1948 July Motorcyclist Magazine - Laconia

Cover Photo: Laconia 1948 - Dick Klamfoth receives the checkered flag for the 50 Mile Amateur Championship and a new course record. Contents: Letters; Riverside Flash; Omobono Tenni Obituary; 9000 Cyclists watch records fall at Laconia - Joe Weatherley / Dick Klamfoth; Isle of Man Clubman T.T. - Daniels, Hazelhurst, Lockwood; The Truth about Riverside; Bud Hogan / Triumph wins Scrambles Inauguration; Lightweight Motorcycling - Photo: Teddy Edwards, Jr. 5 years old; A New BSA - details of the latest English bid for the ever expanding U.S. Lightweight Market; Jawa offers a "Dual-Contro" Student Trainer; The Chance of a Lifetime part 3; more 1948 July Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com CLICK THE PICTURE TO "BUY IT NOW" Back-Cover Ad: Triumph tops heavy opposition to win America's first English style scrambles. Los Angeles, Calif., June 20 - Bud Hogan riding a strictly stock 1948 Triumph Tiger 100 with full road equipment and equipped with the revolutionary Spring Rear Wheel, today walked away with top honors in the first introduction of the English Style Scrambles to the United States. The racing contest which featured a large entry of American and Foreign motors and riders of National Fame was held over a terrifically severe and unprepared natural terrain that tested every component of the machines to the ultimate. Hogan's Triumph proved more than equal to the test.

1949 "Stormy Joe" Weatherly takes Laconia again

Cover: "Stormy Joe" Weatherly takes Laconia again. Joe Weatherly, who won this road race in 1948, misses by two minutes the course record he set at that time.

Contents: "Stormy Joe" Weatherly Takes Laconia Again; Greenhorn Draws 254 Riders; Atlanta; New Records at Springfield?; Milwaukee and Muskegon; Lightweights; Who won and where; Bike-ographies - Al Siganski biography; AMA Sanction Schedule; more

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1950 Joe Weatherly of Norfolk, Virginia - most popular rider for 1948 & '49

Cover: Joe Weatherly of Norfolk, Virginia...voted most popular rider for 1948 and '49 in...Virginia, No. Carolina and So. Carolina

Weatherly began riding competition in 1946...he captured his first national title in 1948, winning the 100 mi. road race at Laconia, N.H. and setting a new record for this event...1949 was Joe's best season during which he placed third in the 100 mi. National at Langhorne, Pa.... Second in the 8 mi. National at Reading, Pa....He repeated at Laconia's 100 mi. National last year thus winning this event two years in a row...

Contents: 130,000 thrill to motorcycle races; Operation Glacier - cycle tour through far west; All-British Motorcycle Show - Grand Central Palace New York, April 15-23; That Coates Family...may their tribe increase; All-Girl Field Meet; Old Ray Tursky - Wisconsin State Champ rides to keep young; more

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1949 Isle of Man Scene

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Cover: Isle of Man Scene - Bill Doran, AJS, Negotiates Up-Hill Curve on Course. Note Ideal Road Surface and Wonderful Scenery; Contents: Isle of Man T.T. Races; Clubman's T.T. Races; Joe Weatherly Wins Laconia 100; Greenhorn Mountain Enduro; Sam Arena to Race Again; Three top tuners of the U.S.; Ray Garner's Success Story; Reports on Foreign Sports; more

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