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A LONG TIME AGO A YOUNG MAN WAS NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ANY MOTORCYCLE.....IN HIS SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL HE ENLISTED IN THE NAVY.....IN BEFORE YOUR 17.....OUT BEFORE YOUR 21......ENLISTED IN 1960....BOUGHT HIS FIRST BIKE IN 1961 IN PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA......A 1940 61 INCH KNUCKLE.....RODE IT FOR A YEAR.....RODE IT HOME FROM VIRGINIA.....LOOKED FOR PARTS FOR IT AT THE LOCAL HARLEY SHOP (WIKLES HARLEYDAVIDSON) BUT ENDED UP TRADING IT IN ON A 1960 XLH....HE RODE THIS TIL HE GOT OUT OF THE SERVICE.....HIS BUDDIES TOLD HIM IF HE NEVER GOT OFF THAT BIKE HE WOULD NEVER GET MARRIED.....HIS REPLY WAS WHEN ONE COULD RUN FAST TO JUMP ON HE WOULD THINK ABOUT IT... WHILE HOME ON LEAVE FROM THE PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA .... NAVY BASE .... STEVEN CAME OVER TO WIKLES HARLEYDAVIDSON FOR PARTS .... ENDED UP BUYING A 1960 XLH SPORTSTER ..... WHICH WAS TO PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN OUR LIFE ..... AGAIN THIS WAS BEFORE I KNEW HIM ..... HE RODE THAT BIKE THE REST OF TIME HE WAS IN SERVICE ..... WHENEVER THEY WERE IN PORT HIM AND HIS BUDDIES WOULD TAKE OFF FOR RIDES .... EVEN IF THERE WAS A LITTLE SNOW ON THE GROUND .... HIS FRIENDS CALLED HIM FROSTIE BECAUSE HE COULD SLEEP ON THE SIDE OF A CANAL WITH NO COVER .... HE EVEN RACED THE SPORTSER ..... IN THE MEAN TIME I HAD GONE ON MY OWN WITH FIVE KIDS .... WALKED AWAY FROM A 12 YEAR ABUSIVE MARRIAGE .... TWO WORLDS APART ..... UNKNOWN TO EACH OTHER ..... WELL MORE LATER .... 
AFTER STEVEN BOUGHT THE 1960 XLH SPORTSTER HE RODE IT BACK TO THE FORRESTAL (CVA59) THAT WAS DOCKED IN NORFOLK, VA ..... IT WAS NOT SUMMER TIME AND SOME WHERE BETWEEN HERE AND THERE IT TURNED INTO REAL WINTER .... HE WAS STOPPED JUST BEFORE THE PENNSYLVANIA BORDER AND WAS TOLD HE HAD TO GET OFF THE ROAD BEFORE HE GOT TO THE TUNNELS BECAUSE HE WAS ON A MOTORCYCLE .... WAS TOLD HE COULD NOT RIDE THE MOUNTAINS ..... THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LISTEN WHEN HE TOLD THEM HE HAD TO GET BACK TO HIS SHIP ON TIME ..... 
SOOOOO HE DID WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE RIGHT THING WHEN HE GOT TO THE TUNNELS..... HE KEPT GOING ..... WELL HE WAS SOON WONDERING ABOUT THAT ..... AS HE STARTED DOWN THE SLOPE INTO THE FIRST TUNNEL THE SPORTSTER DECIDED TO HAVE A FIT .... TOLD HIM IT DIDN'T LIKE THE WEATHER ..... GAVE A COUGH AND QUIT ..... BY THAT TIME HE WAS ALREADY TO FAR INTO THE TUNNEL TO DO ANYTHING EXCEPT TRY TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE BIG RIGS REAL QUICK ..... HAVE YOU EVER TRIED PUSHING ANY BIKE FAST ENOUGH TO GET OUT OF THE WAY .... ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS NO WHERE TO GO BECAUSE THERE IS A WALL THERE ????? THAT'S WHAT HE DID .... ICE AND ALL ..... JUST IN TIME A SHALLOW AREA APPEARED AND IN HE WENT AS A BIG RIG ZOOMED BY ..... THE REST OF THE RIDE BACK TO HIS SHIP WAS QUITE UNEVENTFUL COMPARED TO THAT ..... NEEDLESS TO SAY I AM SO VERY GLAD HE MADE IT WITH BOTH HIM AND MY FUTURE BIKE INTACT .... To be continued... | |
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