The Motorcycling Life of Floyd Emde
Flying Floyd
By Don Emde
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F
lying Floyd. e Motorcycling Life of Floyd
Emde, written and published by Don Emde,
tells the story of his father, Floyd Emde's legendary
years in motorcycle racing, multiple dealerships and
building race bikes for his three sons and a daughter.
ose familiar with the "Harley and Indian Wars" of
the 1940s will enjoy the week-to-week coverage back
in Floyd's racing years including his personal written
notes after every race, plus his wife Florence's hand-
written results in many souvenir programs.
While they traveled coast to coast to many
major AMA Nationals in the post-war years such as
Daytona, Laconia and Springfield, Floyd maintained
an exhausting racing schedule in Southern
California, sometimes competing 2-3 times a week
at local tracks like Box Springs, Carrell Speedway,
Pomona and Lincoln Park, where monthly daytime
TT races were held, as well as Class A Speedway races
on Friday nights.
Flying Floyd. e Motorcycling Life of Floyd
Emde is a highly illustrated, 420-page hardbound
book featuring over 1,000 photos taken by noted
Southern California racing photographers Bob
Magill, Shorty Campbell, Dave Friedman and others,
as well as many from Floyd's and Florence's personal
scrapbooks. Floyd's story is also the story of Southern
California's other top stars that he competed against.
Read all about "Iron Man" Ed Kretz, Chuck Basney,
Tex Luse, Jimmy Phillips, Ted Evans, Ernie Roccio,
Ray Tanner, Win Young and many others. At the
Nationals, he competed against all the top riders
on the AMA circuit, including Jimmy Chann, Leo
Anthony, Dick Klamfoth, Paul Albrecht, Bobby Hill,
and Bill Tuman, to name a few.
• Floyd Emde's forty years as a pro racer, dealership owner, and race bike builder
• Floyd and Florence's personal race notes, original programs and other period materials
• 1,000+ images taken by Bob Magill, Shorty Campbell and other top photographers
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