The following picture is one of those vintage motorcycle racing photos you find pasted all around the Internet. It's just so timeless. What I didn't know is it's
Jolly Roger's related. Looks at the faces in the crowd. It's instantly clear everyone there is well aware this guy is a
BAMF.
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| Gwenn Myers |
So based on the
photo album pages posted here. the photo appears to have come from a September 16, 1945 Jolly Roger Motorcycle Club Meet.There are several other photos from that meet posted from that meet
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| Little Peppy & Farwell |
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| A little Jolly Rogers stunt action between hill runs. I've heard the Seattle Cossacks got their start from similar racing breaks. |
And other JRMC meets...
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| 'Fly Boy' Jack Coney - May 19 Meet, 1946 |
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| King John - JRMC Meet May 19, 1946 |
I eventually found my way to
the entire album. Can you say mother-load? It's gonna take at least another day to go through them all. I plan to spend a little time trying to see what I am able to found out about individual riders by name. It's just way too cool!
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| Bellingham TT June 23, 1946 |
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| Mt Baker MC 1946 |
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| Don Feister Tacoma Trials 1953 |
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| Tacoma Trials - 1953 |
1 comment:
Very much enjoying your blog. Looks like I'm about 5-10 years slow on seeing it. The last photo in the 1946 JR Club meet titled Tacoma Trials 1953 - I am fairly certain that is Paul Allen who owned the Lakewood Triumph shop in the late 1940s. My Dad worked for him in the late 40s. I got to hang out as they reminisced at motorcycle events 70s thru 90s.
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