1919 Henderson

[exeric]

more pics:

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[exeric]

Got a few more:

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[JoJo357]

Absolute knock~out Eric. You do choice work. Hope You get the motor bugs out of the way and enjoy that fine Florida weather to honor your work with a long ride. The Henderson deserves it too!!!

*M.A.D.*

[duffeycycles]

Nice Eric !

[painterdale]

Beautiful work, Eric!

Dale

[pisten-bully]

Eric, one word: stunning!

[PaulCDF]

Wow beautiful

[Green Indian]

Wow! What a stunner!

[grease monkey]

Amazing dedication. Well done .

[exeric]

Thanks for the compliments, and pictures of your 1919 and earlier timing cover, Barry. I have one like it and had fantasies of converting it to a generator cover, however, even though I could make the parts, I am a terrible welder, and even worse with tig and dirty oily cast aluminum. There are welder artists out there that excel at that, but that ain't me. . . While you're here, Barry; I want to say that I take old issues of our club magazine into the tiled palace of deep thought and this week I had the 'Spring 1993 issue of our AMCA Antique Motorcycle in that environment(?). You wrote an article about your Crocker that is one of my favorite first person articles on our beloved passion. You went into the pursuit, haggling, and personalities of the whole process of acquiring your Crocker and that is something you rarely get out of people that beat the bushes for old bikes. Okay, that was 33 years ago and diligent enthusiasts like yourself were still finding pure examples of great old objects but that doesn't make the hunt you went on, anymore easy. I so admire that you wrote a detailed and honest story about that adventure which was fun to read and had a great result. I just wanted to compliment you on your well written story, and that it still is out there in this crazy world of 2026 !

[grease monkey]

Thanks Eric, Things sure have changed a lot in those 33 years ! Thanks for the feedback ! I miss those "good old days" when US Customs officers would ask me if I had any interesting old bikes they could look at this time and shoot the breeze and wish me a safe trip !
At Davenport long ago Richard Schultz was at a booth with one of his friends who had one of those generator covers for sale. I forget what I paid . It was expensive but I knew it was rare and thought that my good friend Steve Ciccalone , sadly no longer with us , might want it and I was right he snapped it up. I assume he put it on a bike but you never know so you might want to contact his son. Here is a picture of it. The mounting area looks deeper than the one in your photo but of course you will know iff there were different versions . I can't remember those details. P1260841.jpg

[exeric]

Thanks for the reply and picture, Barry. I believe that is a REX generator and I think it was used prior to 1917, possibly as an aftermarket feature to be used with a cover designed by Henderson(?). I'm sure Steve Ciccilone would have known a lot more about that very rare electric upgrade. The 1917-1919 generator was made by General Electric and it looks like the motor on those old milk-shake making machines.

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