Some odd old rides

[Patrick]

http://www.tvraaca.org/vintagecyclesi.htm

[weeder]

You know these  riders in the pictures  were just like us , with dreams , tastes and desires , no difference .  tho they might  have a different moral , principle ,   rule of law  awareness that  this modern culture is virtually bankrupting into.
thanks for the movie , I like the Dormans  Box bike  the best  (its in the beginning part ) -- classy looking  and has a tank like the Valkyrie.

[specialdose]

       I like the Nortons  and the two Procol Harum songs bring back some fond memories from the early 70's.

[solo1]

Nice post.  It brings back memories.

Along the same, here is a pic that i took in 1948 at Wabash Indiana.  It was a TT race (I think that's what they called it). Dirt and hills, with mostly Harleys competing.

Back then we, the spectators, could park our bikes anywhere and watch the race from anywhere on the circuit, no safety rules, just common sense and ready to run.

[hubcapsc]

My father raced TT before the war. He described it as like motocross, but no jumps. They'd
ride to the race, take off their headlights, race the race, put back on the headlight and
ride back home.

He took me to hill climbs and flat track races in the 60's and 70's, you could still
go anywhere on the track. I used to ride around the flattrack on my yamaha 100
between heats...

-Mike

[old2soon]

Couple of MY own observations. First off-interesting photo gallery. I'm of a firm belief that the folks were no less proud of their machines than we are of our machines-WHATEVER we ride. You just KNOW they had to tinker a bit more than us. Given all that and the tires and metallurgy available then they STILL wanted to go faster than the other guy. Disastrous results await us even today but I believe they were more prevalent then. AND had it not been for those early riders-WHAT would we be doing AND talking about today? When I was growing up Dad didn't ride BUT my best friends Uncle did and his ride was a Beemer!  NEVER got a ride on that Beemer as Dad refused permission and THAT was the ONLY way I could have gotten a ride AND my friends Uncle KNEW Dads answer!  Ah well-I STILL managed to "sneak" some rides.  RIDE SAFE.