Vintage Pics of the Day

[PaulCDF]

Need to respect a train it takes a good distance to stop that tonnage.

[JoJo357]

*M.A.D.*

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[New Mexico Brant]

Albert Standen in 1913 with his Indian.

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[T. Cotten]

Another Indian racer?

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....Cotten
PS: I appreciate the photo, Brant!
Can anyone help me identify Mr. Standen's carburetor?
Thanks for advance as always,..

[pisten-bully]

...wild guess: Hedstrom carburetor (do you know, Cotten?)

https://www.vanderbrinkauctions.com/lot-item/40z-2/

[pisten-bully]

....but what I really want to know, is that an air pump clipped under the tank? (...it would seem difficult to get back in the race if you had to stop, repair a flat, and then air it back up!)

[T. Cotten]

...wild guess: Hedstrom carburetor (do you know, Cotten?)

Since I've never held one in my hand, Harry,..

I appreciate that link so I can snag the pics!

Here's all I know,

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...Cotten

[New Mexico Brant]

Orient motor pacer with bicycle racer Will Stinson in the rear, he was known as the "40 MPH Man."

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[New Mexico Brant]

....but what I really want to know, is that an air pump clipped under the tank? (...it would seem difficult to get back in the race if you had to stop, repair a flat, and then air it back up!)

Good observation! Something makes me think this was his daily rider as well.

[EricOlson]

Charles Henshaw and Oscar Hedstrom on a Hedstrom Motor-Pacer c.1901. Apologies if this has been posted before.

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[frichie68]

I'm confused. I understand that pacers were made for bicycle racers to draft behind & the pacer rider would sit bolt upright towards the back of the machine to create more draft for the bicyclist. -but why does this one has an engine plus pedals for both riders?
It seems like the use of pacers was short lived & motorcycle racing began when folks discovered that it was more fun to race the pacers & leave bicycles out of it completely.

[T. Cotten]

Paleoindian.

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(1906 Austria)

....Cotten

[pem]

Paleoindian.

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(1906 Austria)

....Cotten

Don't think I ever saw that before. Overhead valve, 90* v-twin, perfect primary balance, battery ignition? and all in 1906. Pretty impressive. Can't really see the exhaust. Maybe through the frame? Nice little dent in the gas tank from the handlebar. Total loss oiling system?

[T. Cotten]

Don't think I ever saw that before. Overhead valve, 90* v-twin, perfect primary balance, battery ignition? and all in 1906. Pretty impressive. Can't really see the exhaust. Maybe through the frame? Nice little dent in the gas tank from the handlebar. Total loss oiling system?

All I know is that it is Charles Franklin, PEM!

Keeping up the pace,...

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(previously posted..)

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.....Cotten

[T. Cotten]

Also previously posted, Folks,...

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But it certainly highlights "drafting".

....Cotten

PS: I now see a note that the Franklin pacer(?) has a JAP motor!