As much as I love choppers, I can't deny my love for a vintage barebones boardtrack racer...
Indian 1919 “Daytona” racer 998 cc side valve V-twin engine.
On April 13 to 15, 1920, professional rider Gene Walker and amateur Herbert McBride, riding Indian machines, broke all amateur and professional solo records at Daytona Beach, Florida. A few months earlier Harley-Davidson had set a number of land speed records on the same venue, but Walker and McBride would crush them all. They rode distances of one kilometre and one, two and five miles, using single and twin 8-valve ohv racers and a special race version of the side valve PowerPlus, tuned by Charles Franklin. The highest speed recorded for this machine was on the 1 km track, where Walker reached 105.7 mph (170.4 km/h), the 8-valve ohv racer was 10 mph faster. After this fantastic record braking performance the special racing version of the PowerPlus became known as the Indian “Daytona”.
Full story via Yesterdays. Estimated price, £155,000.
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