First we need to clear up the confusion with "Hendee" bikes. The only Hendee bikes were those made in the early part of the century from approx. 1899-1904 (I have never seen one of these). There were no Indian bicycles sold between about 1904 and 1916. Starting in 1916 Westfield got the contract to build bikes for Hendee (Indian). The badges used are shown in the Indian thread. The earlier badge showing an Indian had "Hendee" at the top the later badge had "Indian". Even though Hendee officially changed their name to "Indian" in October '23 I believe the bicycles may have carried the "Hendee" style badge into 1924. Re: the split bottom bracket this seems to have stopped around 1918-9. A couple of us are doing some research here and any help with photos of original bikes would be much appreciated. Regarding your bike Jerry the later Westfield bikes did not have long pull bars or the long reach stem of the earlier bikes and your stem appears correct to me. Those bars may well be correct too. Anyone having original Indian bicycles can contact myself or
@47jchiggins so we can piece together the story.//Todd I'm going off memory here so please feel free to correct/add anything I said. V/r Shawn