Vintage Pics of the Day

[T. Cotten]

Tueche Tom on the Babe being in the family way. Oh and very good idea to go down a list to find images of these folks from the Old Orchard Beach gang.

Mike Love

Here's No. 2 on the List, Ben Campanale,eleven years later, Folks!

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And No. 26 on the List, Walt Brown, and No. 21 Sam Davis,..

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(Winners of the first 100 mile race, and second Nationaal Championship race at Laconia,1938; Sam Davis runner-up.)

....Cotten
PS: It must be annoying to phone users to scroll through the same pics over and over. When quoting a post, the image portion (between [attach= and /attach]) is easy to delete!

[ihrescue]

Vintage Pic of the Day - January 8, 2021

In 1895 Sylvester Roper and the only known photo of his steam powered motorcycle.

Mike Love

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[T. Cotten]

I really don't know, Mike,...

...Why Steamers never caught on.

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This one's more my style,...

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....Cotten

[exeric]

Vintage Pic of the Day - January 8, 2021

In 1895 Sylvester Roper and the only known photo of his steam powered motorcycle.

Mike Love

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Sylvester Roper died on that steam-cycle, and possibly the same day that picture was taken. As I recall reading, he died of heart failure while riding.

[T. Cotten]

Sylvester Roper died on that steam-cycle, and possibly the same day that picture was taken. As I recall reading, he died of heart failure while riding.

Better than a boiler failure, Folks!

Here's a couple more,...

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,,,,Cotten

[ihrescue]

Wow Eric - interesting, worse things than dying in the saddle.

Mike Love

[T. Cotten]

Wow Eric - interesting, worse things than dying in the saddle.

Mike Love

Would that be preferable, Mike?

How 'bout a rocket bike then!

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Please note his safety gear!

Strap on explosives; What could go wrong?

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...Cotten

[ihrescue]

Vintage Pic of the Day - January 9, 2021

Bill Johnson of Johnson Motors Inc.


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Bill Johnson (Center) Triumph’s Jack Sangster (left) and Edward Turner (right) at one of the Johnson Motors warehouses. From Cycle News Magazine

[ihrescue]

Vintage Pic of the Day - January 10, 2020

More JoMo

Mike Love


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[ihrescue]

Vintage Pic of the Day - January 11, 2021

Another Grimm achievement on motorcycle

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The lack of a proper road did not, however, prevent 19-year-old Sadie Grimm from becoming the first rider to make the gruelling, nearly 100-kilometre trip aboard her Indian motorcycle.

Grimm, the first person to ride from Winnipeg to the popular resort town, was awarded the 1914 Manitoba Motorcycle Club (MMC) gold medal. It’s widely accepted that she was the first woman in Canada to win a motorcycling competition open to men. ...

The challenge in 1914 may have sounded simple enough, but the task was arduous. Manitoba roads in that era ranged from poor to impassible to non-existent, featuring long stretches of swamps and pastures.

There had already been failed attempts by other riders during the winter and early spring prior to Grimm’s successful journey. In fact, on the day she set out, another rider also made the attempt and failed. Miraculously, Grimm successfully returned to Winnipeg, via a different route, the same day.

Mike Love

[T. Cotten]

...Another Grimm achievement on motorcycle...

Another supergirl:

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.....Cotten

[ihrescue]

Vintage Pic of the Day - January 12, 2021

From Riding Vintage a rider in a past Jack Pine Endurance Run


Mike Love

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[ihrescue]

Vintage Pic of the Day - January 13, 2021

Maybe the most unlikely place for off road rider and Upland, Pennsylvania's Walt Axthelm to be photographed. Originally from Lopez Island, Washington "Walt Axthelm is 87 years old (on 2020 December 14). As far as Walt is concerned, age is but a number: Walt is an all-weather athlete and he enjoys skiing, cycling (both outdoor and indoor), indoor rowing, walking and hiking."

Mike Love



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[pem]

[T. Cotten]

What do we call this sort of vehicles, Folks?

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I have a slightly different view of Pem's pic labeled: P. Shilovslago on the streets of London

Here's another version:

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Or this one?

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Somehow "trike" doesn't say enough.

...Cotten