At Peddlers Hill vista, CA Hwy 88

As the glory days of American board track racing faded, American motorcycle manufacturers looked skyward. Hillclimbing became the venue for the “big three”, Harley Davidson, Indian, and Excelsior....

This is an awesome 16mm home movie I had transferred a while back that has some cool nostalgic motorcycle hill climb footage from California back in the 1930's...

I already made a post about hill-climbing, but I found more interesting photos and restored them in color. I thought it might be interesting to someone...

- 1939 marked the last year for factory-produced Indian Hillclimber. This example is the last machine from that year's production (Number 18 of 18 made) and utilizes a special 750cc sport scout engine...

The run from Bald Hill to Bundeena had no traffic, however it pays to stay on the speed limit as there was a motorcycle police unit at Bundeena....

On my beautiful Ducati....