Plasmaman
Banned
While I got a Cushman Scooter when I was 13 ($50), I also came by a Harley that year. In those days (I'm 82 now), the carnivals had big board lined drums about 30 or 40 ft or so in diameter that motorcycles raced around, rising all the way to the top out of centrifugal force. The feature was called "The Wall of Death." One day I was exploring the woods behind the area a carnival had been a few days before. I came upon an old Harley board track racer that had been abandoned back there probably due to a thrown rod or something. I pushed it a half mile home and put it in my basement which fortunately had an outside entrance. During the next month or so I started taking it apart out of curiosity. The years have faded how far I got, or what I ended up doing with it. It was a memorable experience though.
Since that time I have owned everything from a 250cc Indian Brave (flathead) to a Vincent Black Shadow - probably thirty or more, including a half dozen Harleys. Lately, I've been keeping my hand in the hobby by cutting out 19" motorcycle replicas on my homemade CNC plasma cutter.
Unfortunately, I have no photos of my first Harley, but here is a 1952 photo of me on my Cushman:
Since that time I have owned everything from a 250cc Indian Brave (flathead) to a Vincent Black Shadow - probably thirty or more, including a half dozen Harleys. Lately, I've been keeping my hand in the hobby by cutting out 19" motorcycle replicas on my homemade CNC plasma cutter.
Unfortunately, I have no photos of my first Harley, but here is a 1952 photo of me on my Cushman:
