1920 boardtrack race video

[sabala]

Found this out in the internetz. No sound but still pretty cool. Apologies if previously posted but I searched and nothing came up. Enjoy!

INDIAN MOTORCYCLE RACING - 1920

 

[Mountainman]

thank you for posting --- that was a lot of fun

for an old film --- pretty good quality --- and pretty darn fast !!!

ride that thing

 

[skyl4rk]

very nice

 

[Tinker1980]

Eep. Those things were very little more than what we've built and shown on this board! Can you picture another cylinder on your happy time motor, propelling your bike to 110+, on a bunch of 2x4's laid on their edges? I don't think they had any brakes on those things either. Hats off to those guys - i get scared at 30 mph on my machine!

-Mark

 

[Member 5549]

Yea they stopped racing when a bike flew off the track and killed 6 people in the stands.
I think it was in New York or maybe Jersey.

 

[Pablo]

WOW thanks for posting that. Really great. It also gives us a much better sense for the size of the track.