Motorcycles

A rider has a quiet moment atop a 700-pound Harley Davidson motorcycle at Point Mugu. (Damon Winter / LAT)

Sept. 16, 2014 1:11 AM PT

From beginnings at the turn of the last century to Europe during World War II, the nerve center of design and marketing for the motorcycling world is SoCal.

Nate Adams separates from his bike as he performs a “rock solid” for the crowd during a freestyle motocross demonstration in July 2005 at the Huntington Beach pier. (Allen J. Schaben / LAT)

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