Wearing a leather cap, a well-manicured moustache and a steely gaze, Glenn Hammond Curtiss stares out of a time-worn black and white postcard-like photo. In the background, frothy waves splash the beach, the very hard packed sands upon which his experimental V-8 powered motorcycle will transport him into the history books as “The Fastest Man in the World.” The day was Thursday, January 24, the year 1907 and the place, Ormond Beach on the east coast of Florida. The record … 136.3 mph, a land speed record that would stand for 11 years and then only surpassed by an automobile— the Blitzen Benz hitting 141 mph. It would not be until 1930 that a motorcycle would best Glenn Curtiss’s feat of daring-do and mechanical design.
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SPYKE AND MIKE
Whoa, Nellie! If you missed it, you missed a whole lot of beautiful steel horses in one place. If you were there, you know that no words can totally convey what went down the stretch. I’m squawking about the Great American Motofest that ran at the Boss Hogg ranch.
BORN TO RIDE KIDS
CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLISTS ASSOCIATION
NEFARIOUS JAMES
RESPECT & HONOR STARTS AT HOME
FREDDY BARRON'S FREEWHEELER TRIKE
John “Freddy” Barron of Unadilla, Georgia, has always loved Harley- Davidson motorcycles. Now at over 80 years of age, this former paratrooper with the famous 82nd Airborne Division decided to let Tifton Harley in Tifton, Georgia, customize his Harley Freewheeler trike. Freddy purchased the trike new from the dealership back in 2018.
Bitchin' Bog Wheels for Baggers at Metalsport Wheels
WE CHECK OUT METALSPORT INC.
A BOND OF GENERATIONS
FATHER AND SONS RIDING THE WALL OF DEATH!
DAVE NICHOLS FROM THE HELM
THIS ONE'S FOR THE DADS OUT THERE
A FATHER'S DAY TRIBUTE
'' A SPECIAL ONE INDEED''
GET YOUR MOTOR RUNNIN'!
It is unbelievable how fast this year is going by. But man, there’s some cool stuff on the way down the pipe. We are getting closer and closer to July 24.
SPYKE AND MIKE
BIKER RODEO GRAND MARSHALLS, SPYKE & MIKE
