1931 Henderson KJ Police Special - Jay Leno's Garage
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- 1931 Henderson KJ Police Special. From Jay's favorite category of vehicle - original and unrestored - comes the second KJ in his collection. This Police Special was the star of the New York Auto Show in 1931, the same year Schwinn decided to stop making motorcycles.
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1931 Henderson KJ Police Special - Jay Leno's Garage
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I love how Jay actually rides and drives everything in his garage, vintage or not.
I love #Leno has A net worth of $400 Million & STILL applied for
#SocialSecurity
Do you Think That's Fair? Generation X, you do Know When YOU RETIRE you'll receive 👉HALF the Benefits you're ENTITLED to👈 GOOG it...LOOK it up THAT'S a FACT ...
WEALTHY Get Benefits when They DON'T NEED IT?!
What GREEDY LITTLE MAN Leno is & WEALTHY *HOARDER*
If leno was old poor man in a trailer court w/ stacks of newspapers and magazines piled high... You think differently, he's mental you'd say..Instead WEALTHY Hoarders Get 'Person of the Year* Award!
WHAT SICK SOCIETY you people will live in...Well deserved I guess!😎😲
D in DC Worked for a Bay Area man whose car collection of over four hundred vehicles includes a gullwing Mercedes as well as two -- count 'em, TWO! -- Duesenberg dual-cowl phaetons (looking at you, Charlie G!) And much to his credit, he often drove cars from the collection. Other than to preserve and protect your investment, why collect cars and simply store them in a garage somewhere? Selfish, abominable behavior, imho.
Mark Winchester much like us, he likes anything mechanical
ToddtheExploder it’s harder on a car or bike for that matter, to sit than to use them. People think they are saving them when they are actually neglecting them
@@jennyhildebrand9335 that's how he has kept that money too. He also employs many people. While you buy a new car every year and wonder where all your money went. Work hard, invest wisely and be grateful for what you have instead of being envious of others.
I LOVE the patina of that motorcycle. So cool that's it's survived in such good condition. I'm glad a guy like Jay got it and isn't tempted to restore it, as Jay always says "it's only original once".
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That's a truism.. only original once. It goes for people too, so belay the cosmetic surgery. 😲
Schwinn, the Chief has spoken: Bring Henderson back! Reach back deep into your company records pick up where you left off! We want more American bikes!
If Polaris can reboot Indian, some other company can reboot Henderson.
Schwinn has some sweet bycicles as well, they knew their stuff.
Would never be the same be some modern computerized posn
FYI youtubers
80 cubic inches = 1300 cc (approx)
Easy to calculate it for yourself, 2,51 x 2,51 x 2,51 x the cubic inches
we should have smashed the metric system with the fall of the kgb
@@SidewaysBurnouts Yeah, the world would be better off without the stupid metric system. It just makes no sense and was created by stupid people to confuse us all.
Are you for real? (Anyway, the USA uses metric for everything in industry/technology/science and has for many years. Only consumer product quantities and driving distances/speeds are measured exclusively in Imperial units. Buy an American car--everything is designed and made in metric units except tire sizes, and it's been that way for many decades now)
Devil's Offspring
If you understood emotional reactions to divisions of numbers and mental relationship expectations to non-decimal fractions you’d realize your ignorance and correct your ways...
@@fishhuntadventure Sure, I'll work on that if it makes you happy
no wonder why schwinn frames are so thick,,
that motorcycle is phenomenal, never been apart, for at least 30 years? as a kid watching old movies, I always thought Harley Davidson made the police bikes, that's the model my great grand father always called The Henderson, never new what he was talking about till now, Thank you Jay
Jay does the best overviews of the old bikes. The durability of the 5 main bearing Henderson speaks volumes about quality. The Indian 4 didn't get 5 main bearings until years later. It's cool that Jay owned many of his old bikes before the Tonight Show
when these machines were attainable, and not too outrageously priced. He's a true afficianado. Thanks, Jay!
it sounds like a tractor at low speed but as soon as you give it gas its s motorcycle:) I love that!
I absolutely love the visceral yet smooth sounding engine.
What a great bike. Thank you for sharing Jay
One of my dream motorcycles! Absolutely beautiful.
love the fact you are not going to restore it.
I miss jay on late night more every time I watch his garage videos. His personality is the best. Such a cool, down to earth, regular guy.
Jay, Please run for President.
Leno vs trump lol
+alpha tiger lol I thought I posted that
We need to fix our government to attract the people we want to run for President. Right now it's more of a sentence than a service. Nobody wants to even get close to that office for all the corruption and bs that goes on. The only people who seek the Presidency are people who are brought up in that circle of corruption, a decent person wouldn't last a week.
My Name ... Donald Trump doesn't fit the the mold an look at all of the crap he is catching.
+My Name to many lawyers in Washington DC
Oil to the gas, not oil to the oil. But I knew what you meant. Thanks Jay. Warms my heart.
What a treat to get to hear so much of this classic sound. Thanks Jay and crew!
my dad used to show me pictures of him standing next to a Henderson that he owned until he met my mother then she kindly told him to sell the bike. that she wanted to stay married a little longer. so after he cried for a while he sold it. ron
ronald miller lovely story
I would cry too if I had to sell a machine like that
How long did the marriage last?
That's a good reminder to never get married.
C Smith
What good reason? I missed it I guess
Wow I do love this series. Such a wide variety of interesting stuff you'd never see / hear of otherwise.
I like to add 2 cycle oil especially on a long standing machine it works wonders and burns clean
The only production motorcycle that comes close to that bike is the Triumph Rocket. Jay you should loose all your money and bring back that motorcycle company and make a bike that would give the Rocket a run for its money.
Jay Please wear GLOVES , they are the first thing you put down in a crash , we must protect your hands so you can keep writing those checks to your mechanics :) love you man
2nd That - Can't believe he wasn't.
I always wear gloves when I ride my bicycle - I can't remember if I did when I rode.
Live free or died no helmet no glove california suck
30's and 40's bikes have so much style and class
Nice bike , I've been adding two stroke outboard motor oil to the gas on everything and it works great
Well good news! I found the book. People are asking $500-$1000 smh
That's a true American work of art. Just awesome.
Just a note about how Arnold, Schwinn & Company was a bicycle business and expanded to Motor cycles in 1912 ( Excelsior ) and Henderson (1917) which was hit hard by the 1929 marker crash so in 1931 it when bankrupt from a lack of buyers and then stuck to bicycles. . Schwinn had a 1941 Deluxe DX Tank Cruiser in DX blue pre-war . Big changes in 1955 , but JFK's 50% tarrif on imports in 62 didn't do very much and in 64 when it was lifted the British and German bikes poured in and by the 90's it went under and closed in 1992 .
Can you please do a video on the bus! Or some of the trucks in the Big Dog Garage sir?!
My Dad, b.1912, owned a Henderson,
said the torque from the inline 4 would pull you back up from a hard (left? right?) lean, (and you could use that when outrunning the cops) he got a ticket in 1932 for blowing by the Verona courthouse 80 mph. The cop used that red needle indicator speed on the ticket from how fast he had to go to catch my Dad.
Thank you Jay. Growing up on bikes and owning some of these classics, listening to the great history lessons as well as the beautiful sounds they make. Sadly being on blood thinners has sidelined my favorite pastime.
Jay, did you mean "you always want to add a bit of a lubricant to your fuel" @ 11:10?
I can watch Jay Leno's videos all day long. He really knows how to teach you about the bikes and cars.
I built a 40 Indian and a 31 Henderson four when I was in high school about 1949. The interesting things I found about them were the external band rear brakes, and Bosch magnetos. Also the carb had a round float made of cork that looked like a doughnut. To seal it from absorbing gasoline you would paint it in orange shellac and bake it in the oven, much to the shagrin of mom. I thought for sure you would mention that beautiful cast aluminum gas tank on the Henderson. Thks for those GREAT SOUNDS.
that is way beyond wicked cool
Henderson's were great. When I was a kid, our neighbor had one. Old police bike. He turned into a touring bike. Was awesome!
Nothing like the purity and beauty of the 30s motorbikes!
Thank you Jay for sharing your great collection. You are a great caretaker of wonderful historical machines !
Thanks! All I can think of when I look at that old stuff is "God the guys who made them were smart!" They were truly giants.
Really awesome sound....I ride 'em all and I love the sounds.....two-stroke and four-stroke!! Keep it up, Jay! P.S. That jacket looks as hammered as mine.
I couldn't help noticing the drive chain that seemed to need some attention to it's tension. Jay is sutch a great personality, I like the way he talks about his old maschines and sometimes give a few advices for free in addition. ...cool video! :-)
that was so fascinating and enjoyable. I am not a motorcycle guy but I really enjoyed that and would love to see her in person. It reminded me of a vintage aircraft that the airforce or navy might have used in that it was all function and no glitz, what a delight indeed. Thank you Jay for bringing this sort of vehicle to the fore front so we can learn not only about the vehicles history but of the place in history this vehicle played in the world. Lastly......I dont think i have ever heard a more beautiful sounding bike, just a pure gutteral sound that speaks of her power and magnificence.
I remember watching this on the actual website, not UA-cam. Does that website still exist? Would be cool to see if anything is there that isn’t on UA-cam.
I love those old manuals, as a kid I poored over those, hoping to find information I didn't already know, my father was always talking about all these motorcycles, that I never heard of, thanks to you, Jay, I now know what they look like, thankyou
I bet your personal insurance company hates you
I like how it's a hardtail with the motor parrel to the frame with a gear transmission, but they still made it chain drive.
Hair looks great at 12:30. Make it happen, Jay. ; )
Greeting from India, "Welcome to Jay Leno garage", How humble, to put it that way. Its a museum. Regards ...
What a fabulous bike. 90 -/+ years old and can keep up with pretty much anything on the road today! 👍 Also great job on mentioning your use of Marvel's Mystery Oil (aka M.M.O.) to counteract the effects of alcohol in modern gasoline. MMO also functions nicely as a fuel stabilizer, fuel pump and injector lubricant, amongst other beneficial virtues. I've been using for years and can honestly say it's one of the few vehicle additives that isn't "snake-oil". I guess that's why it's been around since the early 1920's!! Heck... it's even cheap!! Great video as always, Jay! Thanks for sharing. 👍
Oh and for the record.... I'm NOT (nor was ever) connected with M.M.O. in anyway, shape, or form other than a true fan. 😉
Sounds like an old Cummings rig running down the highway
wow, an original, my uncles friend was making a CHOPPER frame for one of these!! i never seen the finished product but i hears it was quicker then any hardley at that time!!
Looks like you forgot Obama's remark about successful businessmen a couple of months ago: "You didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."
So if you feel like a moron now, own it.
110mph is blazingly quick for its time. Especially considering 30 years later in the Ace cafe days the tonne-up boys were still struggling to get through that #, lol.
Is there any public road in the USA where you are actually allowed by law to go faster than 85 mph? Doubt that. Even Germans imposed a 130 kph (81 mph) speed limit on many of their autobahn stretches, although there is no universal nationwide speed limit there and there are places where you can speed up to 150 mph or even more if you can keep your car in control reliably. Elsewhere in Europe general freeway top speed limit is 81 mph, often less. It is safe to say that you pretty much don't need a vehicle that goes faster than 80 mph (unless it's an ambulance, fire, police or closed-circuit race car) - no point to pay for 160 mph top speed if you mostly can't drive half fast as that without getting a speeding ticket on a good road or ruining a suspension on potholes and bumps elsewhere.
I have an experience of riding (as a passenger) a vehicle that can't go faster than 80 kilometers per hour (50 mph) by design, it was in 2017, 450 kilometers be ween Samara and Ufa and then back couple of days later (Russia, M5 federal road), a rusty 1984 Mercedes 609D van. That thing doesn't even lock properly: there's nothing to take inside, nothing to vandalize and it has not quite evident engine start procedure with an aftermarket electric APU for its diesel. I'd say it was a pleasant journey: 9 hours at a leisurely pace (50 kph/31mph average) in a weather as nice as you can get (+26°C with breeze and intermittent cumulus clouds) enjoying scenery and absolutely no attention from anyone, police or not. And, well, we were on time everywhere we had to be.
As a 24 year old that drives an auto Jetta: Did you ever find the sidecar? I'm sure the bike itself is in good hands, but I love the gadgets and accessories and whatnot that some of your vehicles show off, so a sidecar would be a really neat addition.
This is my favorite motorcycle in your collection.
around 9 minutes where he says its built like a tractor, well it definitely sounds like one.
Jay this is the greatest show if you like machinery. I have learned so much from you. I can tell you really appreciate the past. Thanks
She still sounds really good1
My wife's great uncle was the first motorcycle cop in St.Louis and may well have ridden one of these bikes. His last name Eilermann.
I appreciate what Jay is doing here. You know he doesn't make these videos for the money, he produces these videos so that everyone can enjoy and share in his love for machinery.
i totaly relax watching this show ive watched all of the episodes three times at least
Riding at 110mph on 1930 tyres would be sphincter testing
Hey Jay, I just LOVE your enthusiasm for the engineering Etc.
4:00 there is a flaw in the police use of the red needle. The officer chancing you could accelerate to a higher top speed then decelerate as he got close to you. Definitely a flaw in the physics of speed there.
I get what your saying and if that is the way it was done, you'd be right (although back then I doubt you'd get into much of an argument with one of those officers, it might get you hurt). However, suppose the officer accelerated to catchup with you, and then matched your speed and hit the reset button just before he pulled you over. That would give him a fairly accurate indication as to your speed before being stopped. It would be admittedly difficult and probably impractical, but doable none the less.
Damn thats fast as hell for its age!
Keep up the awesome vids!!
100% unsprung weight. It's good that seat works so well.
Great sounding! The left kick start seems a little awkward, but a real machine! Look forward to the side car❤️🇺🇸❤️
What a treat to get to see this beautiful bike riding in such beautiful original condition,ridden by someone with as much passion and love for bikes as Jay Leno
Impressed how smooth and strong henderson is.
Thank you for all the great entertainment. I am not really a car guy but I was a history major. I love the history of all these vehicles and I appreciate your knowledge and great delivery of the facts. I love hearing about how everything fits in the history of these things but also how they changed the history of transportation. By the way 110 MPH is still "really really fast" today. On that thing I would be terrified. Great show!!!!
To catch up to a car going 70, wouldnt the officer have to exceed that speed?
Mud Puddle Yes
Hey Jay! Cool Name! :) Thanks for the Tip on adding a TBSP. of Marvel Mystery Oil to the Fuel! Nice to share this information to better keep these fine old machines on the road. Thanks, JayBird
I don't know much about contracts, but I would think TV personalities would have contracts that say you can't do anything (the TV execs perceive) dangerous, like ride a motorcycle. I'm sure pro athletes contracts say they can't do things like play other sports outside of their profession. i.e. get injured playing vollyball, and you miss some games in your profession.
I could be wrong, but it makes sense.
thanks jay. why don't you wear gloves? punch up ALLSTATE GLOVES. there in texas. these are some real kick-ass hells angels gloves.
Thank you from Australia. I never really liked 'old' stuff, but you have changed my mind with this review, what an amazing bike!, thanks again.
I am just shocked at how good this motorcycle is. I had no idea that the bikes in 1933 had better gear ratios and a more practical engine than today's bikes. Almost none of today's bikes have good gear ratios. Many bikes still vibrate enough to shake the mirrors and rattle the frame. Big V-Twin engines are not good for idling a 8mph in traffic, they don't like being lugged at an idle. But this Henderson is a tractor motor that is glass smooth, a perfect combination.
What if the cop was going the other way and turned around and you were a 1/2 a mile ahead of him and he ran up to 100mph to catch you but you were only going 50 mph? His speedometer would have shown 100 when you were only going 50. That speedometer seems like a speed trap gimmick to me.
Man Jay you have some cool old bikes ! Thanks for keeping them alive for younger generations to see !!
I keep watching these videos over and over again...i love simple , smooth , reliable engines...
Reverse on a motorcycle?!
That's a great idea!
Tom well, there are a few motorcycle manufacturers that have had or even have reversegears today in their productionbikes
Yeah I think Ural motorcycles come with the sidecar so they have reverse gears
@@0100101101001100 and also the majority of Honda Goldwings got them
Jay,you're the 1st person Ive heard that also had a valve gum up in such short time as I have.I chased a 49 chev.for 40 years before the guy would sell it to me.It had been his college project,He installed a 327 4spd, open driveshaft,but put it up in 75?to raise family .He ran it every year,only to the vet test center!I got it,started it on stale orange stinky gas and ran it for about 30 minutes while we finalized the deal.Next night after work I came back with a pipe and chain I'd made up for towing/braking.I proceeded to get it out on the street and hook it up to my pickup and when it started,not only could I hear an 'easy'cylinder,but a piston tapping an open valve.Turned out,the tank was unsalvageable.NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN! Haha!(john wade motorized,you tube).
...80 cubes, 40 horse....lot of bike for 1931...! I've got a 46 Knuckle, 74 cubes....came from the factory with a whopping 50 horses.....and thanks actually enough to scare the pants off of you....
My grandfather drove a motorcycle as a courier in the German Army in WW2... I watch old videos of them going across Russia that went on forever and ever and watch the soldiers on motorbikes. I've got an 85 Rebel I found rusting away and took completely apart and restored, and its a blast. I use it like a mule and haul more on it than when I'm in a car, usually groceries. I'ld love to score an old built like a tractor hardtail, bring it back to life, and use it as my daily driver.
JAY...I CANT GET ENOUGH OF YOUR SHOW !! THANX FOR ALL YOU SHOW US PEOPLE OUT HERE ,ITS ALOT OF FUN....DANO
Love these videos, Jay is really knowledgable and explains his vehicles wonderfully well. This series is better than most of the car shows on TV, Jay doesn't have to contend with commercial breaks or the practice of re-showing the last 2 minutes of the show before you went to break. It's more in depth and interesting. Thanks Jay.
Damn cool jacket Jay.
I love the Longitudinal 4! Mr. Leno - yet another great machine in excellent shape being exposed for the LA public.
Do you have a Velocette LE with a stick shift? The one with the weird flexi alloy chassis that uses the engine to brace it? That is one weird bike - but fun! A buddy of mine restored one not that long ago.
What a wonderful bike, ahead of its time in some ways. It would, indeed, be interesting to imagine what a ... 1954 Henderson would look like! ;) I'd love to be able to bring out a new version of that engine, always loved the in-line fours; this one, the Nimbus (from Denmark) and of course the old Ace/Indian. I still think it's a niche market that remains unfilled. So it'd cost a few million, WTF, it's a tax write-off, right?
Thanks Jay for sharing!!! Love these Old Bikes, Billy Joel opened his collection to the Public as well.
Jay. Steve McQean had his passion. Trump destroys. Watched your show in 2006. Always turn choke off. An Engineer. Dave
Thanck you from Sweden
Hi Jay did you ride this on Love Ride 11? I was next to you at the start. My 32 Chief didn't want to fire up. JP's wife was filming off the start in the back of her Benz. Was fun day. Oh and it's footboards, as Pop Stanley always said " no floor an a Motocycle..Cheers
My god. First: it's not restored. no paint, rebuild or nothing. 2nd: Jay is so rad that he bought this bike 30 years ago probably for like 6 grand. He's just that good when it comes to cool. And 3rd: Well shit
Awesome review Jay. You brought back a lot of memories for me when you said to put a spoon full of marvel mystery oil in the tank. My grandfather taught me that when I a little guy for his tractor on the farm. Love old bikes, love history, thanks for preserving it.
My Surname Motorcycle 'HENDERSON'.. She's a Beautiful piece of machinery. I've wanted one of these since I was 14yrs old after finding out about these and others that I didn't know anything about.. I was raised on Honda's and Kawasaki's, Triumph's etc.. as that is what my father was working on or riding.. I've since found out that my Family is a distant member of the Original Family that made these and also in my Families ancestry I have the surname of 'Cleveland' which also was a Family I came from. Thanks Jay for sharing this with us as these are what made this country Great back before Mass production producing took over or the Imports starting being brought here to AMERICA. Man I wish I had a ...or a CROCKER and a few of those also. Way out of my price range now that I'm older and these are more Valuable in today's America. God Bless America.
Add lubricant to your oil???, previous video, got the left and right backwards mentioning the thrortle. We are worried Jay, senility, oldtimers?
That was great Jay.
Iron American Dream on UA-cam.
Take a ride across the promised
land. Ride American Iron.
After 35 bikes, I ride a 1982 Kawasaki GPZ 1100.
120 horse, triple disc, mags, and fuel injection. King of the air-cooled super bikes.
And in 1931, I suspect it was common knowledge that if you go sailing past a skilled and experienced “mounted “ policeman whose iron steed happened one of these purpose-built vehicles, thinking yourself invulnerable in your mighty 1929 Model A Ford … rest assured, if he pulled out with the intent to catch you, you were already caught.
A 'Non-production' bike, also American, that pops to mind is Curtiss. While Glenn Curtiss is famously known for his airplanes, (particularly his seaplanes, although the T-18 Triplane is very notable) his motorbikes were insane for any timeframe, let alone the early 20Th century! V-8 power, and world-record speeds! I hope Jay can secure one for a video segment, though I doubt he'd be likely to be allowed to ride it. Very rare bikes, but, OMG, Fast!
Jay, my Great Grandfather Morris Wolf, while riding that bike in the 30's, hit a bump and his wife (Grandma Wolf), who was very pregnant, bounced off the back. She was rushed to the Hospital and gave birth to my Aunt Norma. My Grandma was ok. Too bad he didn't keep the bike, I'd have it:)
If this is truly original it is a 30, not a 31. The 31 (last year) was the first and only year of a pancake horn and the John Brown headlight. It is believed that Ballack, who created the only surviving list of year to serial numbers either rounded it off or created it from memory.
Chris, The gear drive is for the speed-o-meter it was a "Option" back then.
Jay, Your show is Awesome....I love your 0l' car's. Please keep all the Videos coming Please....