AUTOS CARS CUSTOM: Henderson

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Sunday, August 12, 2012

Mike Chiavetta's 1920's board track racer Henderson made it into a feature placement in Hot Rod magazines Sept 2012 issue

0 comments Posted by Unknown at 7:33 PM

the tires are just new beach cruiser tires from a swap meet

the sprocket covers and gas tank are carbon fiber, because the profession of Mike is that of an engineer at Boeing

the photo below shows a leather seat in close detail, it was formerly a suitcase that his childhood artwork was kept.

there is about $150 bucks total into this, and it can be licensed as a bike that can be pedaled and not run over 30 mph, for 20 bucks

Saturday, April 23, 2011

The 3 seater- propeller driven- 1913 Thor pacer bicycle mated to a Henderson motorcycle engine with a propeller

0 comments Posted by Unknown at 7:34 PM

Strange arrangement of controls... why the rider in the back gets to adjust the speed, but can't see if the bike and riders are likely to run into anything... that doesn't seem like the best idea.

Click on the above for a big full screen version

Look close at the chain, it's the only one I've seen like it. I wonder why they thought this double roller type would be better than a single link and roller