Article:: "Guts and Glory on the Boards
12/26/2005
Story and Photos by Neale Bayly



As the sound of thundering V-Twin engines rips through the smoke-filled air, it is joined by the rhythmic clatter of wooden boards and the shouts of a large crowd. Racers clad in leather caps and cloth riding suits crouch with steely determination behind bent handlebars as they jockey for position, banging elbows at over 100 miles per hour. With exposed valve gear chattering, drive chains lashing and flames shooting from the barely muffled engines, riders brave flying splinters and the risk of high-speed get offs without safety barriers. Racing purpose-built single-speed machines, with no clutch or brakes, it is 1914 and these board-track racers are the heroes of the day."


[Submitted by George from Bikes, Chopper and More]