Category Archives: Motorcycles

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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?

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Smoking and driving?

Some say you can’t do both, but then again if you have a BMW you don’t need a helmet, gloves… do you?

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Smoking and driving?

Some say you can’t do both, but then again if you have a BMW you don’t need a helmet, gloves… do you?

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Which state has a helmet law?

Can you name all states where you have to wear a helmet? Please get back to me….

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Which state has a helmet law?

Can you name all states where you have to wear a helmet? Please get back to me….

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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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…