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Fred Luther and one of the world's first (if not the first) automobile powered motorcycles

Fred Luther and one of the world's first (if not the first) automobile powered motorcycles

June 172, 2023 · By historicracing.com
Fred Luther was a pioneering motorcycle rider who had been competing since 1915. By 1934 his life must have become somewhat mundane as he came up with the idea of building a motorcycle to break the Land Speed Record.
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