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- Coal and Gravel Delivery
- RE: Two ears, etc.
- A little quieter these days
- 1100 2nd Street SW
- Shedshrinkflation
- The Long Shed ...
- Trestle
- Pass to the right
- Who's on Second?
- 2nd story story
- Did they get to eat it?
- Two ears, etc.
- I Miss The Smell
- What is that?
- Sauced
- Whose?
- Mrs. Landis
- The location today
- Not the marrying kind
- No kisses in Lititz
- That plate at the near end of the table --
- Poor kid
- Freedom from Want
- Did Mrs. Landis
- Wait. a. minute. here --
- Mrs. Landis
- Shades of Belushi
- Cranberry ... the condiment and the color
- The old man
- Plumbing?
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Motorcycle Cop: 1922
August 1922. Washington, D.C. "Eslie Williams." The officer and his Henderson #1. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
Four Cross
wheel spokes. Gives the most "comfortable" ride possible on bicycle wheels.
Re-Tire Time
Looks like a pretty wicked gash at 6:00 on the front tire.
On the "suicide clutch"
my 1936 HD ULH had a foot clutch/hand shift , and it wasn't too bad once you got used to it. The Henderson clutch is double linked, the foot pedal, as noted, and a second hand lever that also worked the clutch, so that if you needed both feet down, you still had control of the clutch. Ace motorcycles had a similar setup.
Hendersons were quick, the 1922 Police model could do an honest 100 mph, although I doubt the brakes were up to the job.
Henderson?
Are you sure that's not a Harley? There's a lot of oil leaking around that crankcase.
Low set handle bars
Re: Painful ergonomics - I thought the handle bars were set low, so the officer could drive with his knees; leaving both hands free for his rolling shootouts with Al Capone and Bonny & Clyde. Then I saw this https://www.shorpy.com/node/5914 and it changed my thinking entirely.
Hey why don't you stop by the detectives office
put in a report about your stolen clothes iron.
Location
Is that Griffith Stadium in the background?
Re: Sound
There is a YouTube video of a running 1928 Henderson,
it sounds great!
Too large to embed so here's a link.
Old Bikes
Yes, that is "The" brake pedal on the left. There is no front brake. I would guess the rocker-clutch is on the right side of the bike.
Suicide Clutch
I'm going to guess the left peddle is a suicide clutch (next to the gear shift mechanism levers. So-called because if you are stopped with the machine in gear and take your foot off the peddle (perhaps to maintain balance) you'll shoot forward unless the engine stalls.
[Psst. It's a PEDAL. - Dave]
Harley Who?
The Henderson, built from 1911 to 1931, was considered to be the Rolls-Royce of motorcycles and was the favorite ride of police departments throughout the country. (Rolls-Royces, sorry to say, were not considered to be the Hendersons of luxury cars.)
Excelsior-Henderson
A motorcycle with a more distinct sound than a HD.
Painful ergonomics
Handle bars set to hit thighs on close turns, seat angled down at the rear, up at the front, oh my. Like the palm-slap horn/siren though.
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