Category Archives: History

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Vintage Racing Jersey

Vinage racing jerseys are hard to find anymore, but not to worry. Kim in Pennsylvania is making them based on old patterns, using great fabric and the original felt lettering for that very vintage look. The quality is first class

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Vintage Racing Jersey

Vinage racing jerseys are hard to find anymore, but not to worry. Kim in Pennsylvania is making them based on old patterns, using great fabric and the original felt lettering for that very vintage look. The quality is first class

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Gene Walker

[Note:  The following was written by David Morrill of Sylacauga.  David is a retired career Orlando Police Department officer with five years as a motorcycle cop.  A motorcycling and race enthusiast, writer, and past competitor, he is also a survivor

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Gene Walker

[Note:  The following was written by David Morrill of Sylacauga.  David is a retired career Orlando Police Department officer with five years as a motorcycle cop.  A motorcycling and race enthusiast, writer, and past competitor, he is also a survivor

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Racing Posters

How come poster art was so creative in the old days?

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Racing Posters

How come poster art was so creative in the old days?

Mesinger Racer embossing

Mesinger Racer Saddle

With its base in wood, its bicycle look, the Mesinger Seat was standard equipment on race motorcycles during the teens & twenties. And you would love to find an original one for your restoration or new old school bobber or

Mesinger Racer embossing

Mesinger Racer Saddle

With its base in wood, its bicycle look, the Mesinger Seat was standard equipment on race motorcycles during the teens & twenties. And you would love to find an original one for your restoration or new old school bobber or

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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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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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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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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