Drag racing is an American pastime. Whether it’s done behind the wheel of a powerful Detroit muscle car, a beefy Harley-Davidson, or even a full-blown dragster, there are few things in the world that can recreate the feeling of blasting down a drag way.

The cast of the History Channel hit TV show, ‘American Pickers’, were recently in Monroeville, Ohio visiting Roeder Racing & Service, an Ohio Harley institution.

What we have here is a 1928 Harley-Davidson JDH ‘Two Cam’ board track racer. It was Harley’s first street legal race bike, and was one of the fastest motorcycles in the world at the time.

If you watch a TV show or a movie, groups of motorcycle riders are typically shown to be gruff, crude, and ready to commit violence. However, in real life, most motorcycle riders are law-abiding citizens who pay their taxes. Some of them may even enjoy an occasional round of golf. If you happen to be that type of biker, a cart like the one you see here should be right up your alley.

Wayne Pierce’s vintage Harley-Davidson collection—worth $700,000—is going up for auction. Pierce was a collector, racer, race enthusiast and Harley dealer who owned one of the country’s leading franchises. The Pierce Family Museum is selling off 48 vintage bikes; the earliest one is the 1926 H-D JD with canoe-style sidecar (pictured above). These bikes will be […] More »