In the late nineteen hundreds through early 1920s, Mr. Frantisek Marik was the chief importer of American made Indian motorcycles to the Czech Republic. He was also an amateur filmmaker. The following video is some incredible surviving footage Mr. Ma... Read the rest of this article on DOGFIGHT!
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10-09-2012 05:01 AM #1General (Admin)
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Vintage Boardtrack Motorcycle Racing
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10-10-2012 01:11 AM #2Airman
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Wow. I hadn't seen this one yet. That's an awesome piece of footage. It's a shame we don't have any board tracks around anymore.. It would be a feat to see some real period board track racers racing around one.
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10-10-2012 09:55 AM #3Airman
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I used to know a guy with a Brooklands Rudge. Essentially a board racer.
Single cylinder no clutch no brakes. Man they had balls!
He rode it from Darwin too Canberra (about 2,000 miles) in 1988 as part of our Bicentenial Celbrations.
He said it did 60mph flat out.
To start it he would sit astride it and get it moving then close the decompression valve and it would fire and move off. No gear changes (no gear box) and to stop it you killed the spark.
Those old guys were way tougher than us.
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10-10-2012 03:53 PM #4General (Admin)
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No doubt! Cool story Zuffen.
Originally Posted by Zuffen
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10-12-2012 02:08 AM #5Airman
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Thats really great footage.. and the sea of timber always amazes me...
212 km=131 mph if my conversion is right.. wow..what stones !
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10-13-2012 11:15 PM #6DBA
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Men racers, no doubt.
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10-18-2012 05:13 AM #7DBA
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I really like the photo and the old air cooled engines are so pretty..... but where is his chain at?
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10-21-2012 03:02 AM #8DBA
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What amazing footage, thanks.
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10-22-2012 05:35 PM #9
You know, one of these would be pretty easy to build, but the motor would never look right if used something modern. I do like the idea of no clutch and a roll start. Sounds fun
. Would be cool to cruise around the neighborhood in one, but a small displacement v-twin would probably cost a small fortune.
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