Hendee Mfg Co. / Indian Motocycle Co. Bicycles Information Thread

[39Rocket]

Picture of an Indian bicycle in a 1945 newspaper ad…
Way after these bikes were made. Hope it’s ok to post here

 

[New Mexico Brant]

October 1915 Bicycle News: Hendee is to show for the first time at Madison Square Garden Cycle Show!

 

[New Mexico Brant]

October 1915 Bicycle News, from the Chicago Motorcycle, Bicycle, and Accessories Show held Sept. 20th-25th:

 

[Barnegatbicycles]

1918 Indian line (two piece crank detail)

 

[rebirthbikes]

I came across these advertisements from a 1920’s collection of publications while doing some research today. I’m not sure if they’ve been shared before… but I thought I would leave them here.

 

[Freqman1]

I came across these advertisements from a 1920’s collection of publications while doing some research today. I’m not sure if they’ve been shared before… but I thought I would leave them here.

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Do you know exactly what year these are?

 

[rebirthbikes]

Do you know exactly what year these are?

Let me look again, I saved the publication as a pdf. I believe the unequipped one was 1919 and the equipped one was 1920/1. I’ll check at production break today.

 

[rebirthbikes]

Do you know exactly what year these are?

Shawn, I had the dates flipped above. I went through the earlier PDF too and I grabbed full page ads with dates on them. The first two are from 1918 and 1919. To my novice eyes I do not see much that changes between the models, but it's only a few months difference; most likely, Hendee/Indian bought a year's worth of space in the bulletin and the changed a font size or wording to "freshen" up the ad.

The 1920 advertisement I found can be dated by the opposing page near the bottom where an entry begins with: "Fall Century 1920" that was from an October 1920 bulletin and the ad showcases the less deluxe model Indian bicycle. I also found a couple ads from 1914/1915 that are motorcycle based, but I'm adding them all here. I hope this helps!

 

[39Rocket]

I have the exact image of the 1919 Indian tattooed on my arm! I found the image online several years ago

 

[Freqman1]

Shawn, I had the dates flipped above. I went through the earlier PDF too and I grabbed full page ads with dates on them. The first two are from 1918 and 1919. To my novice eyes I do not see much that changes between the models, but it's only a few months difference; most likely, Hendee/Indian bought a year's worth of space in the bulletin and the changed a font size or wording to "freshen" up the ad.

The 1920 advertisement I found can be dated by the opposing page near the bottom where an entry begins with: "Fall Century 1920" that was from an October 1920 bulletin and the ad showcases the less deluxe model Indian bicycle. I also found a couple ads from 1914/1915 that are motorcycle based, but I'm adding them all here. I hope this helps!

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Judd, thanks. The reason I ask is because I think sometime in '21/22 the skirted fenders go away and the lit from these years is sparse.