Welcome to The American Motorcycle!

Volume One of THE AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE transports the reader back to a time long since vanished – when life was simple, the roads were uncrowded, and every ride was an adventure. Hundreds of spectacular black and white and color photographs, the majority of which have never been published before, evoke these times and enable the reader to follow the evolution of the American motorcycle during its most diverse period of development, 1869-1914.

"Author Stephen Wright, well known for his excellent books on American racing motorcycles, has outdone himself in this volume . . . he has put together 270 pages of photographs and drawings which are magnificent, nearly all of them never having seen the light of published day."

Clement Salvadori,
American Rider (January/February 2002)

". . . grand . . . I am much taken with the many great, historical images."

Geoffrey N. Stein, Senior Historian,
New York State Museum,
Division of Research and Collections

"Quite simply . . . even better than his last masterpieces. I bought two! The American Motorcycle is a wonderful gift to give to a friend, or just to yourself."

Buzz Walneck,
Walneck's Classic Cycle Trader,
(March 2002)

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