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Thanks, I was leaning toward that time. It appeared earlier than the other Hunt photos I have that were taken in 1914-15.

Trying to put a year on this photo. The rider is early Birmingham, AL. racer/Indian dealer Bob Stubbs. The passenger is Birmingham photographer and motorcycle enthusiast O.V. Hunt. What year Indian...

Buster, I did 26 years with the Orlando, FL. Police Department, and moved up here after I retired, so I'm still figuring things out here in Bama. It's much easier to register old stuff here! When I...

Buster, depending on the age, Alabama will register the cases, you'll need a bill of sale, but doesn't issue titles on older vintage bikes or engines. Not sure what the cutoff year is. I've...

This photo of early Birmingham, AL. motorcyclists was taken in front of the Birmingham Ledger newspaper office in 1914. The young man with his arms crossed, second from the right on the front row, is...

Thanks Freebird, I think I have a copy of the New York Times article from 1909 about Bob Stubbs win at Montgomery. These are text only articles. I've never seen a photo of the Montgomery track....

Harley, Thanks for your comments. There was very little information on Dexter. I had hoped to make contact with someone from Dexter's family, but that hasn't happened. I think most of the info on...

I've got a new story up on my Deadly Dave's blog about a piece of early Harley-Davidson racing history. Check it out. Links below:

Hey, my 21 Harley racer made the cut on Jockey journal. We were trying to figure out one of the new governement designed gas cans. A real pain! Had a blast firing it up for the folks at the...

The article on Dexter Campbell is up on my blog. Thanks again to Robbie and Eric! Hit the link below:

Thanks for the photo Eric. Robbie, I'll PM you info on the articles.

Thanks Bill, Google has scans of period American Motorcycling, but they can't be copied. Got lots of race results, but you can't copy/use the photos. Denny Haven, who raced with Dexter, sent me a...

Working on an article on Dexter Campbell of Orlando, FL. for my Deadly Dave's blog. Dexter rode for Puckett's H-D in Orlando and was killed in an AMA dirt track race at Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta...

I bent some copper lines for my board track racer. How do I re-annel them? I used to do copper head gaskets by putting them in the oven at 350 degrees for a while.

Thanks guys,

I ran across the photo, when I was researching my article on Gene Walker. No one seemed to know anything about these guys, so I started contacting the folks I knew, who might have...

Thanks for posting the link to my article. Atlanta's Black Streaks 1917-1924. Some little known early racing history!

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Thanks Dick.

Sorry, this belongs in sidecars and three wheelers. Can't figure out how to delete it and repost in the proper forum.

A friend sent me this photo to see if I could find out any info on the service trike pictured. I'm assuming it's American, as the round name plate says Dobbin Patent Pending.
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Thanks guy! My father and his younger brother, where fighter pilots. Both were shot down on separate missions in Vietnam during 1967. They were the only set of brothers among the 2200 US military...

When I was a rockie cop in Orlando, Puckett's H-D was on Orange Blossom Trail. It was a small section of that road, that was in Orange county, in between two sections of my city district. I went buy...

My wife is an insurance claims adjuster with 25 years experience and still works for one of the majors. Not covered under homeowners!

That one threw me for a loop. Not sure of the cost of insuring bikes of that value, but it has to be way cheaper than eating the whole loss!

Walneck's latest issue had an article about the theft that stated the bikes were not insured.

Motorcycle and Bicycle Illustrated article from June 26, 1924 on Gene Walker's death shared from Don Emde's collection. The article has a photo of racer Hammond Springs Memorial in Atlanta on the...