I was going through some old pictures and came across this one, which of course interests me...this is late '90's outside the Iron Horse in Daytona.
9.29.2011
9.28.2011
Hang In There
In the sixties, every motorcycle related book or film had the word 'Angels' somewhere.
Not even TCB was exempt.
9.27.2011
Crickets
Buddy Holly (far right) on his new 1958 Ariel Cyclone outside Ray Miller Triumph
The story goes like this, Buddy & the other Crickets just got off tour in '58 and headed to Dallas TX to buy motorcycles. They visited a few bike shops and no one took them seriously - the Harley-Davidson salesman thought they were just rowdy kids & made them leave!
So they ended up at Ray Miller Triumph where Buddy got the Ariel Cyclone, and the other two got a Thunderbird and a Trophy - the boys all paid cash...man, what was it like to be that young around the birth of rock n' roll with hits on the radio and cash pouring in??
After Buddy's death, his father rode the bike and later sold it & it drifted around a bit until the remaining Crickets bought it and gave it to Waylon Jennings as a birthday present - as Waylon and Buddy were old friends. The Jennings family still owns the bike.
The following pictures are all Holly's bike while belonging to the Jennings family.
Buddy Holly's 1958 Impala
Awesome home movie footage of the boys & their new bikes.
9.26.2011
9.25.2011
9.24.2011
9.23.2011
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9.21.2011
Trail Bronc
BSA Trail Bronc review from Hot Rod Magazine 1964
Kicking off our trail bike review is a real volume package by one of the oldest motorcycle manufacturing firms in the business: Birmingham Small Arms of England. Their newly announced "Trail Bronc" is big news on at least two special counts: this tried and proven 174cc (10 1/2 cubic inch) two-stroke single is over twice the capacity of the average 50 to 80cc trail bike with only a negligible 25 pounds or so additional overall weight (about 200 pounds fueled), and the price is right (within $20 of some of the smaller-engined jobs) at $395.
In order to give the buyer a healthy eight horsepower at this price, BSA has ignored the frills: No chrome (I take it back-the gas cap), no speedometer, front fender, or lights-their original assumption being that such items were costly, heavy, and unnecessary in this critter's natural habitat. Ignition is by a flywheel generator, however (no battery), and if lights are desired, lighting coils are in place for simple attachment to any sort of 6-volt accessory lamps.
Engine and integral 3-speed gearbox are genuine motorcycle components, this design having been refined through nearly a decade of highway and competition use-no guesswork here. The carburetor, too, is the reliable Amal brand with 7/8-inch venturi. Utter simplicity is the keyword of engine layout; two-stroke construction with 61.5mm bore, 58mm stroke, and 7:4 compression. With its huge 80-tooth rear wheel sprocket, this happy little powerplant is a veritable stump-puller at just above idle, even when the going gets deep and sticky, or it can buzz down the road at a neck-snappin' 40 mph. With the 1 3/4-gallon tank topped up with 20:1 gas-oil mix, it should provide all but the most "eager beavers" with a full day in the woods.
9.20.2011
9.19.2011
9.18.2011
Florida '77
One of my dad's Daytona trips from '77, thats his Superglide in front which he still rides.
9.17.2011
9.16.2011
9.15.2011
'79 Blue Ridge Mountain Trip
My parents and friends getting ready to head for the mountains - 1979
Rain Gear.
9.14.2011
Colorado '44
Infantry Division practices some intense steep slope riding at Fort Carson, Colorado 1944. This unit went to Europe in '45 and saw combat for the last months of the war.
9.13.2011
Winchester City Limits
circa '67
sign reads ''come as you are''
would love to see a row of bikes in 'the rebel' parking lot
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