Any motorcycles ever manufactured in Michigan?

zoo mob · 11-09-2012, 08:57 PM

Just wondering if there were any marques that produced bikes in Michigan? It seems like there would have been some synergy with all of the early auto brands made here. Anyone?

concours · 11-10-2012, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by zoo mob

Just wondering if there were any marques that produced bikes in Michigan? It seems like there would have been some synergy with all of the early auto brands made here. Anyone?

"Synergy" hadn't been invented then. It took til Honda pasted on the back window of a LMB to mainstream it.

Just jackin ya, good Q. As an anythingwithanengine enthusiast, I'm still intrigued by the car/truck regional history. Walter truck, FWD, Oshkosh, Lombard tractor in Maine, Rokon in NH, Indian motocycle in MA, etc

pbarmy · 11-10-2012, 06:09 AM

Yales were made in Toledo,pretty close.

zoo mob · 11-10-2012, 10:58 AM

We should have crushed Ohio during the Toledo war, and then they would have been made in Michigan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War

ADK · 11-10-2012, 02:51 PM

Cobra minicycles

Gham · 11-10-2012, 03:32 PM

Henderson!!! The greatest inline 4 ever built.Made in Detroit!!!!!

zoo mob · 11-10-2012, 03:47 PM

Thank you, that settles it, I must own a Henderson. Now, to start saving.

ttpete · 11-10-2012, 05:31 PM

Whizzer motorbikes were made in Pontiac, and Ruttman minibikes in Dearborn Heights.

The Henderson was originally built in Detroit. Ignaz Schwinn bought the company in 1917 and moved it to Chicago.

bk brkr baker · 11-10-2012, 07:30 PM

Powerbike built in Saginaw. Sort of a powered bycycle with the motor mounted low behind the rider.

Triumph Manufacturing Co. of Detroit in 1912 and '13.Two models of F-head 4-stroke singles. The "A" single speed and the "B" two speed .

1913 Detroit Bi-Car. Center hub steering, bucket seat, leaf spring rear suspension. One year only.

1911 Detroit. Single cyclinder , big tube frames. one year only..

caponerd · 11-10-2012, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by bk brkr baker

Powerbike built in Saginaw. Sort of a powered bycycle with the motor mounted low behind the rider.

Triumph Manufacturing Co. of Detroit in 1912 and '13.Two models of F-head 4-stroke singles. The "A" single speed and the "B" two speed .

1913 Detroit Bi-Car. Center hub steering, bucket seat, leaf spring rear suspension. One year only.

1911 Detroit. Single cyclinder , big tube frames. one year only..

Those are all what Classic Bike Magazine used to call NAIT; Not Appearing In Tragatsch. What reference did you find those in?

A post in this thread already appears in google, but no other sources list early Michigan m/c manufacturers.

pbarmy · 11-11-2012, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by zoo mob

We should have crushed Ohio during the Toledo war, and then they would have been made in Michigan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War

Medical Marijuana!

Fuckin absolutely the worst drivers in the world tho,shit roads and crappy no fault insurance.Guess I'll stay in Ohio.

bk brkr baker · 11-11-2012, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by caponerd

Those are all what Classic Bike Magazine used to call NAIT; Not Appearing In Tragatsch. What reference did you find those in?

A post in this thread already appears in google, but no other sources list early Michigan m/c manufacturers.

Standard Catalog of American Motorcycles
!898 _ 1981
Jerry Hatfield

Published by krause publications in 2006

zoo mob · 11-11-2012, 08:01 PM

The Powerbike looks terrible.

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:19...werbike_01.jpg

SlackerSteve · 11-14-2012, 04:58 AM

Genocide Cycle
Kalamazoo Choppers
Voodoo Choppers
Detroit Choppers

To name a few..

zoo mob · 11-16-2012, 10:21 PM

Hmmm, since we're in the "old school" forum, I was thinking of classic motorcycles manufactured in Michigan, not modern customs assembled in Michigan. Thanks though.

11-09-2012, 08:57 PM	#1
zoo mob ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2009 Oddometer: 316	Any motorcycles ever manufactured in Michigan? Just wondering if there were any marques that produced bikes in Michigan? It seems like there would have been some synergy with all of the early auto brands made here. Anyone?

11-10-2012, 06:09 AM	#3
pbarmy Beastly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2009 Location: Great Black Swamp Oddometer: 1,677	Yales were made in Toledo,pretty close. __________________ "Nostalgia ain't what it once was"

11-10-2012, 03:32 PM	#6
Gham Studly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2005 Location: Auburn Hills,MI. Oddometer: 744	Henderson!!! The greatest inline 4 ever built.Made in Detroit!!!!! __________________ It's ok,I planned on this happening

11-10-2012, 05:31 PM	#8
ttpete Rectum Non Bustibus Joined: May 2009 Location: Dearborn, MI Oddometer: 3,510	Whizzer motorbikes were made in Pontiac, and Ruttman minibikes in Dearborn Heights. The Henderson was originally built in Detroit. Ignaz Schwinn bought the company in 1917 and moved it to Chicago. __________________ 10 Ducati 1098 Streetfighter S - "Sleipnir" 09 Kaw Versys "The problem with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money" _____ Margaret Thatcher

11-10-2012, 07:30 PM	#9
bk brkr baker Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jul 2006 Location: The Bluegrass Oddometer: 4,134	Powerbike built in Saginaw. Sort of a powered bycycle with the motor mounted low behind the rider. Triumph Manufacturing Co. of Detroit in 1912 and '13.Two models of F-head 4-stroke singles. The "A" single speed and the "B" two speed . 1913 Detroit Bi-Car. Center hub steering, bucket seat, leaf spring rear suspension. One year only. 1911 Detroit. Single cyclinder , big tube frames. one year only.. __________________ RR's Catnip Hill to Peoria ___Loopin' Seattle to WestFest It started with some beers __1500 miles to the Dentist Skeedaddle to Seattle______ A 30 year old on a Three Flags Run

11-10-2012, 10:58 AM	#4
zoo mob ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2009 Oddometer: 316	We should have crushed Ohio during the Toledo war, and then they would have been made in Michigan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War

11-10-2012, 02:51 PM	#5
ADK Beastly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2005 Oddometer: 7,757	Cobra minicycles

11-10-2012, 03:47 PM	#7
zoo mob ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2009 Oddometer: 316	Thank you, that settles it, I must own a Henderson. Now, to start saving.

11-11-2012, 08:01 PM	#13
zoo mob ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2009 Oddometer: 316	The Powerbike looks terrible. http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:19...werbike_01.jpg

11-14-2012, 04:58 AM	#14
SlackerSteve Homely Adventurer Joined: Feb 2008 Location: Further... Oddometer: 452	you missed a few... Genocide Cycle Kalamazoo Choppers Voodoo Choppers Detroit Choppers To name a few.. __________________ When you create with your brain, it is work When you create with your heart, it is craft When you create with your soul, it is art

11-16-2012, 10:21 PM	#15
zoo mob ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2009 Oddometer: 316	Hmmm, since we're in the "old school" forum, I was thinking of classic motorcycles manufactured in Michigan, not modern customs assembled in Michigan. Thanks though.

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