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Antique Motorcycles in Waddington

Several bikes at the Antique Motorcycle Show at Waddington’s Whitaker Park June 3-5 are displaying a Cannonball plate. Among them is a 1926 Ner-a-Car Model C, owned by Ben Pierce, of Vermont, right. Pierce plans on riding it again in the September Cannonball cross-country race. “Antique bike prestige is on the line”, he said about the race. On left is Bob Addis, Scotia. The show is only one of four in the nation being hosted this year by the Antique Motorcycle Club of America. For more, view earlier story. NCNow photo.

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