The Last 50 Years of Motorcycling

[Mount Rainier]

There should be a little something here for everyone!

Motorcycling in America – 1961

Motorcycling in America – 1962

Motorcycling in America – 1963

Motorcycling in America – 1964

Motorcycling in America – 1965

Motorcycling in America – 1966

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Motorcycling in America - 1967

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Motorcycling in America - 1968

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[madmike2]

'64 was a very good year.

My dad had a '47 HD (Springer front, suicide shift, studded leather bags) and a Triumph Cub.

I rode a Parilla 250 Scrambler.

Many great times of riding along the American River in California. Clay bowls with sand bottoms, hundreds of trails through what is now the American River Parkway (bicycle paths, no motorized vehicles).

Alas...technology and production from Japan made our bikes dinosaurs in a matter of years. Dad's been gone for years and would be amazed at my KLR and my FJR.

But that doesn't dim my memories of the joy we shared. I hope many of you have those vignettes to glance at your past with fondness and admiration.

 

[Mount Rainier]

Motorcycling in America - 1969

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Motorcycling in America – 1970

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[Mount Rainier]

My first ride was a 250 Ducati that I stripped down and made into a desert racer and all but destroyed in the Mattawa 100 (Eastern WA mid 60s) desert races. It entered four races and finished three

Motorcycling in America – 1971

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[Crash Cash]

Motorcycling in America – 1971

1971?!? Another 12 years before I was old enough to buy a bike!

 

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Motorcycling in America – 1972

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Motorcycling in America – 1973

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Motorcycling in America – 1974

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Motorcycling in America – 1975

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