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Chris Price
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The First Motorcycle To Hit 100 MPH!
How fast do you dare go on Two Wheels? This is the story of Lee Humiston, the first man to hit 100 MPH on a motorcycle back in 1912, riding an *Excelsior* motorcycle on a *Board Track* Motordrome in Los Angeles.
To be the fastest is a drive held by only a few, but for those who have it, the pursuit of speed can be life-changing, all-consuming, and, at its worst, even fatal. Still, the pursuit is a never-ending quest to push slightly beyond the limits, be them of others or ones self. Still, for the scant few who were bold enough, fearless enough to push the farthest before anyone else, their names are the ones forever etched into history as the pioneers of speed, the first to make the mark. This is the story of one such legend, Lee Humiston who will forever be remembered as the first man to take a motorcycle to triple digit speed by hitting 100 miles per hour back in 1912.
Since hitting 100, it has been a carrot dangling in front of almost everyone to throw a leg over a bike, made all the safer with the improved equipment, recreational tracks, and outrageously capable machines.
Every milestone, however, has a first, a pioneer who cast all doubts aside and reached for the unknown, and for the venerated century mark, that trailblazer will forever be Lee Humiston.
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Written, Narrated, Edited, and Produced by Chris Price, Archive Moto.
Music:
Respawn - Vieveri
Idiosyncracies - Gavin Luke
To be the fastest is a drive held by only a few, but for those who have it, the pursuit of speed can be life-changing, all-consuming, and, at its worst, even fatal. Still, the pursuit is a never-ending quest to push slightly beyond the limits, be them of others or ones self. Still, for the scant few who were bold enough, fearless enough to push the farthest before anyone else, their names are the ones forever etched into history as the pioneers of speed, the first to make the mark. This is the story of one such legend, Lee Humiston who will forever be remembered as the first man to take a motorcycle to triple digit speed by hitting 100 miles per hour back in 1912.
Since hitting 100, it has been a carrot dangling in front of almost everyone to throw a leg over a bike, made all the safer with the improved equipment, recreational tracks, and outrageously capable machines.
Every milestone, however, has a first, a pioneer who cast all doubts aside and reached for the unknown, and for the venerated century mark, that trailblazer will forever be Lee Humiston.
*HTTP://ARCHIVEMOTO.COM*
This video is a companion to the articles detailing the history of American motorcycle culture, published exclusively at ArchiveMoto.com.
*PATREON*
Support this history, consider becoming a Patron at the new Archive Moto Patreon page at Patreon.com/TheArchiveMoto.
Written, Narrated, Edited, and Produced by Chris Price, Archive Moto.
Music:
Respawn - Vieveri
Idiosyncracies - Gavin Luke
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Interesting that deaths had a huge effect on motorcycle racing, but never had the same impact on auto racing.
Very well done documentary ✅✅
AND THAT BROUGHT US MOTORCYCLE
NOT TO SAY THAT IS WHAT STIRS MY IMAGINATION
EXCELLENT HISTORY LESSON
I have seen many board track racers but never saw the beautiful video y’all have wonderful enjoyed every second. Thank you
Amazing
Very cool!
The Lagoon Motordrome in Ludlow is a insane crash to think by modern standards. Ludlow Lagoon was trying to compete with the likes of Coney Island in Cincinnati and the only standout thing they had was the motordrome. But sadly, that crash would end everything. Sometimes I wonder if you could bring it back - with more modern safety standards? But I mean, how do you protect riders doing those speeds and loosing control. It's not like a car where you have a nice roll cage and cockpit to give you protection. Once you crash a bike, the rest of the journey until you stop is all up to physics, luck, and hoping someone/something doesn't make it worse before finally coming to a stop. If someone was crazy enough to bring it back, you'd have to treat it like the Isle of Man TT. "All riders accept risk" sort of thing.
Fascinating footage and commentary. Why use such an intricate and fragile wooden track, why not concrete?
Thank you, happy you enjoyed it. At the time, wood was the best option for such a scale, along with the desire for steep banking to hold the speeds. It was a carry over from cycle racing, but also large tracks at that moment in history were still a new idea, and surface materials were still in the experimental phase. Concrete and later asphalt wouldn’t come into common use for a while after the motordrome and board track speedway era.
That Reading Standard at 7:05 is a beautiful beast. Wow.
It was quite a machine
Epic bro this is legend ⚡️⚡️🛵💨💯
Thanks
Biden delivered most of the planks in his 18 wheeler.
Would have most likely been a Model T One Ton ;)
The machines got too good to race on a short crude wooden track. What was a spectator sport at 60mph turned into a terror at 80 mph. Harley Davidson saw this and stopped. Odd how Harley went from racing to modern day beer gut over 50 enthusiasts. Harley Davidson made the first affordable so called super bike when they made what is called the knucklehead in 1936. Now imports hold that title. And Harley makes a knock off of a Honda Goldwing as their flag ship bike. Time changes everything.
Oddly enough, in a day before asphalt the boards provided a relatively smooth surface, and the larger wooden speedways of the late teens and 20s handled the speeds and the weight of these guys balls quite well. The economics of it all took the greatest toll, but then the trusty old dirt oval and the 45 provided the shot in the arm needed. As for the new stuff rolling out of Milwaukee, I wouldn’t know what to say, I can’t afford one 😂
Excellent documentary of an all but forgotten yet utterly compelling era of motorsport. Writing, narration, editing, even the music- all first rate.
Thanks so much, I really appreciate the kind words and am happy you enjoyed it
They were nuts pure nuts. But back then used the hopefully the best they could get. But 100 mph on much more than remade bike tires on wood with nails. Think about that and what could go wrong.
Definitely took a different type person
These films are priceless.
Completely agree
Another fantastic 15 minutes! THANK YOU!
Thank you!
Thanks for the post, what a treat. must have been thrilling over a century ago to see these lads go at 100mph, the sights, smells & noise absolute class!! UK
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it
@@ArchiveMoto I'm 57 & buzzing still after watching.
These presentations are SO GREAT I think I'm gonna have to watch them all. So much great info and photos. Excellent narration. Superb editing. Great background music. Well done.
I appreciate all of the kind words and am happy you have been enjoying the videos, more to come. Take care
@@ArchiveMoto Thanks for all of your great work. I will stay tuned for more!
Another fantastic presentation! Where else yah gonna find this interesting info! Great work! Thank you so much!
Thanks again!
Man, another excellent presentation. You're doing fantastic work here. Glad I found your channel.
Thank you kindly!
Fantastic
Thank so much
EXCELLENT PRESENTATION and great narration. Thank you for posting!
Much appreciated
@@ArchiveMoto You're welcome. Great work! If you want a cool story about an old Brough Superior - I have one for you!
This was great, really enjoyed it, so.... Thank you very much
Glad you enjoyed it!Much appreciated
Thanks for Sharing... I Love it!
Thanks for watching! I appreciate it
How in god's name is there a tree left standing in this country?!?
Now just try to imagine how many nails ;)
Great video. Editing, narration, the whole thing was very well done
Thank you so much, I truly appreciate the kind words.
Smiling, than helped off covered in splinters. Yikes. When men were men and sheep were scared. 😅
Can not imagine going down on a board track at 100mph in a wool sweater and pants. 😅 Wouldn’t it be amazing to go back in time? Love the Brand marketing, especially the X for Excelsior - also written as X-C-L-R ha they were 100 years ahead of viral social media 😅
It is all so very interesting and something I think it would take a time machine to ever truly experience again. As for the brands, that aspect alone would be worth taking in, imagine Harley and Indian competing with 2-3 dozen other American brands today.
Very well done. Even some of the documents from 1913 were so clear and well-printed!
Thanks so much, Im glad you enjoyed it
Outstanding film that is. Thankyou
I appreciate the kind words and am happy to hear you enjoyed it
AWESOME JOB.!! 😉😉😉🤔🤔🙂🥇
Thanks so much
I'm glad I stopped and watched this documentary! Outstanding! Can't wait for more!
Thank you, Im happy folks like you are enjoying these videos and can’t wait to share more.
Excellent, professional and rare archive board track presentation. Always was awestruck by these pilots and their simple but advanced bikes from 100 years ago 🍻 cheers
You needed big cajones to race board tracks. On a bike or in a car.
Imagine how many trees died for this
Well done!!!
Thanks so much
This doc is broadcast quality IMO. Mahalo for ULing! 👍 Aloha from Hawaii. 😊🤙
Wow, thank you for such kind words, happy you enjoyed it!
0:48, that's insane....
Shout out to the carpenters who built those tracks, the price of wood was a lot cheaper than today.
Just WOW what a film
Thanks so much, I appreciate it
Simply awesome. On basicly a bicycle. No throttle clutch or brakes.
Pretty wild to imagine, speeds are obviously higher in the sport today, but the engineering and safety protocols are equally higher too. 90 mph on a modern bike is a thrill, but back then it must have been something all its own.
It was very dangerous
That it was!
Man , this is pure gold !!!!!
Great film
Thanks so much
Think of all the lumber that went into that track venue. I wonder how many carpenters wer working at one time. All those hammers banging! I'm a carpenter, hence my wonder.
Quite an endeavor for sure, tons on tons of materials, shame they didn’t last longer than they did but some of those old boards were repurposed and remain apart of buildings in America today.
What an in-depth documentary, and very well done too. Instantly subscribed.
Thank you, I really appreciate your kind words and support
Great film. Photography is awesome. Thankyou from Ireland.
Happy to hear you enjoyed it, thanks!
Cincinnati had a board track intense racing