Honoring the first long-distance motorcyclist - Linking the Past to the Present to Enrich the Future
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Sunday, June 30, 2024
July 1 - Across America on a Motor Bicycle
(Rochester to Cayuga, NY)
G.Wyman
"It took until 11:30 o'clock the next day, July 1, to get the motor working, and then I started from Rochester with C.O. Green, superintendent of the Regas Company, and W.L. Stoneburn, the bookkeeper, riding with me as an escort. They accompanied me 20 miles to Fairport. over roads so muddy as to be nearly impassible. Not far from Fairport, when I was alone again the hoodoo asserted itself. First the connecting rod worked loose, and soon after the belt ends gave way. I lost as little time as possible, however, and at night I reached Cayuga, with the satisfaction of having covered 70 miles during the short day."