Iversen Originals Projects - 1915 HARLEY BOARDTRACK RACER

Long before we started landspeed racing vintage bikes, Dave had a keen interest in old boardtrack racers. Now that we're racing, his imagination has been re-ignited.

FACTS AND FIGURES

1915 Harley Davidson

Boardtrack Racer

Owner: Dave Iversen

Built only for the purpose of racing, this is a 61 cubic inch, bare bones, Harley Davidson. Consisting of a direct drive, no transmission or clutch, it needed to be pushed to start. No brakes either, it only had a magneto kill switch to cut power.

These bikes were capable of speeds of 100 mph.

On July 4^th of 1915, Otto Walker won a 300 mile race on a Harley Davidson very much like this bike. His average speed over the course of close to four hours of racing was 76.20 mph. During that race, the Harley team, all riding similar bikes, took six out of seven top places at the two mile board track in Dodge City.

Dave Iversen restored this bike back to a period correct racer. Not only did he want it to look good, it had to be fully functional. After building, tuning and working out the bugs, Dave took his board track racer to the desert of El Mirage, CA. Getting a push start, he was able to fully experience the thrill of riding a 1915, purpose built board track racer.

After riding the racer, it was completely disassembled to receive final paint and graphics.