| Author | Message | ||
     Percyco |
August 1-2, 2009 The Glenn H. Curtiss Museum will host the Curtiss Classic Motorcycle Rally on August 1-2, 2009. Featured will be motorcycle tours of the Finger Lakes region, motorcycle vendors, and tours of the museum at a special reduced rate of $4.00 for anyone arriving on a motorcycle. Additionally, there will be an exhibit of antique and classic motorcycles on display in the museum through August. Contact the museum (607-569-2160) if you would be interested in being a motorcycle vendor for the August 1-2 weekend. "The Fastest Man in the World" Wearing a leather cap, a well-manicured moustache and a steely gaze Glenn Hammond Curtiss stares out of a time-worn black and white postcard-like photo. In the background frothy waves plash upon a beach, the very hard packed sands upon which his experimental V-8 powered motorcycle would transport him into the history books as "The Fastest Man in the World." The day was Thursday January 24, the year 1907; the place, Ormond Beach on the east coast of Florida. The record... 136.3 mph, an absoloute land speed record that would stand for eleven years and then only be surpassed by an automobile. The year would be 1930, before another motorcycle would best Glenn Curtiss's 1907 feat of daring-do and mechanical design.  | ||
| 99savage |
If there is a web site will post it on local boards. Great place to visit - Nice place to ride - Good museum - Took a generation for anybody to come up w/ better engines than Curtis | ||
| Percyco |
Here ya go... http://www.glennhcurtissmuseum.org/ | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
dammit! If only I knew in advance! |
