Contents
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THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN V-TWIN COMMUNITY Volume 32 Issue 10
FEATURES
10 COME HELL OR HIGH WATER
Sturgis Rally 2023
By Paul Dail
18 HARLEY-DAVIDSON VS .
INDIAN MOTORCYCLE
Part II : Racing for Market Share : 1930-1945
By Kip Woodring
26 $ 100K SPECIALS TESTED Sizing Up American Exotics
By Kevin Duke
28 COMBAT MOTORS WRAITH
Innovation Reinvented
By Alan Cathcart
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36 AUDETTE VELOS Peace Dividend
By Alan Cathcart
COLUMNS
4 RUBBER-SIDE DOWN
Horse Power
By Kevin Duke
6 UNREPENTANT CURMUDGEON
H-D ’ s Entry-Level Conundrum
By Reg Kittrelle
DEPARTMENTS
8 RUMBLINGS
News , notes , and natterings from the American V-Twin world
AFT Championship Finale
46 CALENDAR
Can ’ t-miss events
48 PARTZ
Cruisin ’ gear you just gotta have
50 LAST PAGE
So long , So . Dakota
ON THE COVER
It would require about a quarter-million dollars to purchase the exquisite pair of American streetfighters on our cover . Globetrotting motojournalist Alan Cathcart takes them for a spin . Photos by Phil Hawkins .
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