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Paulo

8th April 2009, 20:02

Found this on you tube, Home movie from the 1930's of Hill climbing event in the states. Old harleys and indains getting ridden in a balls out manner by men with pudding bowl helmets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJIUEp9vK-8

ntst8

8th April 2009, 20:29

Nice clip, would be a challenge hanging on to one of those bikes in the rough.

PeteJ

9th April 2009, 10:06

Somewhere tucked away in our records of that era (the family business was the NZ master agent for H-D at the time), my father has a full page advertorial from the Press.

Headline: "Harley-Davidson breaks hillclimb record. Indian breaks gearbox".

Big Dave

11th April 2009, 15:34

Headline: "Harley-Davidson breaks hillclimb record. Indian breaks gearbox".

Gold!

OT - How's that Varadero go. I have a bit on them in this month's KR. Rated it highly.