Indian Prince
The Indian Prince is a motorcycle manufactured by the Hendee Manufacturing Company from 1925 to 1928. An entry-level single-cylinder motorcycle, the Prince was restyled after its first year and discontinied after four years.
The frame and forks of the Prince were revived in 1933 and used with V-twin engines to form the Motoplane and the Pony Scout.
Design and production
The Prince was designed by Charles B. Franklin and began production in 1925.[1] It was a single-cylinder motorcycle for beginners[2] and for export.[3] The 1925 Prince had its gearbox attached to the engine and had a wedge-shaped fuel tank. The Prince was redesigned for 1926 with a separate gearbox and a fuel tank similar in shape to that of the contemporary Scout. Both versions used coil-sprung girder forks instead of the leaf-sprung trailing link forks used on the contemporary Chief and Scout. A front brake was added in 1928, the last year of production.[1]
Legacy
Harley-Davidson began production of their single-cylinder motorcycle for 1926 and continued them until 1934.[4]
In 1933, the Prince frame and forks were revived for use in the Motoplane and Pony Scout V-twin motorcycles.[5][6] The Pony Scout was later renamed the Junior Scout and continued until the beginning of World War II.[5][6] Girder forks were used on the 1934-1942 Sport Scout[7] and on the 1945-1948 Chief.[5]
Notes
- ^ a b Wilson 1995, p. 103.
- ^ How Stuff Works: 1926 Indian Prince
- ^ Girdler 2002, p. 71.
- ^ Hatfield 2002, p. 50–51.
- ^ a b c Wilson 1995, p. 107.
- ^ a b Girdler 2002, p. 97.
- ^ Girdler 2002, p. 103.
References
- Girdler, Allan (2002) [1997]. The Harley-Davidson and Indian Wars. St. Paul, MN US: Motorbooks International Publishing. ISBN 0-7603-1353-9.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Hatfield, Jerry (2002-09-01). "The Flathead Era". In Darwin Holmstrom (ed.). The Harley-Davidson Century. St. Paul, MN USA: MotorBooks International. pp. 47–65. ISBN 0-7603-1155-2.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Wilson, Hugo (1995). "The A-Z of Motorcycles". The Encyclopedia of the Motorcycle. London: Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 0-7513-0206-6.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - The Auto Editors of Consumer Guide. "1926 Indian Prince". How Stuff Works. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
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