Historical
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Gene
Townsend
Indian
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Gene Townsend and Ed Kretz at Langhorne
Indian racing legend and AMA hall-of-famer Ed Kretz at Langhorne. Gene Townsend provided some pit support for some of Kretz' east coast races.
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Gene on 1940 Chief at Shop
My grandfather, Gene Townsend, in front of his "new" shop in New Salem (just off of Rte 40 between Brownsville and Uniontown) on his favorite Chief ... his blue 1940 Bonneville Chief (this bike is still running and is in the area). This picture was taken in the early 1940s when he moved the shop from Brownsville.
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Gene Townsend's Indian Shop
"new" shop in New Salem (just off of Rte 40 between Brownsville and Uniontown) |
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Shop Interior
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1953 Chief in Shop
See Tangerine colored bike in other shots |
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The tangerine chief is a 1953 and was owned by my grandfather and Indian dealer Gene Townsend. |
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Eric Trow
The tangerine chief is a 1953 and was owned by my grandfather and Indian dealer Gene Townsend. |
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1910
Merkel
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1910 Merkel Headstock area |
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showing the original transfer with the "Merkel-Light Motor Co. Pottstown PA USA" still clearly visible. The diamond shaped emblem in the middle is a stylized "M-L". |
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1910 Merkel Left side |
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This is an interesting motorcycle design for several reasons. First, the front fork is actually a telescopic design with springs in the main fork tubes. |
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1910 Merkel Right side |
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Second the bike actually has a full swing-arm type rear suspension with the pivot on the same shaft as the pedal crank and the springs in side of the diagonal frame tubes which end just at the nose of the saddle. |
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Thirdly, there is a clutch operated by a left hand handlebar lever. And belt final drive. Four features found on to-day's "modern" motorcycles. The engine has the "automatic inlet valve" where engine suction on the downstroke opens the valve. Only the exhaust valve is mechanically operated by a cam. The engine is the usual overhead inlet- side valve exhaust type. |
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Velocette
Venom
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1960 Velocette Venom
Owned by Jeffery Dobken of Rumson NJ
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1960 Velocette Venom
Owned by Jeffery Dobken of Rumson NJ
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Miele
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Owned
by
Erhard
Steiger
of
Widdern,
Germany
This
motorcycle
is a
Miele
with
a 100
ccm -
2
stroke
engine
built
in
1952
in
Germany.
The
Miele
company
still
exists
today.
They
now
produce
washing
machines.
The
Miele
motorcycle
is
very
rare,
even
in
Germany.
NSU
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Owned
by
Erhard
Steiger
of
Widdern,
Germany
NSU
Max
This
motorcycle
was
produced
in
1953
from
NSU
in
Neckarsulm
/
Germany.
It
has a
one
cylinder
250
ccm 4
stroke
engine.
NSU
was a
very
big
company
producing
motcycles
in
the
fifties.
Audi
now
produces
the
Audi
A6
and
the
Audi
A8 in
the
same
factory.
