Turning points
Jan 02, 2019
2 minutes
Kevin Cameron
The motorcycle has two basic reasons to exist: as transportation and as kinaesthetic entertainment for those who can afford it. Early motorcycles were the cheapest available whiff of the internal combustion revolution that was entertaining Europe’s wealthiest sports during la Belle Époque. The Kaiser War changed everything, forcing intensive development of IC engines for aircraft, trucks, tanks and submarines, while teaching many to drive, to
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