Ed Tahaney, Author at Harley Davidson Forums - Page 5 of 11

Imagine having a new motorcycle every month for a year and another one on your birthday.

It’s motorcycle show season around here again and probably by you as well. This year it sure seems like the bikes are getting bigger (and uglier) for some or even smaller (and trendier) for others.

Motorcycle chariot racing was popular in the United States, Europe and even Australia. The first races involved a motorcyclist pulling a man in a chariot and later the sport eventually evolved into a rider in a chariot being pulled by a riderless motorcycle or motorcycles.

I spotted this old, 1962 Chevy in Gillette, Wyoming on my way to Sturgis back in August while I stopped for gas at the Flying J.

It’s not everyday that I can get excited about a motorized bicycle with a top speed of 35 miles per hour, but that was until I saw this 1910 Harley-Davidson board track racer replica (above) built by Gary Harmon of Antique Motorbike Replicas.

“The killer Honeybee hit me near my right temple and I tried to remove the buzzing bugger with my left hand while merging onto the 110 Freeway north at the 105 exchange during rush hour.”

The 2016 Harley-Davidson Forty-Eight is a great boulevard cruiser and fun as hell to ride.