Motorcycle Beach Patrols of WWI

Night Train · 01-17-2013, 03:33 PM

During WWI, the Coast Guard was in charge of monitoring the coast for possible enemy invasions. Up until that time, the Life Saving Service had performed it's beach patrols on foot. To increase the speed and distance of these patrols, the Coast Guard decided to purchase Indian motorcycles for it's stations on the eastern Florida coast and Texas. Turns out that 1917 Indians are not the best choice for beach riding...

Motorcycle Beach Patrols of WWI

groop · 01-18-2013, 07:52 AM

Cool read. Thanks for posting.

Mista Vern · 01-18-2013, 08:27 AM

Thanks!

01-17-2013, 03:33 PM	#1
Night Train ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Feb 2008 Location: North Carolina Oddometer: 117	Motorcycle Beach Patrols of WWI During WWI, the Coast Guard was in charge of monitoring the coast for possible enemy invasions. Up until that time, the Life Saving Service had performed it's beach patrols on foot. To increase the speed and distance of these patrols, the Coast Guard decided to purchase Indian motorcycles for it's stations on the eastern Florida coast and Texas. Turns out that 1917 Indians are not the best choice for beach riding... Motorcycle Beach Patrols of WWI

01-18-2013, 07:52 AM	#2
groop So much to ponder Joined: Jun 2007 Location: oc, ca Oddometer: 2,574	Cool read. Thanks for posting. __________________ Originally Posted by DR. Rock once you leave the pavement, it's like entering a parallel universe... a wormhole in both space and time... sometimes you won't believe you're still in the United States, or in this century.

01-18-2013, 08:27 AM	#3
Mista Vern Knows all - tells some. Joined: Dec 2005 Location: McMinnville, Oregon Oddometer: 12,969	Thanks! __________________ - "The turd follows the fart as surely as the rain follows the plow." Emily Bronte

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