The Antique Motorcycle Spring Issue Volume 65, No. 2

[tfburke3]

Yes and I wish it was direct from "our friends"at grouper so I could block without blocking amca customer service
The club is a business,Grouper is a business.Ithink its nice that we are friends.
Tom

[exeric]

1953 because it was the end of Indian, but also European motorcycles conquered America in the early '50s and the American motorcycle culture changed accordingly. I am not denigrating that occurrence, because it is history, but it changed and erased much of our indigenous American motorcycle legacy. The AMCA was founded by people who wanted to preserve that American motorcycle heritage; hence they created the AMCA to save, and give value to extinct American created motorcycles.

1970 because there was a fuzzy line that saw British motorcycles knocked out by the Japanese steamroller and Harley-Davidson reduced to a niche product. That period was a blur of change, and unpredictability but American motorcycling was forever changed. . . Good? Bad? Everyone has their own opinion about the ethos of all that, but you cannot deny that the early '70s was an epoch fork in the road for American motorcycle culture.

I take a stand on this because I believe the AMCA has to represent and focus on the classic, historic era of motorcycling. In my travels, (and I think) most members I talk to feel the same, and judging by meets I go to, the greatest value (spiritual, and intrinsic) is on the American motorcycles made (circa) pre-1953. Once again, this is where I get in trouble

The grim reality is; in the next 10 years there will be a flood of old motorcycles on the market because many of my fellow AMCA members will be dead and their estates will be burdened with these beautiful, but non-essential works of art that become mere curiosities. Will the AMCA promote, and encourage the interest in old motorcycles, or will the AMCA try to continue to promote the "everything is beautiful" mentality that leads to malaise. I think you have to draw a line, otherwise, we will have a watered down, one-size-fits-all club that is just boring.

[droptopford]

For more relevant content how about pics of winner circle and unusuall judged bikes from recent meets.
Tom

Great suggestion! I'd be waiting by the mail box like a little kid waiting for his Captain Midnight Secret Decoder Ring.