Early American Motorcycle Racing Blog

I took a quick look at your blog, Dave. Very cool. I plan to delve into it deeper this weekend. As a motorized bicycle enthusiast, my interest has always been today's motorized bicycle's close connection to the earliest motorcycles. And I've built my bike with that kind of vintage look as a goal.

Have a great weekend.

Max
 
Thanks Max, Many of the early motorcycle companies involved in racing, had close ties to bicycles. Both Harley and Indian sold bicycles early on. Both our original Harley and Indian shops here in Birmingham were bicycles shops that were approached to sell motorcycles. Super X was owned by the Schwinn bicycle folks. The reason motorcycles ended up on boardtracks, is they were first used to pace the bicycle races on the outdoor wooden velodromes.
 
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