The History of the Motorcycle Hillclimb

Archive Moto presents A Brief History of Speed - Part 5 looking at the history of motorcycle hillclimbing in America. By the early 1920s, motorcycle racers had kicked-up tails of dirt and dust on flat tracks, kept crowds breathless and on the edge of the motordrome bleacher, and stretched out to the limit the capabilities of iron and rubber on the colossal board track speedways. The first two decades of the sport had been a sensation, but as its popularity waned, a small and dedicated group of competitors continued duking it out in front of spellbound crowds. Like the rodeo cowboys before them, the men of the motorcycle hillclimb, America's slant artists, and slope jockeys pursued glory on the finest line between chaos and control.

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This video is the fifth in the series, _A Brief History of Speed: Part 5_, based off of accompanying articles by the same title published exclusively at http://ArchiveMoto.com.

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The series revisits the exhibition first created and displayed for The Race of Gentlemen on the sands of Wildwood, NJ, and later featured in an exhibit at the Indian Motorcycle Museum of Australia in Melbourne.

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The Thumbnail photo is of Indian co-founder Carl Oscar Hedstrom with his prototype racing single, possibly the first factory works Indian racer, in front of the Ormond Hotel, March 1903.

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Written, Narrated, Edited, and Produced by Chris Price, Archive Moto.
Music: I Will Remember - @GavinLuke


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