Cool Photo Essay about Daytona
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Cool Photo Essay about Daytona
21 Mar 2012 08:50
I found this one on the Life Magazine website. Definantly some cool pictures. 155 racers starting on the sand at one time. :ohmy:
life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle.../?iid=lf%7Crelated#1
life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle.../?iid=lf%7Crelated#1
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21 Mar 2012 08:59
Wow; cool pictures from 1948! There's even one picture of OMR in there:
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Re: Cool Photo Essay about Daytona
21 Mar 2012 09:30
I like this one. What are the odds it winds up in Chit Chat?
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Re: Cool Photo Essay about Daytona
22 Mar 2012 23:55
I just saved that pic.
Thats cool father son shit the right way.
Thats cool father son shit the right way.
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Re: Cool Photo Essay about Daytona
23 Mar 2012 09:27
really nice shots
hard not to miss the simplicity and innocence of those days.
hard not to miss the simplicity and innocence of those days.
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Re: Cool Photo Essay about Daytona
23 Mar 2012 19:30
great pics. Thanks Josh

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Re: Cool Photo Essay about Daytona
29 Mar 2012 09:19
I'm sure most of you noticed it, but on the sidebar there was another unpublished story where a writer rode with the Hells Angels for a spell:
life.time.com/culture/never-seen-hells-a.../?iid=lf%7Cmostpop#1
Not racing related, but still an interesting MC related read.
Not racing related, but still an interesting MC related read.
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Re: Cool Photo Essay about Daytona
30 Jun 2012 04:10
Thats EVIL Knevil and hid DAD
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Re: Cool Photo Essay about Daytona
30 Jun 2012 04:29
just printed that out getting it framed
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Re: Cool Photo Essay about Daytona
30 Jun 2012 07:24
That pic was photochopped.
Here's the original.
Good Fortune!
Here's the original.
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Good Fortune!

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Re: Cool Photo Essay about Daytona
02 Jul 2012 01:37May be a little off from topic, but as I was going through some pics I found this from
around 1997 I think. Bike was parked in front of the Aria building inside daytona spdway.
And yes it did sell.ty,steve
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