Help with a vintage Hercules bike
06-14-13, 06:39 PM
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Help with a vintage Hercules bike
Hi,
I am trying to find how old this Hercules bike is:
It says "Hercules", and "TI Cycles of India". It's serial number is HP023***.
I would greatly appreciate if you could help with finding the year of manufacture.
Thanks.
I am trying to find how old this Hercules bike is:
It says "Hercules", and "TI Cycles of India". It's serial number is HP023***.
I would greatly appreciate if you could help with finding the year of manufacture.
Thanks.
06-14-13, 07:13 PM
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It's a post 1960 build.
06-15-13, 02:30 AM
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06-15-13, 04:39 AM
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check here, https://herculesmuseum.wordpress.com/ they may have something.
06-15-13, 08:12 AM
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You best bet to get in the ballpark is look at the rear hub for a date stamp of some sort, assuming the rear wheel is original.
Does the headbadge say Nottingham or Birmingham? Or something else?
Does the headbadge say Nottingham or Birmingham? Or something else?
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TI, like BSA and Royal Enfield, put a bunch of tooling into India in the 50's and early 60's. The decals make me think maybe 90's, but I don't know of an Indian roadster serial number registry.
They're still selling something like it brand new, including the rack:
https://www.bsahercules.com/product-features.asp?pid=69
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