Vintage (Old Photographs Only) Pics of the Day

[duffeycycles]

Herman Dahlke [Alabama] & Ray Tursky [Madison Wis] 1946 Marion Indiana TT poster. Marion had the Cornfield Classic 200 mile races,including the 1920 race that Ray Weishaar had the pig known as the "Harley Hog"....The Cornfield Classic – 1919/1920 International Road Race in Marion, Indiana

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[JoJo357]

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[duffeycycles]

You've been finding some good ones JoJo. That Triumph reminds me of the Norton my brother had. He bought an ugly as Fk High rider with the lean foreward motor & put in a stripped down a rigid chassis. That thing was fast & fun but shifting a Norton was a nightmare for us Harley guys until you had a couple laps around the block on it.

[badger34]

Top photo 1919 Marion IN Cornfield Classic John Mooney on right wrenching Red Parkhurst's race winning machine. Bottom photo 30 years later 1949 John Mooney H-D experimental department, from group photo that includes my grandfather.

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[duffeycycles]

Cool pics, I had one of the 1919 Parkhurst postcards & had a print at Davenport many years ago. A guy saw it & said he had the Weishaar bike in original condition & had collected everything associated with that bike & race. I asked him if he had Weishaar's postcard, he said they didn't exist. I told him I saw it in Earlyriders mag. He was pissed & laughing, said he had collected it all 35 years before & now had to search for one! The Cornfield Classic videos on Utube are super.

[JoJo357]

You've been finding some good ones JoJo. That Triumph reminds me of the Norton my brother had. He bought an ugly as Fk High rider with the lean foreward motor & put in a stripped down a rigid chassis. That thing was fast & fun but shifting a Norton was a nightmare for us Harley guys until you had a couple laps around the block on it.

Thank You Duffey~Likewise! Can't get enough of those old race programs and history!! I used to go to the local cemetery when i first started riding the Brit Motorcycles, before i would trust myself on the streets. Then throw in H-D and an Indian into the mix, and there was a whole lot of cRaZy concentration involved~Hahaha. I had a bunch of close calls juggling all three on daily rides, but it did hone the riding skills!

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[duffeycycles]

JoJo, I have written hundreds of history stories about long gone people. Before writing their stories, I always go to their graves & hang out for a bit & let them talk to me ! I look at their neighhbors stones & do little research on them too. Each time the story I write changes for the better. [ A local Amish historian/writer who loves my stories interviewed me. He was a little freeked out when I told him that, but after a couple of minutes he said he would try it ! ]

[JoJo357]

JoJo, I have written hundreds of history stories about long gone people. Before writing their stories, I always go to their graves & hang out for a bit & let them talk to me ! I look at their neighhbors stones & do little research on them too. Each time the story I write changes for the better. [ A local Amish historian/writer who loves my stories interviewed me. He was a little freeked out when I told him that, but after a couple of minutes he said he would try it ! ]

Don't feel slighted Duffey, i've shared many a spilled wine over the grave of some close friends that have passed on.

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[duffeycycles]

I had a '65 BSA Lightning but the Norton was worse than BSA & Triumph & early Sportys because it shifted opposite. It was one up 3 down so in an emergency stop an HD guy would push down on the right lever & it would upshift & go faster. We had a local Brit collector Tom Wegman who had 4 Vincents including an OP '52 Black Shadow, Velocette's & German BMWs etc. He became friends with the great Aussey tuner, Phil Iriving. Phil came ot Iowa City to hang with Tom a couple times spending a month riding around with Tom & another local Vellocette collector, Mike. I rode my 45 to Anamosa with Mike a couple times once on his '36 Velo & another time on his '50 Velo Mac that he did economy runs on. Mike has a signed set of 4 books, first edition "Holy Grail" by Phil. Irving. [Tuning for Speed.Rich Mixture, Motorcycle Engineering, & Black Smoke] I found a non signed set in a local book store for $44 ! My brother sold the Norton to Tom who built a road racing machine out of it & sadly wrecked & lost use of his legs. I maintained Tom's Volvo wagon for him late in his life.
Pic of Phil on the Vindian & local Triumph legend & friend, Raw Sewage MC member Brother John. John's brother Whale also rode Triumph. Many of the local BMW, Guzzi riders & John & Whale on Triumph, would annually ride deep into Mexico, Guatamala. etc.

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[badger34]

1935 Milwaukee cinder track, Johnnie Powers - H-D & Johnny Spiegelhoff - Crocker.

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[duffeycycles]

Great pic Badger, where did you find that one? I tried to take some of the fuzzy out.

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[badger34]

It's from a newspaper clipping, hence poor quality. I spend a great deal of time researching newspaper archives. I did get back in touch with John Powers' grandson recently, he has not yet dug into the items left to him by his grandmother John's wife Blanche.

[Jarek]

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[duffeycycles]

Leo Payne Turnip Eater, S&S photo

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[JoJo357]

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