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« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2007, 08:42:46 am » |
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Probably the favorite of the motorcycles I've owned and/or restored: 1957 Harley FLH, note the bugle horn, white walls, and blue mudflap on the front fender, yeah baby!  |
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"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first” -Ronald Reagan
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« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2007, 08:54:45 am » |
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Please don't ride your motorcycle on the sidewalk.
It scares the kids.
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« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2007, 09:18:04 am » |
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Please don't ride your motorcycle on the sidewalk.
It scares the kids.
In the time you've known me, have you ever seen me follow the rules? |
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"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first” -Ronald Reagan
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« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2007, 11:27:35 am » |
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Aaah yes, I remember what I was driving in the 60's quite well.  That baby could shoot down a hill fast as lightning. I remember riding for blocks and blocks, exploring the ol hood. I moved up to a rad bigwheel in the early 70s. |
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"When you only have two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other."-Chinese proverb. "Arts a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Those who think it is a luxury have only a fragment of a mind. Mans spirit grows hungry for art in the same way h
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« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2007, 05:36:21 pm » |
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Aaah yes, I remember what I was driving in the 60's quite well.
That baby could shoot down a hill fast as lightning. I remember riding for blocks and blocks, exploring the ol hood. I moved up to a rad bigwheel in the early 70s.
I didn't know you were that old 
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« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2007, 01:05:24 pm » |
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Originally posted by TheArtist
Aaah yes, I remember what I was driving in the 60's quite well.
That baby could shoot down a hill fast as lightning. I remember riding for blocks and blocks, exploring the ol hood. I moved up to a rad bigwheel in the early 70s.
Wanna race? |
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« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2007, 01:21:41 pm » |
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If I remember them all, in the 50s my mom drove a Studebaker sedan and my dad drove a Studebaker truck, he worked in the Todd Field basin in Texas. Then my mom upgraded to a Studebaker station wagon when there were 4 of us kids. After we moved to Florida, the next car was a 59 Ford Galaxie. The next car was a 63 Ford Galaxie. The next car was a 66 Mercury Park Lane. Then I went on my own and it was Volkswagon beetle time, my first was a 65.
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« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2007, 01:31:07 pm » |
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Probably the favorite of the motorcycles I've owned and/or restored: 1957 Harley FLH, note the bugle horn, white walls, and blue mudflap on the front fender, yeah baby!
WOW! You still got that? What a kickass bike! |
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« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2007, 03:35:23 pm » |
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Nope, sold it about five years ago. That and my '65 Electra-Glide are two bikes I'd love to have back. I've got a 1945 61" Knucklehead I'm going to put together over the winter- pure period-correct bobber.
Only problem with the '57 was it was the last year before hydraulic brakes, you had to uh, plan your stops a little more in advance. Also the last year for the rigid frame. Believe it or not, the pogo-stick seat was a better ride than a '95 Heritage Softail I used to own.
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« Reply #11 on: October 17, 2007, 05:49:41 pm » |
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My dad was a business insurance broker (property/casualty) with the Tulsa firm of Sisk & Wakefield, then later Marsh & McLennan in the 1960's. He was fortunate to receive a brand new company car every 2 years, and it was always a Chevy Impala. We had a '60 (with those squared off horizontal tailfins), '62, '64, '66, '68 and '70 Impala from his job. He died of a heart attack at age 45 in Jan. 1971. My favorite of all these cars was his 1968 blue Impala 4-door hardtop, 396 engine with TurboHydramatic. A family car to be sure, but it could really haul butt, if only in a straight-line sort of way. His last company car, the 1970 Impala, was a Gobi beige 4-door with tan vinyl top, 400 CID engine and that car could also burn rubber. The 1970 was the most luxurious and well-optioned of all our family Impalas, but I most liked the '68.
We also had a family car for my mom; I remember the 1954 Ford, 1962-1963 Plymouth Valiant (a real lemon as I recall) and then they bought a 1968 gold Chevy Impala. It had the standard 307 V8 with Powerglide tranny, not a real performer, but I clearly remember to this day when they drove that new car home from Wilkerson Chevrolet. I was in 6th grade at John Paul Jones elementary; I usually walked or rode my bike to school but I thought I was king of the neighborhood the first time mom drove me to school in that new gold 1968 Impala!
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