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(12-11-2019, 02:29 PM)Frulk_imp Wrote: Tezza. Love that old school picture. Made my day. Makes me feel like it’s the late 60’s/early 70s. You have no idea how many bikes as a kid I saw back then looking just like yours. A springer chopper still gnaws at me now and then. Even though I know how impractical they are. I guess Peter Fonda is to blame for that.
Yes, it all started in 1970. A few of us had joined the Airforce and decided we would be a bit rebellious and build some choppers. I think it all started from my copy of Easyrider issue#1#. They were definitely a police magnet and I don't remember a time when I wasn't pulled over during a ride.
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This was a mates 650 BSA.
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This was the last rebuild of the WLA.Just more of a piece of art than a motorcycle.
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(12-11-2019, 06:49 PM)Tezza_imp Wrote: (12-11-2019, 02:29 PM)Frulk_imp Wrote: Tezza. Love that old school picture. Made my day. Makes me feel like it’s the late 60’s/early 70s. You have no idea how many bikes as a kid I saw back then looking just like yours. A springer chopper still gnaws at me now and then. Even though I know how impractical they are. I guess Peter Fonda is to blame for that.
Yes, it all started in 1970. A few of us had joined the Airforce and decided we would be a bit rebellious and build some choppers. I think it all started from my copy of Easyrider issue#1#. They were definitely a police magnet and I don't remember a time when I wasn't pulled over during a ride.
This was a mates 650 BSA.
This was the last rebuild of the WLA.Just more of a piece of art than a motorcycle.
Whew! Tezza ... some truly remarkable snaps-in-time. The second pic could easily be mistaken for an album cover of the time.
Seriously hip.
Really great views of some solid machine works.
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Good lord. The pictures just keep getting better. I forgot how cool we were back then. Oxide is right. That BSA pic could be a period correct album cover. Or a scene out of a yet to be released Boondocks Saint sequel.
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Here ya go a 19 year old Ferret circa 1969 lol 1956 Harley Panhead my younger brother and I built from a dresser.
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(12-11-2019, 11:30 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Here ya go a 19 year old Ferret circa 1969 lol 1956 Harley Panhead my younger brother and I built from a dresser.
Great pic!
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- "I'd rather walk than ride a Harley"
- "Then a Harley is the perfect bike for you."
See? That's just funny. No hatred, just humor.
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(12-11-2019, 11:30 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Here ya go a 19 year old Ferret circa 1969 lol 1956 Harley Panhead my younger brother and I built from a dresser.
Seen this before?
Still a really good pic too. Happy.
Big bike.
Or, small rider?
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well munchkins aren't that big.
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(12-12-2019, 04:03 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: well munchkins aren't that big.
Ah, right. I reckon ferrets implied.
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