The Harley-Davidson and Indian Wars

About this book

In The Harley-Davidson and Indian Wars author Allan Girdler takes you on a colorful tour of the men and machines that competed to dominate the American motorcycle industry. This book chronicles the legendary machines such as the Knucklehead and the Four as well as motorcycles like the Hummer and the Model CZ whose times came and went or perhaps never came at all. The racing history is also told with a flourish from the days of total-loss oiling wooden race tracks and high mortality rates to the cataclysmic times of Class C racing when roaring V-twin -powered beasts were manhandled on dirt tracks asphalt and through the nastiest terrain the country has to offer. The Harley-Davidson and Indian Wars tells the story of these two makers from the days when Harley-Davidsons were built in the Davidson familys back yard to the tragic demise of the Indian Motorcycle company.