January 20, 2006
Established at the dawn of the century, the San Francisco Motorcycle Club has thrived for over a hundred years.
There are plenty of fossils in this town, relics of another age, but the SFMC represents living history, from the days when motorcycles were little more than heavyweight bicycles with engines squeezed into their frames — suspension negligible, handling worse — up through the modern era.
But this isn’t about machines, it’s about people — and the members of second-oldest continuously operating motorcycle club in the country are just a friendly group of folks who love to ride, and happen to represent a living, breathing slice of San Francisco history.
For further edification:
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- #55: Caruso, the Palace, and the 1906 earthquake
- #27: Patty Hearst, revolutionary sweetheart
- San Francisco Timecapsule: 02.02.09
- Timecapsule podcast — San Francisco, October 6-12
- Timecapsule podcast: San Francisco, December 1-7
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December 21, 2007 at 9:23 pm
Thanks for posting this. Really cool stuff! I love motorcycle history!
October 20, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Cool history. Thanks for sharing!
February 27, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Cool. I really hope our lasts 100 years or more..
Regards from the Philippines
March 8, 2009 at 12:17 am
Incredible longevity. It’s also cool to see women involved way back then as well.
Mike
December 7, 2009 at 6:35 am
Wow, a hundred years of people just riding and having fun together. A lot of organizations could learn from this!
February 22, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Great article, I didn’t realize they were the second oldest motorcycle club, that’s impressive! The old pics are great too.