From:Brendan
E-Mail:<brendan.dooley@krause.com>
Subject:RE: RE: Henderson engines
Response to:671
Date:Fri Jun 4 11:05:50 2004
Thanks for your post and the book reference - I'm trying to
get a copy now. And as far as condition goes, we will be
evaluating by condition, starting with a No. 1-type perfect
resto down to a No. 6-type basket case. 
We hope to have the guide on newsstands by the end of the
year, with an annual or semi-annual reprise.

----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS -----
Henderson in the 1920s and early 1930s were part of the
Schwinn empire - bicycles, Excelsior motorcycles and
Henderson motorcycles. So while there may seemingly be only
one model of 80 ci Henderson through the 1920s and into the
1930s, in fact there was electric and non-electric models in
any years, and iron piston and alloy piston models for some
years, and a whole range of options - such as speedos,
luggage racks etc in some years. There was also a similar
range of Excelsior motorcycles - the BigX of 61ci and 74ci
in the early 1920s and the SuperX of 45ci in the late 1920s.
o, for example, in 1927 there were 8 different models of
basically 2 bikes in the Henderson and Excelsior line.

I'm sure you don't need us to tell you that there is a vast
difference in price between a pile'o'rust model KJ Henderson
roject and a gleaming as new KJ, so hopefully your price
guide will take this into account ?  Condition is VITAL in
quoting bike prices - and defining condition is a minefield
in itself.

Jerry Hatfield has written a very useful and well researched
ook titled "Antique American Motorcycle Buyers Guide
1903-1936 From Ace to Yale" Motorbooks International 1996.
While not all would agree with every word he says, this has
to be the yardstick by which bikes are measured and compared


hopethishelps,
Rohan.