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Cruiser
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Subj: 1930 Henderson "Streamliner"
A Beauty to share with our members!!!!
Who said old bikes were boring!
1930 Henderson "Streamliner"
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.
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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.
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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 tassel or saddlebag in sight.
Chris Hunter of motorcycle design website - Bike EXIF.
"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." Lewis Carroll
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Cruiser
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Pittsburgh, PA | truely ahead of its time |
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Cruiser
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Northern NJ | Wow, that's very cool! |
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Iron Butt
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Perry Hall, MD | Would not want to check the air pressure, but otherwise what a neat piece of history.
Oh yea, IT'S POSTER TIME!
Edited by lennyb 2010-11-11 5:40 PM
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Cruiser
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Lumber Bridge, NC United States | Great post thanks |
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Cruiser
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Columbia, TN United States | Great looking machine!! |
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Visionary
Posts: 1340
Gainesville Fl Home of the Gators | I thought this was the prototype
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Visionary
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | Hahahaha............. |
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Tourer
Posts: 390
| Both are beautifull.......I'm in love...... |
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 12
| Wish there was a better shot of the front end... really curious what those side "pods" are all about.
Oh, and BTW F'n AWESOME bike! |
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Cruiser
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West Knoxville TN | What an incredible looking machine. That leather seat is gargantuan. Always wanted to use gargantuan in a sentence. |
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Tourer
Posts: 363
Goldsboro, NC | Suicide shift.... hoopy pillion oh shit handles... oh yeah! I wonder why no one else picked up on having the front fender fixed to frame? That's the only reason why they'd have the front fender be that GARGANTUAN ! |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | Wow! I was wondering what kind of leather that was. Where can I get a genuine gargantuan leather coat? I'd like to get my seat done in gargantuan leather too! That is nice! |
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Tourer
Posts: 401
| Swordsman - 2010-11-12 2:01 PM
Wish there was a better shot of the front end... really curious what those side "pods" are all about.
Oh, and BTW F'n AWESOME bike!
It is an easy find if you ask mr.google:
http://www.knucklebusterinc.com/features/2010/07/15/1930-art-deco-h... |
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 12
| And looks oh so comfy! 
http://www.knucklebusterinc.com/features/wp-content/2010/07/Rhinebe... |
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Tourer
Posts: 363
Goldsboro, NC | varyder - 2010-11-16 12:17 PM
Wow! I was wondering what kind of leather that was. Where can I get a genuine gargantuan leather coat? I'd like to get my seat done in gargantuan leather too! That is nice!
I'm 6'4" and 330 lbs.
My leather coat is gargantuan. So is my seat.
Is a gargan tuan bigger or smaller than a tuan tuan? The ice planet of hoth wants to know. |
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Tourer
Posts: 390
| "I'm 6'4" and 330 lbs.
My leather coat is gargantuan. So is my seat." Trialbarge..
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha....ouch..I fell of my perch.... |
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Tourer
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Sturbridge, Mass | Got to see one of these in person at the Rhinebeck Antique show this summer- what an amazing machine up close !! |
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