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[[Image:1923-Ace-XP4.jpg|right|thumb|1923 Ace XP4]]
[[Image:1923-Ace-XP4.jpg|right|thumb|1923 Ace XP4]]


American William "Bill" Henderson set up ACE after selling [[Henderson]] to the Schwinn bicycle company in 1917, and Max Sladkin of Haverford Cycle CoThese bikes were manufactured in Philadelphia between 1920 and 1924 when the original Ace Corporation went bankrupt. In 1922, shortly after William Henderson's death in a motorcycle crash, Arthur Lemon joined Ace to take over engineering duties. [[Indian]] acquired '''Ace''' in 1926 and continued to produce designs based on Henderson's design up to the 1942 [[Indian Four]].  Ace produced bikes with an inline-four layout.  The most popular was the XP-4, which set a world record of 130mph (209kph) in 1923.  
American Bill Henderson set up ACE after selling [[Henderson]] to the Schwinn bicycle company in 1917.  Ace produced bikes with an inline-four layout.  The most popular was the XP-4, which set a world record of 130mph (209kph) in 1923.  The rights to the ACE brand were sold to [[Indian]] who built a similiar [[Indian Four|Four]].


[[Image:1922_Ace_motorcycle.jpg|200px|thumb|left|1922_Ace_motorcycle]]
[[Image:1925-Ace-Four.jpg|left|thumb|1925 Ace Four]]
[[Image:1925-Ace-Four.jpg|left|thumb|1925 Ace Four]]
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==Models==
*[[Ace Four|Four]]
*1920
*XP3
*XP4
 
==Further Reference==
[http://www.geocities.com/acemotorcorp/ Joe Stephan & Ace]
 
[http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/hofbiopage.asp?id=193 William Henderson/Motorcycle Hall of Fame]
 
 
[[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers]]
[[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers]]
[[Category:American motorcycles]]

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