OK, who collects early racing bikes?

[dfa242]

I recently acquired a house painted Hudson project with the D&J hanger, Hussey stem and Hudson, MI badge. When I get some time (and some warm weather), I'll begin removing the paint to see what, if any, original finishes are left. Here are a few pics for comparison - this seemed like an appropriate venue for inclusion.

 

[hoofhearted]

I recently acquired a house painted Hudson project with the D&J hanger, Hussey stem and Hudson, MI badge.

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That is a beautiful machine, DEAN ... the rear wheel assembly looks fairly, closely-spaced to the seat mast. This machine
has gotta have a pretty quick steering response (?) ..... could you PLEASE measure and report it's wheelbase dimension ??

Thank you, DEAN .......

............ patric


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[dfa242]

..... could you PLEASE measure and report it's wheelbase dimension ??

Thank you, DEAN .......

............ patric

Hi Patric - the wheelbase is just about 41 1/2 inches.
Thanks,
Dean

 

[oldy57]

These are my CCM Flyers. The Chrome one has a serial number that is not a typical CCM number. The bike is from the 30's by the parts on it. The guy who owned it bought it used in the 40's. Unknown when it was chromed.
The black with gold darts is from the late 20's. CCM didn't use serial numbers on a lot of the 20's Flyers. Wood wheels and skip tooth CCM crank.
The Gold plated bike is a 1939. It came from a friend of Torchy and Doug Peden. Unknown when it was gold plated. The gold is well worn, the bike was a rider for many years. The crank was changed at some time.

 

[Major Taylor Archive]

The CCM's are amazing ! Nice collection.

 

[hoofhearted]

While the 1901 Hendee INDIAN bicycle catalog
does not list any bicycles other than 28-inch
wheel varieties ... this little 24-inch Special
Racer has some of the features catalogued for
1901.

A two-plate fork ... fish-tail design feature at
bottom of the fork legs (the nickel-plating acts
as negative-space to the black paint that IS the
fish-tail. Also notice the very-petite, matched
hubs.

Odd enough .. the crankcase is NOT fitted with
Fauber cups ... but the crank and chainring are
Fauber.

The chain-adjustment mechanism is identical
to the 1901 Indian Motorcycle.

The back-ends of the four, rear stays are not
''smashed and brazed'' .. but rather .. terminate at
the rear dropout-plate with a well-designed ''semi-
sphere'', cast into the plates, themselves ... see
second foto.

Original paint - preserved.

Tires are NOS, 24-inch X 1.5-inch, Giant Chain
Tread ... as there were no tires on the rims when
I acquired the bicycle.

....... patric

 

[blasterracing]

My Shelby Whippet

This bike has a little bit of racing history.

 

[kccomet]

the whippet is very cool

 

[blasterracing]

the whippet is very cool

Thank you. It is a nice piece of Shelby history to have in our town.

 

[Sped Man]

Here is a photo of mine. It was banned from racing. Hold on to your hats gentlemen. It was banned for being too fast...... Sounds familiar doesn't it. I believe the Dodge Daytona was also banned for being way too fast.