Widow Teresa Benelli founded a repair garage in 1921 to support her 6 sons that evolved into Benelli motorcycles, still in business today!
This tweet was posted on November 29, 2011.
William S. Harley, along with brothers Arthur, Walter, and William Davidson constructed the first three Harley-Davidson motorcycles in 1903 in a small workshop located in the backyard of the Davidson family home in Milwaukee, WI. #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles
This tweet was posted on April 02, 2021.
Within 5 years of WW2, 220 Italian mfg'ers presented new models at the 1950/1 Milan Motorcycle expo. Amazing! http://t.co/BziMdRtD
This tweet was posted on January 06, 2012.
Wow! Great photos! RT @N: Moto Bellissima: Italian Motorcycles from the 1950s and 1960s at SFO Museum - http://t.co/HcUR9h7m
This tweet was posted on January 12, 2012.
Wow! There's no better outcome! RT @BrianAdamsPR: Great exhibit! It led to a long discussion about vintage motorcycles w/ my father today.
This tweet was posted on June 26, 2012.
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All: Courtesy of the San Francisco Motorcycle Club (SFMC)
SFMC group portrait, 234 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco; 1911
SFMC members on Mt. Hamilton, CA; 1915
This tweet was posted on June 24, 2021.
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All: Courtesy of the San Francisco Motorcycle Club (SFMC)
SFMC members with a Reading-Standard motorcycle and sidecar on the old Half Moon Bay Road, CA; 1917
Racing at Tanforan Park, CA; July 4-5, 1908
This tweet was posted on June 24, 2021.
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Augusta and Adeline Van Buren on Indian motorcycles in Tijuana, Mexico; 1916
Courtesy of Bob and Rhonda Van Buren
This tweet was posted on April 26, 2021.
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Curtiss Single Cylinder Cycle Motor; 1908
Curtiss Double Cylinder 6 H.P. Motor; 1907
Both courtesy of Wes Allen
Curtiss motorcycle catalog page; 1907
Curtiss on a twin-cylinder Curtiss racing motorcycle; 1906
Both courtesy of Glenn H. Curtiss Museum
This tweet was posted on May 21, 2021.
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George A. Wyman at the end of his transcontinental ride July 1903
The Motorcycle Magazine November 1903 | New York
Courtesy of The George Wyman Memorial Project
California Motor Bicycle, 1902
California Motor Company, Inc., San Francisco
Courtesy of Dave Scoffone
This tweet was posted on March 05, 2021.
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Glenn Curtiss and William Chadeayne on Curtiss motorcycles c. 1907
Courtesy of Don Emde
Curtiss Double Cylinder 1907
G.H. Curtiss Manufacturing Company
Hammondsport, New York
Courtesy of Wes Allen
This tweet was posted on March 19, 2021.
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Harley-Davidson Model 6; 1910
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Courtesy of Dave Scoffone
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Women on Harley-Davidson motorcycles in McPherson, Kansas; c. 1910
Courtesy of Pat and Cris Simmons
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This tweet was posted on April 02, 2021.
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Walter “Mile-a-Minute” Collins at Tanforan Park, San Bruno, CA; July 4–5, 1908
Racing at Tanforan Park, San Bruno, CA; July 4–5, 1908
Both: Courtesy of San Francisco Motorcycle Club
Jefferson twin-cylinder racer; 1914
Waverly Manufacturing Company
Courtesy of Chris Carter
This tweet was posted on June 03, 2021.
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“First Lady of Motorcycling” Dorothy “Dot” Robinson on her 1937 Harley-Davidson ’45 1937
Courtesy of Betty Robinson Fauls and
Cris Sommer Simmons, The American Motorcycle Girls
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This tweet was posted on September 28, 2021.