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Riders Of The Films

Do any of the movie stars ride motorcycles? They sure do. Oh, it’s just a lot of press agent hokum to get their name in the paper, you say.... more
Dispatch Riders In Modern Warfare

For the launching of invasion operations in Normandy by the Allied Expeditionary Force, vital time-tables were linked up between the... more
“Give Us A Good Lightweight Machine”

A few weeks ago we got all hot and bothered wondering about the “how they did it” of the many motorcycle dealers who are keeping going in... more
Greetings, Pals From The Home Front Girls

We’re back a gain as promised, hoping you liked the greetings we sent last month. We’re quite proud of you boys in camps and overseas or... more
How Our Army Trains Its Motorcycle Specialists

Thrills of the open road and a slipstream of air with the enchanting aroma of wine have always appealed to the motorcycle rider- more
Army Motorcycle Rider Requirements | Questions & Answers

In the last issue of The Motorcyclist we covered some of the important things a rider and mechanic should know for best Army results. Some... more
Patroon Mounted Guards

Motorcycle unit organized for civilian defense more
Tactical Uses Of Motorcycles

World War I turned out to be only a harbinger of things to come in the practical use of modern science. more
An American Motorcyclist Relates his Escape from Paris

I had been driving an ambulance in Finland from January until the war ended in March. After spending two weeks evacuating refugees from the... more
Louis Guanella Oakland 200-Miler And National Championship

Word that the Oakland Speed way 200- mile national had been sanctioned spread almost as by magic. Before the boys on the west coast had a... more
The Motorcyclist Pictorial | October 1940

View photographs from this October 1940 issue of Motorcyclist Magazine. more
1941 Harley-Davidson Models And Improvements

Harley-Davidson has announced a 74 cu. in. o.h.v. model for 1941, of which a limited number will be produced. With a bore of 3-7/16” and a... more
Stillo Wins 50-Mile Pacific Coast National T.T.

The setting sun cast slanting shadows over Hollister’s Bolado Park race course. A white clad man, knees bent, hands resting atop them... more
Can I Ride To South America?

Requests have been numerous for information relative to roads, and other travel conditions in that vast tenitory between our southern... more
Tancrede Wins Daytona Classic

The rest of the United States has poked so much fun at Florida and the southern states about their cold spell that anything further would... more