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1912 Henderson Motorcycle Restoration

1912 Henderson Motorcycle Restoration
This beautiful machine is a 1913 Henderson Long Tank. The project involved extensive sourcing by 4th Coast Fours to find as many original parts as possible. Many of the parts required some sort of maching or fabrication by Fockler Industries to bring them back to their original glory. All of parts for this bike needed…
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1927 Ace Engine Case Repair

1927 Ace Engine Case Repair
This 1927 Ace Motorcycle engine was sourced from a family in Japan. It was originally a police motorcycle, but when WWII came around metal was being melted down and used in the war effort. The family decided to hide the bike by burying it in the ground to prevent it from being used as scrap metal. This amazing piece…
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Henderson Engine Case Restoration 1918

Henderson Engine Case Restoration 1918
The original deck on this 1918 Henderson engine case was machined too thin and the upper case deck needed to be replaced To begin, we cut out the original engine case deck, and reverse engineered the parts. We took our measurements, created some CAD Drawings, and were now ready to begin the machining and fabrication. We…
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Henderson Engine Case Restoration 1917

Henderson Engine Case Restoration 1917
This 1917 Henderson Motorcycle engine needed the engine case restored. This engine case is for the earliest 3 speed known to date. Prior to 1917, all Henderson engines were 1 speed. 1917 was the first year of the 3-speed transmission. A lot of torch repair was done on the transmission. The transmission was too badly…
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