For a period of time, the Indian and Henderson camps became great rivals for transcontinental bragging rights. In 1917, Alan Bedell broke Baker's record with a crossing of seven days, 16 hours, and 16 minutes aboard a Henderson. Then, in 1923, there was a veritable LDR shoot-out between Wells Bennett for Henderson (pictured here) and Paul Remaly for Indian. In May, Remaly set out on an Indian Scout to break the Three Flags record then held by Henderson, completing his run in 46 hours and 58 minutes. Bennett came out the following month aboard his Henderson and knocked the record down to 46 hours and 9 minutes. Remaly promptly responded in July with a run of 43 hours and 21 minutes. Then to put the icing on his cake, a month later Remaly set a new transcontinental record of five days, 17 hours and 10 minutes. What once had been an exercise in human endurance and motorcycle reliability was becoming a race where speed was more and more the determining factor.
