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Since their invention, motorcycles have endured a somewhat enigmatic presence in America. In the early years of the 20th century they evolved peacefully alongside the nascent automobile, sharing the excited flurry of mechanical invention that promised a future of rapid mobility.Since their invention, motorcycles have endured a somewhat enigmatic presence in America. In the early years of the 20th century they evolved peacefully alongside the nascent automobile, sharing the excited flurry of mechanical invention that promised a future of rapid mobility. Leather clad riders, bent to the wind, were a kind of romantic earthbound equivalent to aviators of the period. The first hint of any potential maligning came about as the result of a horrific crash at a boardtrack event in 1912 when an errant motorcycle cartwheeled into the grandstands, killing several spectators. Newspapers reported the catastrophe without a headline, using instead the universal symbol of danger: a skull and crossbones. The high-banked oval tracks were categorically labeled “Murderdromes� by the media and quickly fell from favor with the public.


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