Harley-Davidson Memories: The Golden Age of Motorcycling

by Bob Tyson

Overview

Join motorcycle enthusiast, writer, and journeyman machinist Bob Tyson as he highlights vintage Harley-Davidson motorcycles in Harley Davidson Memories: The Golden Age of Motorcycling. Born into a family rich in Harley-Davidson history, Tyson tells their stories as well as others’ accounts and adventures from the Golden Years of motorcycling. With a foreword written by Jay Leno, this unique book features a large collection of photographs—some never-before-published—and Harley-Davidson advertisements from the early 1900s. So sit back and enjoy the ride of your life on these antique bikes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781630263522
Publisher:	Turner Publishing Company
Publication date:	12/20/2010
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	182
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Bob Tyson has written articles for the Antique Motorcycle Magazine and Easyriders Magazine. He has been involved with motorcycling for almost 40 years, from fabrication and machining for choppers and customs, to restoration and refurbishment of antique machines. A member of the AMCA for more than 20 years and Deputy Judge for the Chesapeake Chapter for six years, Bob was invited by Willie G. Davidson to exhibit at both the 90th and 100th Anniversaries of Harley-Davidson. He is a journeyman machinist by trade and resides in New Windsor, Maryland, with his wife, Kathy, and son, Matthew.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1	Survival of the Fittest	5
Chapter 2	Things to Do, Places to Go!	19
Chapter 3	Polo Anyone?	38
Chapter 4	The Good Old Days	63
Chapter 5	Mail Order Motorcycling	89