This 1920 Indian Daytona saw action on the boards and the dirt, with racing legend Pop Dryer riding it to 10-mile and 25-mile speed records.

A fine collection of original board-trackers take part in a beautiful display at the Wheels Through Time museum.

Another look at the Reading with the 1914 Harley-Davidson in the fore ground.

Sure full restoration is great but the beaten battered look certainly has its charm as well.

Wheels Through Time museum owner Dale Walksler looks over the 230 historic American motorcycles that call the museum home. And it looks like at least one of them can still get on down the road.

Racing back in the day was just as hairy in its own way as it is now even if they can go up to twice as fast.

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1924 JDCA 74-cubic-inch Harley-Davidson was known as an 'Outlaw' bike and is one of around 20 or 30 left.

Motorcycle racing has always been a dangerous enterprize. The sport's infancy featured primative designs rattling around wooden board tracks reaching speeds up to 100 mph - both rider and spectator risking injury.

Vintage Harley-Davidson board-tracker.

Vintage Harley-Davidson board-tracker.

Valued at $200,000 this 1921 Harley-Davidson SCA (single cylinder alcohol) is almost extinct being the only one left out of the six originally built.

1914 Harley-Davidson

1914 Harley-Davidson

While the machinery has made some drastic leaps in technology, the board-track racing era from 1909 to 1928 had much the same structure as modern racing today, with factory built racers like this 1914 Harley-Davidson being piloted by established stars running next to privateers on modified road bike

Back in the early part of the 20th century there was a plethora of American motorcycle manufacturers competing in the fledgling industry, including Thor the maker of this battered 1913 design.

I'll take Motorcycles for $800: (Insert Trebek voice) This early motorcycle manufacturer shared its name with the Norse god of thunder... No answer? The question is: What is Thor?

Starting the Reading was a little more complicated than thumbing the electric start. It was a procedure which involved a lot more manual labor, including some pedaling.

1908 Reading Standard.

1908 Reading Standard.

1908 Reading Standard.

1908 Reading Standard.

Representing a beautiful restoration of a machine that toiled during the board-track racing era is this 1908 Reading Standard.