Anyone know the story behind this bike?

[75450]

What is it?
Is it functional?
Is it a one-off custom?
Or is it manufactured?
Specs?

[20774]

Henderson Streamline:

https://www.motorcyclemojo.com/2016/...on-streamline/

https://fristartmuseum.org/misc/1930...-kj-streamline

https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/images/543426/

[75450]

Thanks.

From your link:

1930 Henderson KJ Streamline
Collection of Frank Westfall, Syracuse, NY

With its 1,200-cc, 40-brake horsepower, in-line four-cylinder engine, the 1930 Henderson Model KJ Streamline could exceed 100 mph. In an era when streamlining was used sparingly in motorcycle design, American Orley Ray Courtney’s enclosed bodywork was virtually unknown on production two-wheelers (except for a few racing machines), making the KJ an unusual and beautiful example of Art Deco design.

[akbeemer]

Art Deco done crazy.

[skibum69]

Crazy but beautiful

[36654]

Very much in the style of NSU and Guzzi Dustbin fairings. BMW had similar race bikes and the attractive R7

Here's a biography of the designer. http://www.coachbuilt.com/des/c/courtney/courtney.htm

Seems he built the Pacific Coast a few decades before Honda.