Original 1909 Single Cylinder Indian Motorcycle And 2 Indian Wrenches To Be auctioned This weekend

IndianSingleIndianSinglebisOn sunday afternoon July 14, 2013 GOULD AUCTIONS, a company specializing in selling antiques, will auction a are and original 1909 Single Cylinder Indian Motorcycle engine by Oscar Hedstrom and 2 wrenches.

In 1899, Gifted engineer Oscar Hedstrom built a motorized two-wheeler. George Hendee, bicycle maker and former cycle racer, saw the potential of the machine.

Together they developed a motorcycle suitable for mass production and manufacture of the Indian motorcycle began.  From the outset, quality was high and design was both sound and sophisticated. As a result, competition success came quickly for Indian’s factory team…

Details of the auction may at GOULD AUCTIONS 

12 Responses to “Original 1909 Single Cylinder Indian Motorcycle And 2 Indian Wrenches To Be auctioned This weekend”


  1. 1 Rodent Jul 9th, 2013 at 9:58 am

    Wonder if the monkey wrenches are left hand or right hand models?

  2. 2 fuji Jul 9th, 2013 at 11:44 am

    All of us know except you. Keep guessing. Rube

  3. 3 Rodent Jul 9th, 2013 at 6:03 pm

    Fuji
    You must be a mechanical genius

  4. 4 USAYGO Jul 9th, 2013 at 6:10 pm

    I’ll bet those monkey wrenches are standard , not metric.
    p.s. lol

  5. 5 SIGFREED Jul 9th, 2013 at 6:42 pm

    Do not throw away your grandfather’s old junk…

  6. 6 L.J. Jul 9th, 2013 at 8:57 pm

    Actually the engine is a 1904 model. Which is a much rarer and more significant engine.

  7. 7 Rodent Jul 9th, 2013 at 11:24 pm

    USAYGO
    Are you blind? The one on the left is metric and the one on the right is Witworth

  8. 8 Rodent Jul 9th, 2013 at 11:26 pm

    USAYGO
    I’m terribly sorry, my mistake I’ve got them reversed!

  9. 9 fuji Jul 10th, 2013 at 7:20 am

    kowtow small minded being

  10. 10 Steve The Producer Johann Jul 10th, 2013 at 2:41 pm

    Todays wrenchers have it much easier. We have a tool for everything compared to a few adjustable wrenchs like ones shown here for those mechanics of yesterday.

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