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1969 Racing Rubber -Motorcycle Tires History 6-Page Article

Motorcycle Tires have come a long way since the days of this 1914 Harley-Davidson now on display at the Western Reserve Auto-Aviation Museum in Cleveland. ...This article, the history of racing tires, is a study of past environment that has lead to the design of today's modern motorcycle tire.

Original, vintage magazine article.
Size: Approx. 8 1/4" x 10 3/4" (21 cm x 27 cm) each page.
Condition: Good

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Photo caption: Goodyear started racing on the right track - its original motorcycle Blue Streak tire was the first ever made specially for racing. A crew at Fourth of July (1914) cycle races in Dodge City, Kan., proudly displays the grand daddy American racing tires and the blue streak, incidentally, was in the middle of the tread.