1930's California Motorcycle Hill Climb Event

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Absolutely incredible! Thanks for sharing! These guys had balls of steel and deserve all my respect.

I compete in hill climbs and am a huge history buff. This is awesome!

My uncle Bob Moore, who was born in 1910 rode an Indian Chief in the 30s. He use to describe these hill climb events that took place near his home in San Bernardino, Ca. The bikes used chains on the rear wheel for traction and had a thumb kill switch on the handlebars, when the thumb didn't depress it, the motor would shut off. The problem was the bike would become a danger if left running and would power into the crowd. I did some hill climbs around his area in the 60s, the hills were exceptionally steep, particularly near Devore.

Some great footage of a great time, thanks for sharing!

Old times motorcycle climbing is much more exciting to watch than nowdays because it is nearly impossible to make it all the way to the top anymore, thxs

Love the vintage Hill Climbs, thanks for posting!

Great stuff! Thank you.

great motorcycle history, thanks for sharing.

Awesome footage, thanks for sharing it.

beautiful bikes - fantastic!

Excellent video, thanks a ton for posting! Can't wait to check out the full length...

Excellent video! Good job. I am an olde fart myself today. When we lived in Seattle, the olde fart who owned the apartment building we lived in was named Ted Maholovic. Ted showed me some black & white photos from this kinda stuff, and also up on Yosemite, with bikes packed in the snow. Ted and his brothers were from San Francisco originally, and they rode with Dudley Perkins and his folks. Those were the days, LOL. I still ride a rigid frame, going on 40 years on the same bike.

Amazing ~ thanks for the video upload!

Definitely Nothing but pure fun.. xox

Thanks!

Wow.. Thank you!

this is so cool

Love it...

Great vid, you can see how much more grunt the Harley's have up the hill compared to the English Triumph at 3:46