Pennsylvania Coal Country Steel Towns And The Most Underrated Motorcycle Culture In 1970s America 1080p

Pennsylvania Coal Country Steel Towns And The Most Underrated Motorcycle Culture In 1970s America 1080p

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This investigation uncovers the declassified truth behind 1970s Pennsylvania motorcycle culture — from the Mon Valley steel towns and anthracite coal country to the most powerful outlaw motorcycle presence on the entire East Coast. We reveal why the riders the national press never photographed were the most competent, most self-reliant, and most underrated motorcycle culture in 1970s America.
In 1973, United Steelworkers negotiated the most generous labor contract in American history. Bethlehem Steel was the number two producer in the nation. The Clairton Coke Works — the largest coke facility in the Western Hemisphere — ran three shifts a day. For one specific decade, the Mon Valley steelworker had the wages, the mechanical knowledge, and the Saturdays to build a motorcycle culture the national press completely ignored.