old photos

[rwm]

rainy friday night on the east coast

[Barry Brown]

[Barry Brown]

[c.o.]

This is a H-D publicity shot. The guy on the bike is Hap Jameson and the girl is the famous "Steno," Hap's secretary when he was editor of the Enthusiast magazine in the 1920s. He said she had plenty of "sox appeal" and she did. Her real name was Francis Kilbert and she was Joe Kilbert's then unmarried sister, who also worked in the office at H-D. She was very popular around there and you can see why.

Well, Herb wins! Thanks for the background on "Steno" she does have "sox appeal" doesn't she?

[c.o.]

rainy friday night on the east coast

That's one crazy looking rig Rob! Could you imagine going into a speed wobble on that puppy?

[rwm]

under the photo it said the areo motorcyclette went 130kph

[dlm32]

It just cut right through the competition!

[c.o.]

under the photo it said the areo motorcyclette went 130kph

Man that would be flying on that unit! I think David is right...... could you imagine a race and being passed by something like that? I'm still amazed at that bike!

[c.o.]

Does anybody have any idea on the mounts that these ladies are perched on?

[Tommo]

1936 New Imperial 500cc V twin factory race machine
1898 to 1903 Holden 4 cylinder direct drive motorcycle designed and built by Colonel H.C. Holden .
I think you'll find that this Holden is the one that is held in the National Science Museum's collection in England and is currently stored as part of the reserve collection at Wroughton.