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1920 Motorcycle Race Movie
Jockey Journal ^
Posted on 04/19/2009 12:08:03 AM PDT by woofie
This is a wonderful rare film of motorcycle board racing in 1920. Great fun to watch
Indian Motorcycles are the Fastest in the World!
http://www.jockeyjournal.com/?p=235
TOPICS: Hobbies; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: indian; motorcycle
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posted on
04/19/2009 12:08:04 AM PDT
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woofie
To: woofie
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posted on
04/19/2009 12:15:01 AM PDT
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woofie
To: woofie
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posted on
04/19/2009 12:29:18 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/19/2009 1:24:31 AM PDT
by
Brad’s Gramma
(Life is but a big granola bar.)
To: woofie
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posted on
04/19/2009 2:41:35 AM PDT
by
Free Vulcan
(No prisoners. No mercy. 2010 awaits.....)
To: woofie
That’s one very big board track.
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To: woofie
Nearly 132 mph (212 kph). That’s moving.
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posted on
04/19/2009 4:37:25 AM PDT
by
familyop
(combat engineer (combat), National Guard, '89-'96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote, http://falconparty.com/)
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To: woofie
Wow! American life from another time. Thanks for linking.
To: woofie
All I can say is WOW! What a gem of a find! Wish Dad was still around to see this ... he'd love it!
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posted on
04/19/2009 6:28:45 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Have you noticed Obama voters are having buyer's remorse?)
To: woofie
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posted on
04/19/2009 6:33:59 AM PDT
by
Poser
(Typed on my Woot-off $169 Asus Web Book (Linux of course))
To: woofie
What? How ignorant our ancestors were.Didnt they realize board tracks were a threat to the environment? </sarcasm>
To: woofie
Those interested in this sort of thing should watch "The World's Fastest Indian" with Anthony Hopkins in the title role as Burt Munro in this fascinating true story.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412080/
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posted on
04/19/2009 6:49:30 AM PDT
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: gorush
I have DVD, it’s a great movie!
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posted on
04/19/2009 7:36:13 AM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
04/19/2009 7:37:07 AM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: woofie
Many people donot realie how dangerous those old board tracks were. You might notice if you follow motorcycle racing, that there are no hay bales, no guard rails and not much safety for spectators as well as riders.
Motorcycles they race also had no brakes. Sidecar racing was unbelievably dangerous and after so many lost their lives it was abandoned in the US. The Board tracks became old and run down and lacked maintenance after a few years splinters would eat up riders if they fell then the boards started rotting and breaking making for real danger. They were finally abandoned.
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posted on
04/19/2009 8:10:32 AM PDT
by
Venturer
To: gorush
I loved that movie ...draged my family to it ..read up on Burt ...the most accurate thing in the movie was his mechanical ability. I forget how may trips he made to the salt flts but it was several
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posted on
04/19/2009 9:24:49 AM PDT
by
woofie
To: woofie
Awesome.... I had no idea the board tracks were that big.
Those Indians were incredibly fast... and no death wobble.
It seems to me there was another brand of motorcycle.... hmmmm what was it? Ughhhh...oh well, not important. Never mind.
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posted on
04/19/2009 10:00:34 AM PDT
by
zipper
( If God is your copilot, you're in the wrong seat!)
To: zipper
It seems to me there was another brand of motorcycle.... hmmmm what was it? Silent Matchless? Yale? Excelsior? Hendee Manufacturing?
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posted on
04/19/2009 12:26:30 PM PDT
by
Don W
(People who think are a threat to socialism)
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