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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> The Cafe >> 1930 Henderson custom - drool (more pics!!!) /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1280969239 Message started by Stimpy on 08/04/10 at 17:47:19 |
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Title: 1930 Henderson custom - drool (more pics!!!) Post by Stimpy on 08/04/10 at 17:47:19 http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/2808/artdecomotorcycle2.jpg http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/3384/artdecomotorcycle3.jpg The motorcycling world loves a ‘barn find’—an old, obscure machine wheeled out of the woodwork for the first time. And this is one of the biggest revelations of recent months. It’s a 1930 Henderson that was customized before WW2 by a fellow called O. Ray Courtney and fitted with ‘streamliner’ bodywork. The art deco influence is obvious; legendary automotive designer Harley Earl could have drawn those curves. It’s all the more unusual because the mechanicals are hidden: even at the height of the Art Deco movement, most motorcycles were a triumph of form over function, with exposed cooling fins, brake drums and suspension springs. The bike is owned by collector Frank Westfall of Syracuse. It caused a stir in June 2010 when it appeared at the Rhinebeck Grand National Meet, a motorcycle show held a couple of hours drive north of NYC. Grail Mortillaro (of the chopper blog Knucklebusterinc) had a camera to hand, so we have him to thank for these images. Henderson was a Chicago brand and one of the American ‘Big Three’ (with Harley-Davidson and Indian) until the onset of the Great Depression. It went bust in 1931. But you can see the influence of the ‘streamliner’ style on another contemporary North American brand— Victory. If there’s a spiritual successor to this Henderson custom, it’s the Victory Vision Tour, a gargantuan cruiser with completely enclosed bodywork and not a leather tassle or saddlebag in sight.—Chris Hunter of motorcyle design website - Bike EXIF. http://www.bikeexif.com/art-deco-custom-motorcycle |
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Title: Re: 1930 Henderson custom (drool) Post by thumperclone on 08/04/10 at 18:37:55 gotta go change my shorts!! |
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Title: Re: 1930 Henderson custom (drool) Post by mick on 08/04/10 at 22:08:08 absolutly stunning,beautifull machine. |
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Title: Re: 1930 Henderson custom (drool) Post by LostArtist on 08/04/10 at 23:22:37 that's freaking awesome!! :) :) :) :) |
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Title: Re: 1930 Henderson custom (drool) Post by JohnBoy on 08/05/10 at 11:40:37 At the time it was made all the body work would have been done in steel. I wonder if you could do the same thing in carbon fiber today? It is Beautiful! |
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Title: Re: 1930 Henderson custom (drool) Post by Stimpy on 08/05/10 at 12:31:12 too bad im about 80 years too late ...SEE what war and bankers do to the world?! They make companies like this one go kaputt >:( Anyway, enjoy the pics http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/2945/62605619.jpg http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/9521/rhinebeckadexcel100.jpg http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8053/1931henderson3.jpg http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9899/4169968125e98b8f6f65.jpg http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/6725/4197998168c1e5f2059fb.jpg http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/4395/a385.jpg http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/2129/aoshimahenderson.jpg http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/9210/heathhenderson.jpg http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/2461/henderson1.jpg http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/4647/henderson007.jpg http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/1244/henderson1930.jpg http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/3189/henderson1912model4.jpg http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/1362/hendersonclublogo.jpg http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/1381/hendersonlongtank1915.jpg http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/894/hendersonlongtankengine.jpg http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/894/hendersonlongtankengine.jpg http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/6186/hendersonlongtankmotorc.jpg http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/6186/hendersonlongtankmotorc.jpg http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/6186/hendersonlongtankmotorc.jpg http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/3186/hendersonlongtankspeedo.jpg http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/7006/hendersonstreamlinekj.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7928/hendersonstreamlinekjsp.jpg http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/2923/hendersonvintagemotorcy.jpg http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/5307/hendersonadresized.jpg http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/8548/heninside.jpg http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/517/pkdst1921hendersonsjpgw.jpg http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/4821/wingerwithsix.jpg http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/6070/wc328.jpg |
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Title: Re: 1930 Henderson custom - drool (more pics!!!) Post by jef.savage on 08/05/10 at 14:06:58 As cool as that streamliner looks parked it looks just as dorky with a rider on it. |
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Title: Re: 1930 Henderson custom - drool (more pics!!!) Post by Phelonius on 08/05/10 at 14:14:22 Ph'awsome photos. Phelonius |
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