The early days
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The Harley Collection at the Motorcycle museam
https://www.motorcyclemecca.nz/collecti ... son-bikes/
https://www.motorcyclemecca.nz/collecti ... son-bikes/
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Nice find! Thanks for sharing.VonGruff wrote: ↑23 Jun 2023, 12:56 pm The Harley Collection at the Motorcycle museam
https://www.motorcyclemecca.nz/collecti ... son-bikes/
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Ok, so it is an Indian but the story about these two boys is well worth the read.
In 1913, Louis and Temple Abernathy rode their motorcycle 1300miles from Oklahoma to New York City, Louis was 14 years-old and Temple was 10.
More about their remarkable childhood adventures with various modes of transport here.
https://eccentricculinary.substack.com/ ... 20children
In 1913, Louis and Temple Abernathy rode their motorcycle 1300miles from Oklahoma to New York City, Louis was 14 years-old and Temple was 10.
More about their remarkable childhood adventures with various modes of transport here.
https://eccentricculinary.substack.com/ ... 20children
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Extremely interesting read! What little legends. Thanks for sharing @VonGruffVonGruff wrote: ↑28 Jun 2023, 7:57 pm Ok, so it is an Indian but the story about these two boys is well worth the read.
In 1913, Louis and Temple Abernathy rode their motorcycle 1300miles from Oklahoma to New York City, Louis was 14 years-old and Temple was 10.
More about their remarkable childhood adventures with various modes of transport here.
https://eccentricculinary.substack.com/ ... 20children
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An annoying add in the first couple of minutes but a great video regardless of that.
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On this day, May 2, 1915, Effie Hotchkiss and her mother Avis left Brooklyn, New York on the adventure of a lifetime. The mother and daughter duo were bound for San Francisco, California on a new 1915 Harley-Davidson V-twin with sidecar that Effie had recently purchased.
By taking the southern route, they crossed into California enduring temperatures in excess of 120 degrees Fahrenheit, came within feet of a rattlesnake (which Effie handily dispatched with her handgun), and came face-to-face with a coyote which met the same fate as the rattlesnake.
When they arrived in the City by the Bay in August, the pair became the first women to ride cross-country on a motorcycle. The Hotchkiss's also recounted that while in New Mexico, they had run out of spare inner tubes. The ingenious duo took a blanket from their supplies, cut it down to inner tube length, rolled it and stuffed it into the tire.
Finally, in August, the team dipped their wheels in the Pacific Ocean at San Francisco and became the first women to cross the United States on a motorcycle. Taking a northern route, their return journey included crossing the deserts of Nevada and Utah. Effie and Avis Hotchkiss finally returned to their home in Brooklyn in October of 1915, having traveled approximately 9,000 miles, covering more than one-third of the United States, over five months.
While glad to see the family they had left behind, they were already looking forward to their next trips. In the end it didn’t matter whether they had set out to, they had motorcycled their way into the record books and motorcycling history.
Pictured: Avis and Effie Hotchkiss in Salt Lake City, UT, in 1915. On their pioneering transcontinental motorcycle ride.
By taking the southern route, they crossed into California enduring temperatures in excess of 120 degrees Fahrenheit, came within feet of a rattlesnake (which Effie handily dispatched with her handgun), and came face-to-face with a coyote which met the same fate as the rattlesnake.
When they arrived in the City by the Bay in August, the pair became the first women to ride cross-country on a motorcycle. The Hotchkiss's also recounted that while in New Mexico, they had run out of spare inner tubes. The ingenious duo took a blanket from their supplies, cut it down to inner tube length, rolled it and stuffed it into the tire.
Finally, in August, the team dipped their wheels in the Pacific Ocean at San Francisco and became the first women to cross the United States on a motorcycle. Taking a northern route, their return journey included crossing the deserts of Nevada and Utah. Effie and Avis Hotchkiss finally returned to their home in Brooklyn in October of 1915, having traveled approximately 9,000 miles, covering more than one-third of the United States, over five months.
While glad to see the family they had left behind, they were already looking forward to their next trips. In the end it didn’t matter whether they had set out to, they had motorcycled their way into the record books and motorcycling history.
Pictured: Avis and Effie Hotchkiss in Salt Lake City, UT, in 1915. On their pioneering transcontinental motorcycle ride.
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I second that 😂. Would love one of these old original classics. Amazing machines.
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Link to a video of a first start on a resto WLDR that I have followed for some time. It was a junk yard bike that the guy bought as a WLA and after a bit of tinkering rode it home and then decided to freshen it up a bit when a viewer noticed something that after inspection showed this was a rare old race bike the famed WLDR.
https://fb.watch/mJeuSy9U--/
https://fb.watch/mJeuSy9U--/
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