old photos

[c.o.]

Here's to the first of the day, fellas. To ol' D. H. Lawrence. Nik-nik-nik-f-f-f-Injuns

Test, One more cleared with a little poetic license.

Thanks Kahuna! The word in reference is a term of endearment for that once great machine from Springfield. They are still great today judging from the amount of people that hold them near and dear!

[IRON]

Indian front mounted step starter...

[WebKahuna]

I notice a 5-letter word censored out. You din't type I-N-J-U-N, instead of "Indian," did you? That might be on the "Politically Correct" banned list.

I guess I ought to go ahead and plead guilty.....

Here's to the first of the day, fellas. To ol' D. H. Lawrence. Nik-nik-nik-f-f-f-Injuns

Test, One more cleared with a little poetic license.

[exeric]

That is an interesting photo Gerry. With the "I" beam fork, and twin lights, it makes me think it's a '29 whose owner didn't like those new fangled front brakes. I had a '28 JD and I can't understand why someone would go to the trouble of replacing a front brake wheel with an earlier wheel. . . . . . I can verify that the front brake didn't work on a '28 JD.

[Sargehere]

29 JD Margarets folks.jpg
IS THIS 1) a '29? 2) a pre-28, having no front brake, or 3) painted up as a latest-model in 1934? All I know is that it depicts "Margaret's Folks" after racing the horse.

[Tom Lovejoy]

I was at Johnny Eagles house several years ago when he was restoring a Hendee special. Got to watch him start it up a couple times - it was very cool !

[Sargehere]

I didn't mean to belabor the '14 Indian picture. It's just that it brought back that unrequited love for that 1914 Indian twin that shall never be mine. Not to start a war; but how is it that a 1914 Harley is more valuable than a 1914 Indian(?) It certainly doesn't take a Miss Universe judge to say which is the better looking motorcycle.

Obviously. The integral, unified designs consistently displayed by products from the far-superior Harley-Davidson Motor Company during that period have it all over examples from brand "I," which look like more like barnyard collections of cast-off parts of unrelated pieces of agricultural equipment, cobbled together by mentally-challenged, cloven-footed bovines! (Not to start a war, or anything. )

(Hand me that other Mason jar of gasoline to throw and put out this little fire over here, will ya?)

[Rubone]

It certainly doesn't take a Miss Universe judge to say which is the better looking motorcycle.

I guess you haven't figured out yet that Miss Universe isn't the real world!
Robbie

[c.o.]

I hear you on the one that got away story. I have a few of those too. As far as the Harley vs. Indian debate (at least on '14 models) well... I'm surprised you haven't got a retort yet!!!

[exeric]

I didn't mean to belabor the '14 Indian picture. It's just that it brought back that unrequited love for that 1914 Indian twin that shall never be mine. Not to start a war; but how is it that a 1914 Harley is more valuable than a 1914 Indian. It certainly doesn't take a Miss Universe judge to say which is the better looking motorcycle.

[c.o.]

I must admit that I've been the creator of the confusion regarding the Hendee Special. The back of the above photo had "Electric Start Indian" written on it. I've seen one electric start model in the flesh and I guess I should have paid better attention to it. If I had I wouldn't have popped the farcical question!!!!

Sorry to hear you couldn't close the deal on the '14 two-speed Eric.

Here's a single speed model....



Here are couple of my favorite Indians....



Let's see if folks can hazard a guess on this one...

[c.o.]

Prolly has something to do with hanging around this club for most of forty years, while keeping eyes and ears open, don'cha know?

Yup, that could qualify for being around long enough to pick up a thing or two...

[duffeycycles]

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[exeric]

This is the Indian I believe is pictured in the middle in Cory's photo. I desperately tried to raise the money to buy one of these back in the mid 80's. It would have been my favorite Indian of all time had I been able to make that deal happen.

[exeric]

This is a Hendee Special. Note the large tool box.