Some thoughts on my way home from rally.

[skuuter]

Sure do miss the pretty red headed lady that came in every morning while Earl,Ed and me where drinking coffee and telling li-- oops I mean stories.She did not say much just smiled and shook her head,got her coffee and went outside.RIDE SAFE:Shrug:

The "BOSS"..........:NanaNice:.....ThumbUp :10:

 

[Maryland Triker]

Back then I was flying high with the USAF but before that my brother and I had a old Simplex one lunger with a belt that went around the tire rim to the engine did all of about 50mph I wrecked it showing off to a girl.

Then had a WWI Triumph still in crate put that together, rode it for awhile Dad sold it because of some indiscretions I was involved in. First new machine was a Cushman Eagle Scooter did a paper route and delivery service with it made good money too anywhere from $50 to $75 a month which back then was a lot.

Then got into some more indiscretions and was offered a choice and I chose the USAF, best thing that could have happened to me they straightned my young butt right up. No more bikes until I got hitched to the Warden and we bought a 1968 Triumph and that was our only transportation for a couple of years. Since then I've had a lot of other bikes mainly Harley's

 

[Gorilla]

MJ and I finally made it home. 7436 miles. boy did we make a wrong turn. Really we had a great ride and a lot of fum just the 2 of us.

 

[Blondie Gal]

MJ and I finally made it home. 7436 miles. boy did we make a wrong turn. Really we had a great ride and a lot of fum just the 2 of us.

Glad you're home safely!!! It'll take a while for your butts to regain any sensation, but be patient. By the time you've gone through your pictures, they should be good!!

Uh, speaking of pictures, hope you'll post yours!!

Much love to you both!
J & N

 

[Nana]

What a wonderful trip you had! But I know there is no place like home . Can't wait to see a few pictures, myself

 

[Just Dave]

I too started on those hardtail Harley's, here's a picture of my third Panhead in the Rats Hole Bike Show in Daytona 1970. Now in my old age I'd hate to give up my Goldwing but sometime I sit back and think "what if" I had just pushed all my old Panheads to the back of my garage instead of selling them.

 

[msocko3]

I too started on those hardtail Harley's, here's a picture of my third Panhead in the Rats Hole Bike Show in Daytona 1970. Now in my old age I'd hate to give up my Goldwing but sometime I sit back and think "what if" I had just pushed all my old Panheads to the back of my garage instead of selling them.

Thats a sharp looking bike.

 

[Oldmsocko]

I too started on those hardtail Harley's, here's a picture of my third Panhead in the Rats Hole Bike Show in Daytona 1970. Now in my old age I'd hate to give up my Goldwing but sometime I sit back and think "what if" I had just pushed all my old Panheads to the back of my garage instead of selling them.

I really like that bike.

 

[Loner]

I just can't help adding this one more bit of fun that we panhead riders participated in. We used to park our bikes in a dark area at our campground and set them to idle with the timing retarded (as far as it could go and still run). Then we'd relax and see whose motor would glow red-hot enough on the rear cylinder that we could actually see the piston bouncing up and down in the cylinder (visible right adjoining the rear exhaust outlet). And then we'd go off into stories about how we got burned by our bikes, or it was so hot . . . . .).

Just had to throw this little recall out - I doubt that Goldwing riders on here have had such heated discussions yet.

 

[Downtown Cowtown]

These are the good old days.

My back wouldn't take my pan shovel 24in extended springer on a stretched frame, then or now. Then both front legs popped loose from the welds going 70mph to work, rode it home like that.

Told bobby, to slug it, but hell no, he was an aircraft welder and welding that 4130 chrome moly into the mild steel was easy peasy and i didn't know chit, mmm, see how that worked out.:AGGHH:

 

[Burnerboy]

Some thoughts on my way home from rally.
A little over 40 years ago I made some of my first cross country trips on a 62 Pan. As others in that time, it was stripped and chopped. Times were different, scoots were different and I was different.
As I rode I was thinking about just how different it is now (not just being on three)
No gauges, gas, Speedo, nothing!
Wind protection was a bed roll with extra clothes and tools strapped over head light. No faring, shield or lowers. Man, back then who would ride a BAGGER???!!!!
When the long stretched out front end started to shake, you were going too fast and slowed down, think that was around 70 MPH.
The little peanut tank held a little over 2 gallons of gas and you could use about 1.5 gallon of it. When you hit the reserve switch over you better have a gas station in site.
Motels were rest areas and underpasses for three out of four nights then a camp ground for a shower unless you were walking in tall cotton and got a cheap motel.
Remember when you had to adjust the primary chain and then the drive chain, then a little lube for the chain?
Instead of washing off bugs from a windshield, that was done when you took a shower and washed your clothes.
When stuff broke or wore out, you found other used stuff to fix it.
Remember it kicking you back and almost over the bars when you tried to start it?
What else was different for you??
Dennis Swan
(was life really easyer back then??)

I always rode a Honda so all that kicking to start it never mattered!
My first Honda was a Honda 50cc so my big trip consisted of a 30 mile ride to the next city...Aaaaaaaaaa yea a big days event at that time...
U gotta love it! :gah::gah:
Ronnie

 

[Burnerboy]

I went to the "WOODSTOCK" rock concert , back in 1969 ...............I had hair down past my shoulders (now I'm 99% bald)

Ronnie

9/16/22

 

[Notgrownup]

No, I only started riding about 25 years ago and doing longer trips about 16 years ago. Never camped, always been hotels/motels. 1 time I stayed at a cabin at a campground with central bath house. Closest to roughing it. Remember the days though. Had friends who did it …