International (Motorcycle) Road Race, Indiana 1919

A very cool newsreel of a motorcycle road race featuring three of the leading brands of bikes: Harley-Davidson, Excelsior, and Indian. Features some notable bikers of day including Otto Walker, Teddy Carroll, Red Parkhurst, and Ralph Hepburn. Walter Davidson, president of H-D, appears at the end!

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• motorcycles
• Harley-Davidson
• Indian
• Excelsior
• 1910
• newsreel

[HITHEREFOLKS]

FANTASTIC SHOTS,GREAT DESCRIPTION! SO ....I IMAGINE YOU WERE THERE TO FILM THE RACE ???? lol....

[Hammered001]

Thanks for sharing this great piece of history.

[klingon82]

THIS IS SOOOO WAY COOL!!!!! THANK YOU FOR FINDING THIS AND SHARING IT WITH US!!!!! SOOOO FREAKIN COOL!!! MAKES YOU WANNA TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME!!!! IM GONNA WATCH IT AGAIN!!!!! THANKS AGAIN !!!!!

[rsmelser]

even had a smoke after the race lol...

did they sound like harleys do these days?

cool the way they treated the top 3 like they all won the race..

[krazyyake]

This was taken outside Marion, Indiana. They ran 2 races. The first in 1919 and the 2nd in 1920.

[rigd49]

BMW's motorcycle history began in 1921 .Thay ran 207 miles at 90 MPH back in 1919 WOW

[claudiodaltonjr]

These guys are heroes.

[Motorat88]

Damit, now I'll have to watch Faster again!

[sunstone12]

Awesome vid - amazing the conditions by todays standards.

[matrox]

HD kicked ass that day. Nice video, show us some more oldies.