Saturday, January 26, 2013
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Forsberg Indian
I found this post on the Jolly Rogers Club site (a perfect example of that depth of heritage). The content is so awesome and so relevant to Flathead Rob I wanted to be sure I could find the facts and photos again in the future. I hope no one minds my reposting.
"In the mid 1940s Paul Stockinger, one of the founding members of the Jolly Rogers Motorcycle Club worked at Forsberg Indian as a mechanic. His son Steve provided the Historian with these photos and we are grateful to him. The pictures show the shop, inside and out in about 1946. Paul relocated to Tacoma a few years later to take over ownership of the Tacoma Indian dealership. He spent a lifetime in the motorcycle business and it started when he was a young man and member of the Jolly Rogers Motorcycle Club."
Can Indian Mike or Flathead Rob confirm the year of the Chief pictured above? I think '46 was the first year post leafspring front end but I have no idea about the tank badges.
Take a few minutes to read the original post and to look over the rest of the photos. Then loose a couple of hours in the rest of the historical content on the Jolly Rogers site. Killer, killer stuff.
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| Forsberg Indian street view. Location is in Capitol Hill, Seattle and picture dates from about 1946 |
"In the mid 1940s Paul Stockinger, one of the founding members of the Jolly Rogers Motorcycle Club worked at Forsberg Indian as a mechanic. His son Steve provided the Historian with these photos and we are grateful to him. The pictures show the shop, inside and out in about 1946. Paul relocated to Tacoma a few years later to take over ownership of the Tacoma Indian dealership. He spent a lifetime in the motorcycle business and it started when he was a young man and member of the Jolly Rogers Motorcycle Club."
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| Inside Forsberg Indian, Seattle about 1946. Notice the new Chief. Behind it is an older Indian 4 and a hillclimber. |
Can Indian Mike or Flathead Rob confirm the year of the Chief pictured above? I think '46 was the first year post leafspring front end but I have no idea about the tank badges.
Take a few minutes to read the original post and to look over the rest of the photos. Then loose a couple of hours in the rest of the historical content on the Jolly Rogers site. Killer, killer stuff.
Seattle Motorcycle History
Those you that check in here with any regularity know I'm an absolute
sucker for the aspects of motorcycle history that just quietly disappear
(shops, race tracks, clubs, etc.). By and large this is the sort of
stuff you only learn by talking to guys that were there or people that
have keepsakes like photos. Being in the NW now I am naturally starting
to poke around for these sorts of things. Unfortunately don't know many people yet.
That said, a city like Seattle has so much more motorcycle history than
a city like Albuquerque it's almost like cheating. I can't wait to dig deeper.
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| Seattle Cossacks - Auburn 1948 |
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| Max Loudons Girls |
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| Seattle Motorcycle Club 1921 |
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| Seattle Motorcycle Club 1911 |
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| City Light Motorcycles 1918 |
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| Seattle 1918 |
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| Jolly Rogers |
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| Seattle Motorcycle Club Race Program 1910 |
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Tacoma Motorcycle Club
I stumbled across this killer Tacoma Motorcycle Club sweater. The club still appears to be active using the same timeless logo.
Motorcycle Cossacks
From an October 1932 edition of Modern Mechanix magazine these guys were only credited as Mexican "Motorcycle Cossacks." These guy only pre-date our fine Seattle Cossacks by a few years. Looks like the might be riding Harley JD's.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Indian Four
I know, it's a modern bike and the proportions are a little funky but it's interesting anyway.
If I'm not mistaken that's a Triumph Rocket III power-plant.
If I'm not mistaken that's a Triumph Rocket III power-plant.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
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