Topic: Buddy got a cool 4 cyl engine today..

[754]

 Phoned my vintage bike buddy today..
 he was just getting on the ferry to go back to Vancouver island..

 He said, guess what I got in the trunk..

 A Henderson 4 motor.. trans is cutoff, pretty common when you find them. I asked how complete, he said, Mag & carb included, looks like it may run...

 Best part, it was free..    

 Guess he was with the guy that had it  when they picked it up 40 yrs back, and the guy said he should have it as he already has a 20 Henderson..

 Pretty cool, I thought, wood look good beside the other Henderson, and maybe the 1911ish FN four, beside it would keep it in nice company..

 Nice to see someone get some good stuff!

[mark]

there's a copy of Mechanix Illustrated or some such from about 1940 around here somewhere. had plans for a sailboat that you could make from a sheet of tin. also had plans for a neat little midget racer...

"Go to your local junkyard and look for a Cord front axle and a large motorcycle engine like the Henderson Four..."

(and a whole bunch of other bits that your local junkyard hasn't seen in half a century)

 

[Ecosse]

754, so what's with the slicing off of the trans?

[754]

See post 2 and think that they were also used in airplanes, boats as water pumps, etc...

 I suggested he look at a beemer trans, and build a beater to ride..

 They had  a bike shop opening near him, Gypsy Motorcycles, owned by Danny Lim  (they have a website) One guy rode his 23 HD police bike with hack aboout 40 minutes to get there, ther was at least one Indian Four, Bunch of other cool vintage bikes, I think 60 in all..