Record racing has different back in the fifties. You went down to Daytona and gave it your best shot. (Issue 4)

"Why It's Easier to Love a Motorcycle than a Woman"

Experienced motorcyclists know--sometimes a machine takes you home and when you turn the engine off you discover a fault so major that she should have quit running miles ago, but, for some reason, chose to continue on. The opening pages of Big Sid's memoir, A Wish in the Veins, recount such an experience. (Issue 1)

"McQueen"

Now and again someone special walked into Big Sid's. Our second excerpt from A Wish in the Veins recounts just such a visit. (Issue 2)

(Editor's note: Max Lambky also encountered McQueen. Lambky was at a drag strip in southern California, drawn by the rumor that Clem Johnson and his Vincent Sprinter, "The Barn Job," was going to show. No Johnson, but Max went ahead and raced his Vincent, which developed clutch problems. A circle had formed around Max while he was working--to no avail, when, from out of the crowd, a guy said, "Hey I just bought a Vincent and it had the same problem. I think I can fix that." Lambky stepped aside and let him launch in. The man identified himself as "Steve" but Lambky did not make the connection. Then Steve turned while in the midst of the repair and asked for a smoke. As he handed McQueen the cigarette, Max looked at him and in a flash recognized the face from that angle. And yes, McQueen fixed the clutch.)