02-18-2021, 03:48 AM
I'm the only one in my family interested in motorcycles. Going back decades, nobody on either side of the family ever owned or rode a bike.
My "moment" evolved over time in the mid fifties as I witnessed the same group of guys riding around on shiny Triumph's and BSA's. These were not outlaws but decent guys with good jobs that rode in the evenings and on weekends.
The more I saw them the more I had to have a bike because they looked so cool in their zipper jackets, engineer boots and jaunty caps. Real men didn't wear helmets back then and there were no helmet laws.
The fact that many always seemed to have a pretty girl riding pillion may also have had something to do with it
My "moment" evolved over time in the mid fifties as I witnessed the same group of guys riding around on shiny Triumph's and BSA's. These were not outlaws but decent guys with good jobs that rode in the evenings and on weekends.
The more I saw them the more I had to have a bike because they looked so cool in their zipper jackets, engineer boots and jaunty caps. Real men didn't wear helmets back then and there were no helmet laws.
The fact that many always seemed to have a pretty girl riding pillion may also have had something to do with it