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Here's a look
at a couple of my bikes, past & present.
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Here may be
the only pix in existance of my first Harley, as we tended to be somewhat
camera shy in those days. It's a Black '78 Sportster. These pix were
taken on a trip a good friend and I made to Colorado (both on '78 Sporties).
The pic in the upper left hand corner taken on top of Pikes Peak.
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My last ride,
a '73 FLH Shovelhead. It was an old Shriners Bike. It looked like this
for a year or two and then when I had to rebuild the heads which were
baked from too much parade riding, I started stripping her down trying
to get another look.
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This is how
it wound up looking. There was much more I had wanted to do with it,
but in those days the priorities of raising a family etc. restricted
the budget so I never totally acheived the look I was after. After I
don't know how many years and 80 something thousand miles the motor
and tranny were about worn out as was the suspension. A guy offered
me more than it was worth and I reluctantly took it.
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After a few
years of doing without, my wife suggested I should go out and get another
bike, mostly because she was tired of me being an "Old Bitch"
when the weather turned nice. It took a lot of soul searching deciding
what exactly it was I wanted. Really had the Heritage Softail in mind
for a long time but after doing a lot of reading and research I started
leaning toward another of the FLH line. Had almost convinced myself
to go with a Road King but in the end decided on the '05 Electra Glide
Classic. I changed the mufflers right off the bat, nothing too radical
and I really don't see doing anything much more than that except perhaps
the rear trunk may come and go. My son calls it a "Geezer Bike"
- Maybe so, I ain't no Spring Chicken anymore anyway. The son by the
way, following in the old man's footsteps, went out not soon after I
got the Classic and bought a Sporster (below right). A good learning
bike for him, but he wasn't long satisfied and a year later he made
a really nice trade for himself on a really sweet '04 Lava Sunglow Red
Nighttrain (bottom).
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