I was wondering why is the reason that, at this moment in time, some of the older forum contributors ride a bike, particularly a Harley or more-so, an American Ironhorse / chopper / cruiser, Big Dog etc?
What is the attraction? and how did you "become" a biker? Is it in the blood or did you just wake up one day and decided to become a biker?
Personally, my Dad was a despatch rider in WW2 and he liked the Norton motorcycle he rode that much, that after the war, he purchased an army surplus Norton. He rode the same bike until 1993 when health got the better of him. I used to go on the back when I was a kid and loved it. Around 12 - 13 years old, me & my pals would buy used scooters / mopeds for around 25p - that's approx $1 in those days, and ride them around the back streets and on waste ground.....Great!
Around 1971 there was a bad-ass back patch club that started up in town and they were a bunch of mean muthas. Approx average age was 8 years older than me and they rode B.S.A., Triumph etc choppers / custom ( home made ), and got respect everywhere. Anybody who has watched ' Sons of Anarchy' on TV ..... well that sort of thing.
It looked real cool and I couldn't wait til I was old enough. But they had finshed within 3 years.
I had my first 'sickle at 16 and rode what I could afford ( nothing special ) and rode to work in snow & ice just like my Dad. Over the years progressing to different & better bikes, usually choppers if possible, inspired by the past.
Any custom bike purchase now in the U.K is mega bucks. I turned my eye to ebay motors and found the American Ironhorse. I imported a great bike from U.S.
Biking is in the blood. A few pals have passed away on the long 'road trip', others long left motorcycling behind them. But there's nothing like a cruise in the sunshine on a bike you admire, with friends or by yourself.
Never too old..........
What is the attraction? and how did you "become" a biker? Is it in the blood or did you just wake up one day and decided to become a biker?
Personally, my Dad was a despatch rider in WW2 and he liked the Norton motorcycle he rode that much, that after the war, he purchased an army surplus Norton. He rode the same bike until 1993 when health got the better of him. I used to go on the back when I was a kid and loved it. Around 12 - 13 years old, me & my pals would buy used scooters / mopeds for around 25p - that's approx $1 in those days, and ride them around the back streets and on waste ground.....Great!
Around 1971 there was a bad-ass back patch club that started up in town and they were a bunch of mean muthas. Approx average age was 8 years older than me and they rode B.S.A., Triumph etc choppers / custom ( home made ), and got respect everywhere. Anybody who has watched ' Sons of Anarchy' on TV ..... well that sort of thing.
It looked real cool and I couldn't wait til I was old enough. But they had finshed within 3 years.
I had my first 'sickle at 16 and rode what I could afford ( nothing special ) and rode to work in snow & ice just like my Dad. Over the years progressing to different & better bikes, usually choppers if possible, inspired by the past.
Any custom bike purchase now in the U.K is mega bucks. I turned my eye to ebay motors and found the American Ironhorse. I imported a great bike from U.S.
Biking is in the blood. A few pals have passed away on the long 'road trip', others long left motorcycling behind them. But there's nothing like a cruise in the sunshine on a bike you admire, with friends or by yourself.
Never too old..........