This bike once belonged to a lucky Swede, one can just wonder if it ever survived?
mandag 19. september 2011
American Motorcycles oddball
Much to my despair, I can not manage to figure out what brand this bike is. Any ideas, suggestions will be truly apprechiated.
This bike once belonged to a lucky Swede, one can just wonder if it ever survived?
This bike once belonged to a lucky Swede, one can just wonder if it ever survived?
lørdag 17. september 2011
Motorcycle racing in the "Korketrekkeren"
As mentioned in a previous post Korketrekkeren (corkscrew) was a very popular uphill race both for motorcycles and cars trough out twenties and well into the thirties.
The motorcycle races held by NMK and KNA at this location drew speed dare-devils from all over Europe to compete on achieving the shortest time up the hill.
Dangerous curves where banked by wooden planks to prevent the competitors from hitting the audience when they lost control of their bikes.
In this picture from an album discovered in my last search for "pics from yesterdaze" a couple of visitiors from Sweden is captured at full speed up Korketrekkeren, though not fast enough as they are still far from climbing on the wooden planks as I have seen from my pics some did.
Trough the years of competition taking place in the Korketrekkeren, race speeds where significantly increased. As stated in my first post covering the 1921 Korketrekkeren event, Macke Nicolaysen won by riding his Reading Standard at a time 2 minutes 59 1/2 seconds. If we jump to 4 of June 1928 an international race was held in Korketrekkeren where "master" Erik Westerberg set a new record of 2 minutes 4,8 seconds and Norwegian Harley ace Ernst Vaumund clocked in at 2 minutes, 5 seconds. This is close to a minute less, whow!
Its great fun to know the two Harley dare devils Erik and Ernst rode 10 sec faster up the hill than the Bugatti winning the race car class.
The motorcycle races held by NMK and KNA at this location drew speed dare-devils from all over Europe to compete on achieving the shortest time up the hill.
Dangerous curves where banked by wooden planks to prevent the competitors from hitting the audience when they lost control of their bikes.
In this picture from an album discovered in my last search for "pics from yesterdaze" a couple of visitiors from Sweden is captured at full speed up Korketrekkeren, though not fast enough as they are still far from climbing on the wooden planks as I have seen from my pics some did.
Trough the years of competition taking place in the Korketrekkeren, race speeds where significantly increased. As stated in my first post covering the 1921 Korketrekkeren event, Macke Nicolaysen won by riding his Reading Standard at a time 2 minutes 59 1/2 seconds. If we jump to 4 of June 1928 an international race was held in Korketrekkeren where "master" Erik Westerberg set a new record of 2 minutes 4,8 seconds and Norwegian Harley ace Ernst Vaumund clocked in at 2 minutes, 5 seconds. This is close to a minute less, whow!
Its great fun to know the two Harley dare devils Erik and Ernst rode 10 sec faster up the hill than the Bugatti winning the race car class.
fredag 16. september 2011
INDIAN Motocycles, the Decker collection
Spoke with Thomas Bund today, his last book will be ready in October. For sure I look forward to own the "Indian Motocycles" with pics from the Michael Decker collection.
This is one "must have", you find Thomas Bund by clicking his name.
This is one "must have", you find Thomas Bund by clicking his name.
torsdag 15. september 2011
American Motorcycles
Z 80, a 1917ìsh Harley once ridden at Swedish country roads. Would rather not have catched to much speed with this bike as long as them old clinchers have next to none air pressure in them.
I couldnt resist posting the picture where the old Ford A is working as a ice cutter. That is some HOT-ROD for sure, imagine!
I couldnt resist posting the picture where the old Ford A is working as a ice cutter. That is some HOT-ROD for sure, imagine!
onsdag 14. september 2011
Agder Motorhistoriske Klubb Swap meet 2011
Some weeks ago I realised I was able to join the annual Swap meet of AMK for the first time in several years.
Its OK with those local swaps as you never really know what will surface as well as I`m pretty much having the scene by myself for what I`m looking for (hey that showed up to be wrong this time).
Got up 0600 Saturday morning, just a couple of degrees outside.
Primed the old Henderson wich started easily in the crisp air.
This would be my first ride since having installed spacers to get the inlet manifoild further out from the exhaust system, this to lower the carb temperature.
The swap, like 1/2 a hours drive from my home was allready crowded when I arrived, to find Tor Anders a major pack rat for any thing related to old American Motorcycles was allready there with a big grin on his face. Hey this swap is far off from your territories I tried, in vain.
High lights to be mentioned,
Tor Anders finds ehrrm and his Iver Johnson motor, meeting all local lunatics in one place rather than seek for them, getting voted as best motorcycle attending the meet/swap, spending quite a few bucks on stuff I easily could have lived without and finally a great drive trough winding country roads on my way home with a purring four.
Its OK with those local swaps as you never really know what will surface as well as I`m pretty much having the scene by myself for what I`m looking for (hey that showed up to be wrong this time).
Got up 0600 Saturday morning, just a couple of degrees outside.
Primed the old Henderson wich started easily in the crisp air.
This would be my first ride since having installed spacers to get the inlet manifoild further out from the exhaust system, this to lower the carb temperature.
The swap, like 1/2 a hours drive from my home was allready crowded when I arrived, to find Tor Anders a major pack rat for any thing related to old American Motorcycles was allready there with a big grin on his face. Hey this swap is far off from your territories I tried, in vain.
High lights to be mentioned,
Tor Anders finds ehrrm and his Iver Johnson motor, meeting all local lunatics in one place rather than seek for them, getting voted as best motorcycle attending the meet/swap, spending quite a few bucks on stuff I easily could have lived without and finally a great drive trough winding country roads on my way home with a purring four.
American Motorcycles Norway
Whow!!
From my last weeks journey in digging for "pics from yesterdaze" I am totally surprised by the amount of "un-discovered" photos from the Norwegian hey-days of motorcycling that are actually waiting to be found. I consider pics from the years around 1915 to the early thirties, a period when our motorcycle scene was dominated by US made motors as Thor, Excelsior, Henderson, Indian and Harleys as well as Reading Standards, Popes and even oddballs like the Iver Johnsons to be of great interest to preserve (uh you might allready have guessed that?).
Those pics are all in danger from getting extinct, this as the childs of those who actually rode those years are now all in their late seventies to early nineties. The next generations might even not have ever meet their grand or grand grands, hence their interest in keeping this material in the family is less important.
Another important fact is that in todays homes where tidiness and minimalism is the general rule, there are no lofts or stalls where stuff can be hidden away till "you never know when"!
Shit, I will vote for 36 hour days if or when ever that is an option, I need more time.
From my last weeks journey in digging for "pics from yesterdaze" I am totally surprised by the amount of "un-discovered" photos from the Norwegian hey-days of motorcycling that are actually waiting to be found. I consider pics from the years around 1915 to the early thirties, a period when our motorcycle scene was dominated by US made motors as Thor, Excelsior, Henderson, Indian and Harleys as well as Reading Standards, Popes and even oddballs like the Iver Johnsons to be of great interest to preserve (uh you might allready have guessed that?).
Those pics are all in danger from getting extinct, this as the childs of those who actually rode those years are now all in their late seventies to early nineties. The next generations might even not have ever meet their grand or grand grands, hence their interest in keeping this material in the family is less important.
Another important fact is that in todays homes where tidiness and minimalism is the general rule, there are no lofts or stalls where stuff can be hidden away till "you never know when"!
Shit, I will vote for 36 hour days if or when ever that is an option, I need more time.
tirsdag 6. september 2011
American Motorcycles Norway
It is September, this summer is officially over and we have entered the autumn season, that is for sure. It is rain, rain and more of the same, flooding rivers and my cicles are parked, hopefully not for the rest of the year.
Well, if this amount of rainfall is to be continued when the temperature gets lower we will get a lot of snow.
A lot of snow, maybe I will put snow chains on my Henderson, drive to a nearby lake and play with the old four. The guy in this picture I think for quite sure is Mr. Halvor Lofthus, once a Norwegian race ace!!
I have just been fortunate enough to be able to scan the motorcycle photos that once belonged to Christinus Vaumund, one of our since long forgotten motorcycle heroes. Wow, those guys lived exciting motorcycle lives.
This is going to be an exciting week, two more scan sessions coming up visiting the families of our since long passed motorcycle race heroes.
Well, if this amount of rainfall is to be continued when the temperature gets lower we will get a lot of snow.
A lot of snow, maybe I will put snow chains on my Henderson, drive to a nearby lake and play with the old four. The guy in this picture I think for quite sure is Mr. Halvor Lofthus, once a Norwegian race ace!!
I have just been fortunate enough to be able to scan the motorcycle photos that once belonged to Christinus Vaumund, one of our since long forgotten motorcycle heroes. Wow, those guys lived exciting motorcycle lives.
This is going to be an exciting week, two more scan sessions coming up visiting the families of our since long passed motorcycle race heroes.
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