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On This Day 1948: Rollie Free's 150mph Vincent Record
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On this day, 13 September 1948, Rollie Free rode a specially prepared Vincent HRD across the Bonneville Salt Flats at 150.313mph wearing swimming trunks, a bathing cap and borrowed shoes.
On This Day 1950: Barry Sheene Was Born
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On this day, 11 September 1950, Barry Sheene was born in London. He would become a two-time 500cc World Champion, a survivor of accidents that should have ended his career and perhaps the first British motorcycle racer whose personality became as recognisable as his results.
How Evel Knievel Went Viral Before Social Media
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Long before TikTok, YouTube or Instagram rewarded dangerous behaviour with instant attention, Evel Knievel understood how to make millions of people stop what they were doing and watch.
On This Day 1974: Evel Knievel's Snake River Jump
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On this day, 8 September 1974, Evel Knievel climbed into a steam-powered rocket called the Skycycle X-2 and attempted to cross Idaho's Snake River Canyon.
WWII DKW Motorcycle Found in Danube After 80 Years
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For more than eight decades it lay hidden beneath the waters of the River Danube.
Above it, boats passed through Budapest. The city recovered from war, bridges were rebuilt, governments changed and generations came and went. Underneath it all sat a motorcycle.