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Slippery when wet!

About half a dozen tracks up to 2 miles long had opened by 1915. By 1931 there where at least 24 operating board tracks in the US composed of wooden planks. The banking started out to be 24 dregrees and later

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Slippery when wet!

About half a dozen tracks up to 2 miles long had opened by 1915. By 1931 there where at least 24 operating board tracks in the US composed of wooden planks. The banking started out to be 24 dregrees and later

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Don’t drink and drive

If you where a board track racer in 1910, the wooden oval tracks made for very high speeds at the time. If you slipped on the  oil left on the tracks and got only splinters in  you body, you where

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Don’t drink and drive

If you where a board track racer in 1910, the wooden oval tracks made for very high speeds at the time. If you slipped on the  oil left on the tracks and got only splinters in  you body, you where

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1921Beverly Hills, CA

Rare 1921 video of Motorcycle Hall of Famer Shrimp Burns at a 1921 board track race in Beverly Hills, CA.

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1921Beverly Hills, CA

Rare 1921 video of Motorcycle Hall of Famer Shrimp Burns at a 1921 board track race in Beverly Hills, CA.

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The found movie

Filmed in Daytona Beach in 1920, this is incredible footage of early crazy men racing motorcycles…almost 100mph on 2×4 wood…

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The found movie

Filmed in Daytona Beach in 1920, this is incredible footage of early crazy men racing motorcycles…almost 100mph on 2×4 wood…

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Happy Weekend

In the 1960 advertising went out on a limb and showed a potent mix of bikes and babes…

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Happy Weekend

In the 1960 advertising went out on a limb and showed a potent mix of bikes and babes…

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No 35

No 35 was Burt Munroe’s lucky number as far as we know. We designed a special t-shirt for this years Speed trails at the Bonneville Salt Flats, August 10-17, 2012. For more information about Bonneville go to the Southern California

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No 35

No 35 was Burt Munroe’s lucky number as far as we know. We designed a special t-shirt for this years Speed trails at the Bonneville Salt Flats, August 10-17, 2012. For more information about Bonneville go to the Southern California

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King of Cool

One name reigns supreme over that elusive notion of ‘cool’ and that name is Steve McQueen. Whatever ‘cool’ is, he had it in bucket loads. More than 30 years after he died, McQueen is still the touchstone against which all

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King of Cool

One name reigns supreme over that elusive notion of ‘cool’ and that name is Steve McQueen. Whatever ‘cool’ is, he had it in bucket loads. More than 30 years after he died, McQueen is still the touchstone against which all

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Dry Lake Racers

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Dry Lake Racers

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1947 -- Free On The J.A.P

Ride Free

Rollie Free made history aboard a 1948 Vincent HRD V-Twin motorcycle, often referred to as the “Bathing Suit Bike” due to the scant attire of its rider, Roland “Rollie” Free. John Edgar hired Free to make the attempt at the

1947 -- Free On The J.A.P

Ride Free

Rollie Free made history aboard a 1948 Vincent HRD V-Twin motorcycle, often referred to as the “Bathing Suit Bike” due to the scant attire of its rider, Roland “Rollie” Free. John Edgar hired Free to make the attempt at the