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Cool Photo Essay about Daytona 21 Mar 2012 08:50 #511006

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I found this one on the Life Magazine website. Definantly some cool pictures. 155 racers starting on the sand at one time. :ohmy:

life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle.../?iid=lf%7Crelated#1
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Cool Photo Essay about Daytona 21 Mar 2012 08:59 #511008

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Wow; cool pictures from 1948! There's even one picture of OMR in there:

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1977 KZ650-C1 Original Owner - Stock (with additional invisible FIAMM horn)
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Cool Photo Essay about Daytona 21 Mar 2012 09:30 #511012

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I like this one. What are the odds it winds up in Chit Chat?

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Cool Photo Essay about Daytona 22 Mar 2012 23:55 #511381

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I just saved that pic.
Thats cool father son shit the right way.
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Cool Photo Essay about Daytona 23 Mar 2012 09:27 #511429

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really nice shots

hard not to miss the simplicity and innocence of those days.

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Cool Photo Essay about Daytona 23 Mar 2012 19:30 #511532

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great pics. Thanks Josh B)
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Cool Photo Essay about Daytona 29 Mar 2012 09:19 #512711

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I'm sure most of you noticed it, but on the sidebar there was another unpublished story where a writer rode with the Hells Angels for a spell: life.time.com/culture/never-seen-hells-a.../?iid=lf%7Cmostpop#1

Not racing related, but still an interesting MC related read.
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Cool Photo Essay about Daytona 30 Jun 2012 04:10 #532746

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Thats EVIL Knevil and hid DAD
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Cool Photo Essay about Daytona 30 Jun 2012 04:29 #532747

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just printed that out getting it framed
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Cool Photo Essay about Daytona 30 Jun 2012 07:24 #532754

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That pic was photochopped.

Here's the original.

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Cool Photo Essay about Daytona 02 Jul 2012 01:37 #533242

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May be a little off from topic, but as I was going through some pics I found this from
around 1997 I think. Bike was parked in front of the Aria building inside daytona spdway.
And yes it did sell.ty,steve
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