ATLANTA'S 'BLACK STREAKS'

Contributor David LaMar Morrill recently brought my attention to the remarkable and nearly forgotten story of Afro-American Board Track Racers during the 'Teens, deep in the American South.  The prospect of turning up some new motorcycle history is deeply exciting, and I encouraged David to write up an article.  After researching this obscure tale, he delivers the story here:The 'Other' Harley and Indian WarTwo of Atlanta's 'Black Streaks' astride their Indian board track racers, in 1919Beginning in the mid-Teens, factory racing teams from both Indian and Harley-Davidson fought a hard battle for dominance on the board and dirt tracks around the country.  Great riders like Gene Walker, Shrimp Burns, Otto Walker, and many others...

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'WHEELS AND WAVES': THE RIDE, PROPER

Fun on the Bay of Biscay...Seventy old motorcycles and half a dozen classic sports cars crowded the parking lot for 'Les Cent Marches', so named for the number of steps down the cliff to the beach.  In other words, a little open air café bar next to a big parking lot, with a killer view.  Way back in 2009, a dozen of us, Southsiders and sun-seekers (like me), gathered here to start the first of the Southsiders gatherings.  Four years later, 8 times that number crowd the neighborhood, surely the measure of success for a Good Idea.Lalo, Conrad, Pablo, DiavelWe'd come from literally all over the globe; Bike Exif's Chris Hunter from New Zealand, myself and Johnathan 'Death Traps MC' from the US, a whole phalanx from the UK, Spain,...

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