Archive Moto presents A Brief History of Speed - Part 1 looking at the history of motorcycle racing in America. It begins on a wide stretch of sand on the north end of Daytona Beach, Florida became the Birthplace of Speed in 1903 when Gilded Age motoring enthusiast, including a lone motorcyclist onboard an Indian Motorcycle arrived to see who was the fastest.

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This video is the first in the series, _A Brief History of Speed: Part 1_, based off of accompanying articles by the same title published exclusively at http://ArchiveMoto.com.

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The series revisits the exhibition first created and displayed for The Race of Gentlemen on the sands of Wildwood, NJ, and later featured in an exhibit at the Indian Motorcycle Museum of Australia in Melbourne.

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The Thumbnail photo is of Indian co-founder Carl Oscar Hedstrom with his prototype racing single, possibly the first factory works Indian racer, in front of the Ormond Hotel, March 1903.

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Written, Edited, and Produced by Chris Price, Archive Moto.
Music: No.4 Piano Journey - @EstherAbrami


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