Life is a good for the Hendee Manufacturing Company in the early 1900s, and this motion is part of the reason.
E 'was the early flowering of transportation bike, and George Hendee and Oscar Hedstrom was the construction of an Indian name for their machines. With frame derived from the basic models of bicycles Hendee building experiences, and Hedstrom engine taken from a self-taught engineering skills, the Indians were successful in the market.
For this, thank the partners' first design, created in 1901 and commercialized in 1902. Hedstrom
a single cylinder engine mounted in a frame-style bicycle, with the cylinder as a seat tube. Displacing 13 cubic inches (213cc), the engine features a mechanical valve and an air intake. Hedstrom carburetor an unusual built-in function for the day: You can adjust the speed.
The motorcycle is just what the public wanted, and the pair of fledgling company sold 143 the first year, doubling sales every year. In one of its catalogs, the Hendee Manufacturing Company has explained his thoughts on the constant growth in sales:
"This test, mark this test, the spread of the gospel of motocycling-of-Indian Motocycling is, of course, the more rewarding. It indicates that the public is awakening to the practicality of the bike, for the exquisite pleasure and utility holding ...''
By 1905, the year India made this one, now on display at Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in AMA headquarters in Pickerington, Ohio, sales were sufficiently vigorous to justify some refinements to the project. The engine power was boosted to half power, and a twist-grip and suspended gas "cushion fork" were added to a road in the course of a weight of 115 pounds. Maximum speed was 25 mph. Price: $ 200.
Over time, other changes are coming to India, including a 38-cubic inch (633cc) V-twin and other models that help the company with production exceeding 32,000 units in 1913. Unfortunately for the Indian sales and bikes in general, from that time, Henry Ford's mass-produced cars that were cheap enough to replace the two wheels as the vehicle of choice, and the world would never be the same.
But in 1905, life was good in a single Indian.
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