies that make big efforts to attend the “ANTIQUE MOTORCYCLE CANNONBALL” when its within reasonable distance every 2 years that it runs.   motorcyclecannonball.com

Our last one we attended was September of 2020 in Sturgis.  Being we live in mostly the midwest, when the antique cannonball runs east to west, they have a “day of rest”, where they stop for 36 hours to work on their motorcycles, and take a break. This “day of rest” is always the midway point (midwest). This creates the most opportune time for us to show up and get to see all of the “action”.   The teams are generally very friendly and don’t mind answering questions, etc. 

With us attending the antique cannonball, we all 3 had envisioned “someday” we’d be able to be part of this event. Each time we attended, it was becoming more and more clear,.... “someday” wasn’t going to happen. These folks have really deep pockets. Have huge backgrounds in restoration of these bikes, and although very friendly, don’t really care about folks like us. Other than we have the Excelsior Henderson sickness, we have no notoriety to antique motorcyles. No matter how much we love them.

Once the scooter cannonball came into town of Huron.... Dennis  noticed immediately the family feel of the competitors. Much like the antique cannonball, AND us Excelsior Henderson owners.   Needless to say..... Dennis was hooked.

He emailed me how much fun he had that short night, and meeting everyone. I stated that if he were to create a team, I’d be part of it. Within a day or 2, ... “you are now on the team”...    Then Ken also got on board.     All of this to me was tongue in cheek, but I was truly interested, and Dennis was serious. 

Dennis presented to me, that he did not need a pit crew/team/help. As a large portion of the competitors do not have any back up other than the event chase vehicle.  There are teams with chase vehicles, but most do not. His point was, I’m going whether anyone else comes along or not.

He also stated that he was going to put the whole trip on a credit card (well it is once in a life time). With Dennis having the rooms already paid for, all we had to do was pay for our food. 

This was wonderful, but I got to thinking that He didn’t need a huge credit card bill. We figured it was going to cost between $6500-$9000, no including scooter purchase. This bothered me....

Thus the gofundme page. Gofundme.com   search Bruce Whitefoot or Dennis Bennett, or “low buck scooter cannonball team” or team fat Jesus. If you want to help with the money. Sales pitch: $15 free sticker. $30 free tshirt and sticker. Be sure to leave your information (address and size) in the “notes”. 

I started that, without Dennis knowledge initially. And its been a blessing. We haven’t hit our lofty goal, but wow the response has been very humbling. 

Dennis got a hold of his local promotional shop, and has created our Tshirts and Stickers.  If you haven’t seen them.... they are pretty cool.

As grumpy and disappointed as I get with us humans....   this has been a crazy ride. I’ll be honest, I have asked friends for donations, which can be very awkward. I try hard with no pressure. But folks that I have not made the “sell” with... are tossing some very generous amounts our way. 

SO HUMBLING..... WOW. Reminds me of when our house burned. 

Yup.. I’m excited. We will be seeing large portions of the country I’ve never seen. 

Rules state that we can follow along right behind Dennis with the chase vehicle. But we don’t feel that it would be practical. The route (mostly a secret daily) will be out of the way. Dennis will be wearing a transponder, so we’ll know exactly where he is. Plus this years entrances has been the highest number yet. Over 300. And I’ve heard rumor that the entire trip there will be roughly 150 miles of dirt roads. 

We will most likely follow AFTER the last scooter leaves the daily starting point. And then mosey along to the next hotel, roughly 250-370 mile daily. 

We’ve had a ton of requests for daily reports. Dennis and I think his facebook page maybe the answer. But a lot of folks don’t know Dennis but know me or Ken. I’m thinking I may do a daily report here on tumblr. They will be simple with maybe something noted that was exciting that day. Been also contemplating maybe using my youtube channel for dailys instead. Youtube though isn’t exactly convenient to use... really time consuming. Maybe do a live launch on yourtube?? just thought of that idea. 

I’ll be honest, this will be a huge learning curve. We don’t know if we will be extremely busy late into the night, or taking long afternoon naps. We just don’t know. Will our scoot break blow up 5 miles out on the very first day.... or blow up 5 miles from the finish line. 

I think I’m a pretty good wrench with no training, but working on scooters is a brand new world for me. Dennis did give me a good look when it was here. Looks very simple. Will be some getting used to metric wrenches again.

Dennis made a maiden voyage to my house a few weeks ago (344 miles one way) with no real issues, and back home the next day. That crazy machine will do 79/mph, but feels really good at 60. At the whopping HP of 19. Its a single with DOHC, carbureted, and snow mobile drive (vary ratio pulley). 

Our scoot if you want to google it....   its a 1984 Honda Helix with 20000 miles on it. Not real pretty, but has some great bones. Runs like a top. When Dennis pulled in at my place, I thought he was coasting in.... but it was running, so quiet.  For those questioning Dennis purchase.... historically with the cannonball, Helix’s have done very well.

Just in simple conversation, EVERY SINGLE TIME, laughter and smiles break out. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??

I keep laughing to myself, wondering what I got myself into. Gonna be a cool notch in my life experiences. 

Wish us luck!! Don’t worry about the fun, that’s a promise to happen. 

[wetsteve3]

1931 Henderson "KJ" Streamline | USA

Henderson was a manufacturer of 4-cylinder motorcycles and produced two wheelers from 1912 until 1931. They were the largest-capacity and fastest motorcycles of their time. Henderson appealed to both sport riders and police departments. Police favored four-cylinder motorcycles for traffic patrol because they were faster than anything else on the roads. The company began during the Golden Age of motorcycling, and ended during the Great Depression.

The Streamline model (factory index KJ), appeared in 1929 featuring improved engine and a return to the IOE (inlet over exhaust) valve configuration. From this moment modified engine shows 45 hp at 4000 rpm. It has a five main bearing crankshaft, and down draft carburetion. The Streamline is really fast - capable of a genuine 100 mph (～160 kmph), and advanced for its time, with such features as leading-link forks and an illuminated speedometer built into the fuel tank.

On Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929, the Wall Street stock market crashed, but Henderson sales remained strong, and business continued. At this point Excelsior Motor Mfg. & Supply Co. was one of America's "Big Three" of motorcycle production, alongside Harley-Davidson and Indian.

The last motorcycle left the factory in September 1931.

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[kolereid]

The 85 Henderson after seeing Dialga changing into its Primal Form.

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[1dreampursuit]

#Repost @getyourpicsonroute66 with @get_repost ・・・ Motorcycle Cannonball "The Race of the Century" (meaning century old bikes) is a coast to coast run of pre-1917 motorcycles. #cannonball2016 #motorcyclecannonball #raceofthecentury #indian #motorcycle #thor #thorloser #vintagemotorcycles #groovy #antiquemotorcycles #coasttocoast #harleydavidson #indianmotorcycles #henderson #excelsior #springfieldmo #route66 #picsbyjax #nikon #missouri #cool #takethepicsyoucantnottake #missouri_photos #visitmo #573 #417 #bike #getyourpicsonroute66 #whatisee (at Get Your Pics on Route 66 - A Photos, Tours, & Souvenirs Shop)

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[crownedstoat]

Well Bennett aboard the Excelsior boardtrack racer.

#1920's Excelsior Henderson Well Bennett Boardtrack racer Motorcycle American elegance

[anyskin]

1929 Excelsior-Henderson, Super X.