Independence, Oregon, I assume you mean. That little town is not far from here. There is a nice Mexican restaurant there. Sometimes Rosie and I ride out there on a summer Sunday on the Triumph.
The latest Motorcyclist magazine came in a plastic bag. Normally they do not. Inside was the new issue and a reprint of their February 1952 magazine. They are celebrating a 110-year anniversary. The 1952 magazine was a special commemorative for their 50th anniversary. They interviewed Harry Martin, a fellow who raced in 1902.
Harry set an international land speed record on his Excelsior at the Canning Town cinder track. Canning Town is part of London, I think, and this was one of the English Excelsiors. According to Harry "At Canning Town, for instance, the track had four corners and measured three laps to the mile - 12 sharp bends per mile, and in the Open-to-the-World meeting there in July 1903, I broke the 5-mile world's record in 5 mins, 39 secs from a standing start, and did the flying mile in 1 min, 5 secs."
The racers controlled their speed with an ignition lever mounted on the side of the tank. That must have taken real skill to set that land speed record on a cinder track with one hand on the bars and the other one on the tank. Interestingly, they did not know about speed wobbles. They discovered them when they started to race on the big concrete surfaced track at Brooklands.