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Old 10-06-2010 | 06:40 AM
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Just looking at old motorcyles and ran across this one. Do you know motorcycle this engine is for?
 
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Old 10-06-2010 | 07:02 AM
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1940s Indian. there are two in my area of alabama.
 
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Old 10-06-2010 | 07:07 AM
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looks like a Indian i thought it was henderson

 
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Old 10-06-2010 | 07:12 AM
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My first thought was a Henderson 4.
 
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Old 10-06-2010 | 07:35 AM
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It's a 1931 Henderson.
 
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Old 10-06-2010 | 08:02 AM
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It's a 1931 Henderson.
That's nailing it down, and I have no reason to doubt you.
Is there some way you saw enough in that pic to get an exact year?
 
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Old 10-06-2010 | 10:04 AM
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That's nailing it down, and I have no reason to doubt you.
Is there some way you saw enough in that pic to get an exact year?
I happened to run across a website that showed a 1931 Henderson that engine was on.
 
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Old 10-06-2010 | 10:26 AM
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I just googled the '31 Henderson and I've got to agree, it's a Henderson.
 
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Old 10-06-2010 | 12:20 PM
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I was gonna guess Indian 4 cylinder but I am not conversant enough with them to contradict the folks that are saying Henderson..........
 
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Old 10-06-2010 | 01:56 PM
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I was gonna guess Indian 4 cylinder but I am not conversant enough with them to contradict the folks that are saying Henderson..........
That's because William Henderson started Ace motorcycles after selling Henderson Motorcycles to Excelsior. After his death, Ace was sold to Indian.

So Henderson, Excelsior, Ace and Indian 4's were all basically the same.
 
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