03-11-2015, 01:22 AM
Very cool. Wonder if he has a CB 1100? Lol
When I was 19 and working for Federated Department stores I met an old black gentleman, probably in his 70s at the time. Always dressed like he was going to church, as did his wife, and always wore a Suzuki lapel pin. Nice, nice gentleman, and always a gentleman. So one day we started talking motorcycles. When he learned I also rode he always made it a point to come find me when he was in the store just to chat. One day he brought in a paper from Suzuki Motorcycle Co which acknowledged him for buying more Suzuki motorcycles than anyone else in the world (iirc he had bought 37 new Suzukis at the time) This gentleman bought one of everything Suzuki made, and every time they brought out a new model he would buy it. At this time Suzuki had not gotten into 4 strokes yet and this gentleman really like his 550 Suzuki triple. I left Federated to go to work at a Yamaha/Moto Guzzi shop and lost touch with him. Wish I had kept in touch. He was a fascinating man and a true motorcyclist. Would have loved to see his garage. Don't know why I never made the effort to make that happened, but he never invited and I wasn't going to invite myself. Odd couple we made, a 70 year old black man and a 19 year old long haired white kid with our only common bond being motorcycles.
When I was 19 and working for Federated Department stores I met an old black gentleman, probably in his 70s at the time. Always dressed like he was going to church, as did his wife, and always wore a Suzuki lapel pin. Nice, nice gentleman, and always a gentleman. So one day we started talking motorcycles. When he learned I also rode he always made it a point to come find me when he was in the store just to chat. One day he brought in a paper from Suzuki Motorcycle Co which acknowledged him for buying more Suzuki motorcycles than anyone else in the world (iirc he had bought 37 new Suzukis at the time) This gentleman bought one of everything Suzuki made, and every time they brought out a new model he would buy it. At this time Suzuki had not gotten into 4 strokes yet and this gentleman really like his 550 Suzuki triple. I left Federated to go to work at a Yamaha/Moto Guzzi shop and lost touch with him. Wish I had kept in touch. He was a fascinating man and a true motorcyclist. Would have loved to see his garage. Don't know why I never made the effort to make that happened, but he never invited and I wasn't going to invite myself. Odd couple we made, a 70 year old black man and a 19 year old long haired white kid with our only common bond being motorcycles.