Prairiehammer

Thanks for the video. It was fun. But, the bike I pictured is not a Henderson. Good try, though. At a glance, they appear the same.

Mike, I dug out the storage shed enough to get inside and I found the stock black extension. I was incorrect, though, when this morning I said that the stock black extension and the aftermarket VentureLine chromed extension have the same projection; the stock extension extends the fender 2½ inches whereas, the VentureLine chromed extension extends 5 inches below the rear part of the fender.

This is gorgeous! What is it?

1928-1929 Neander P31 http://www.bikeexif.com/neander-motorcycle http://www.ozebook.com/neander.htm

At the time of the attempted sale on eBay, four years ago, there was a minor stink going around about it's authenticity. Some noted that the factory GP racer would have an alloy tank whereas this specimen had a fiberglass tank. The front brakes, while duly noted as leading shoe drum brakes, were not the same as the factory GP racer's 4LS. (And some said the 1974 factory GP racer had disc brakes up front. I dunno.) The brakes on the pictured bike are from a Benelli 650 Tornado. The seller, when questioned about the history of the bike, responded vaguely: Q; Can you provide a 'history' for this bike? Dave Jan-17-10 A: The bike sat in a barn in Minnesota for 30 years until Kent aquired the bike and restored it to museum quailty. Thanks for your interest! Q: does this machine have any history....... race or otherwise?thanks Jan-17-10 A: The bike sat in a barn in Minnesota for 30 years until Kent aquired the bike and restored it to museum quailty. Thanks for your interest! Doesn't really say too much about it's racing provenance does it? Finally, on the builder's (Kent Riches) own website: http://airtech-streamlining.com/benelli/benelliquattro500.htm he depicts the very same bike and notes: The 500 Quattro on your left is another Kent Riches restoration. The original was in ways a parts bin special so we don't feel shy about fitting a Honda CR750 fairing and Norton Commando Production Racer tank to it.

1974 Benelli Quattro 500 GP racer clone. This is not a true factory GP bike, the tank fairing, brakes are not correct. Must be a street bike converted.

Your cut and paste of snippets from the article about a DKW 1937 SS350 are valid for that model, but my pictured offering was a 1938 DKW SS250. Not sure if the SS250 had the same Ladepumpe set-up as the SS350. My DKW is here: http://www.classic-auctions.com/Auctions/23-04-2014-ImperialWarMuseumDuxford-1366/1938DKWSS250-37616.aspx

It IS a DKW but not supercharged and not a 350. Keep trying. Hint: it is up for auction this April with a pre-auction estimate of £100,000-£120,000.

Figure this one out?

Some kind of custom Amazona? With a VW engine? edit: found it! TECPAMA1600 Kahena http://www.odd-bike.com/2012/12/amazonas-1600-beetle-powered-brazilian.html I had been searching for a flat four in an early Nineties twin spar frame.

Riedel Imme. "Built from 1948-51 the Imme was a novel and advanced 100cc two-stroke single designed by Norbert Riedel. the wheels were mounted on stub axles allowing a single sided swing-arm and front forks. the swingarm doubled as the exhaust pipe. A primitive rubber-sprung suspension system was used. A 150cc twin was also built in limited numbers."

All the fender extensions are the same no matter the year of the First Gen. Just so you know when you go searching. Are you looking for the stock black extension? Or an aftermarket (VentureLine) chrome extension? I have a stock black extension if you want it.

Same country... The pictured motorcycle is a 250cc single-cylinder with unit construction of the engine and gearbox. The bike shown is a 1947. "___________was founded in 1932 in Milan and by 1939 had a wide range of models and ranked with Benelli, Gilera & Moto Guzzi as a major manufacturer. They won 5 gold medals at the 1939 ISDT. During the war they produced motorcycles for the army then switched back to civilian models in 1946."

1929 M.A.G. Motosacoche 500 Sport Motorcycle

It's Italian.

You guys will NEVER get this one:

Close enough. It is a 1928 Super Squirrel.

That is a 1964 Ducati Berliner 1260 Apollo prototype.

It is a Scott, but newer by a number of years than your guess. What model Scott?

This seems like it may be pretty easy for the experts on here to guess:

That is a circa 1926 Michigan Motors Corporation ACE, a 1229cc, 365 pound William G. Henderson designed cycle. Ownership of the firm changed at least twice before Indian bought the stock, tools and rights in 1927. Indian marketed an Indian ACE until 1928.

Correct! Actually the pictured bike is a 1954, the last year of production. And Hoffmann called it a "Gouvernuer". Capacity of 248cc, 15bhp@6000 rpm, weight of 326 pounds, top speed 70mph. Notice the inverted telescopic forks. All the rage today, but like they say, there's nothing new under the sun. Next!

What is the VIN? The VIN will tell you year, model.

Try this one:

Size= 9 inch QTY= 1 Thanks for offering this again, Brian