About Stan

“There isn’t anything I can’t do on a bike.” It was his most famous statement… and something he proved again and again.  Stan started winning trophies at the age of 17… at first on an Indian Scout and a Harley Knucklehead and, later, on a 96 cubic inch Harley he built by hand.  Flat tracks, hill climbs, drag strips, and the dry and salt lakes… even the inside of a carnival “Barrel of Death.” He was everywhere that two wheels were spinning fast.  Stan stood at the forefront of a culture of youth – fresh out of a world war that his nation had just won – he was a lightning rod of engineering and innovative energy.  He was at the center of the ‘Discovery of Speed’ that consumed automobile and motorcycle enthusiasts from 1945 – 1965. He was one of the many exciting innovators who reigned supreme in the racing world, before the corporate interests stepped in and stripped individual initiative from the drag strips and racing ovals.  Called by some the ‘John Lennon of Motorcycling,’ Stan built, raced, sold, customized and restored America’s fastest and rarest two-wheeled machines.  Chief among his numerous accomplishments was the creation of a dragster he named “The HOG” – a 96 cubic inch, overhead cam monster-cycle that set the quarter & half mile records at Lions drag strip in 1965.  Well known for many impressive feats on Harleys and Indians, it was this stylistic dominator for which he was the most famous… earning him his place as the ‘HOG Legend.’  This web site is dedicated to Stan Dishong – the HOG Legend, an icon of American ingenuity and individualism.