The Classic MotorCycle

Through Great Britain and the continent

Writing his account of the European tour (published in The Motor Cycle, May 26 and June 2, 1910), Doctor Webster sets the scene, explaining: “Some four years ago I purchased my first motor cycle [sic] to use in making my professional calls… I soon became so enthusiastic that I made trips to different cities within a radius of two or three hundred miles of my home.”

He goes on to recount how ‘hearing of the fine roads

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