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From September 1975 to July 1976, Iowa did require helmets to be worn while riding a motorcycle, according to the Des Moines Register. Fatalities for motorcyclists were 40% lower during that time.
3. Bandera, Texas. Nicknamed the "Cowboy Capital of the World," this Wild West town in southern Texas was a staging ground for the last cattle drives of the 1800s.
West Richland, Washington: 10,000 attendees, 4,000 motorcycles (2009) [3] 2001 [4] West Richland Area Chamber of Commerce Hot dog feed, concerts [5] Hells Canyon Rally: Hells Canyon: 5,000–8,000: 2000 Todd Godfrey of High Desert Harley-Davidson This rally meets in Baker City, Oregon for four days in July.
Roadog is a motorcycle built by engineer and motorcycle enthusiast Wild Bill Gelbke between 1962 and 1965. A total of two were built. Gelbke, who had attended engineering school in Wisconsin and at University of Southern California, had worked for McDonnell Douglas and also owned two motorcycle shops in Chicago and Hammond, Indiana.
The National Motorcycle Museum was a non-profit museum located in Anamosa, Iowa.It was founded in 1989 by motorcycle builders, racers, and riders. Its purpose to maintain the experience of bikes past and present as well as motorcycle memorabilia, documents and actual vintage bikes from as far back as 1903.
William "Wild Bill" Gelbke (1936–1978, born in Green Bay, Wisconsin) was an American engineer and motorcycle designer. He is noted for having designed and constructed large motorcycles powered by automobile engines, particularly the Roadog [ 2 ] and the Auto Four , the latter a motorcycle intended for mass production.
Elk were once abundant in Iowa, but now are a rare site. Jared McDonald, of Winterset, spotted this elk in rural Madison County on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.
Simplified map of Iowa Bedrock formations of Iowa. The geography of Iowa includes the study of bedrock, landforms, rivers, geology, paleontology and urbanisation of the U.S. state of Iowa. The state covers an area of 56,272.81 sq mi (145,746 km 2).