THIS IS MY FAVORITE PHOTO OF MY DAD AND MYSELF
......1962......
......I WAS 12....
SO, THAT IS A 1962 HARLEY DUOGLIDE, KICK START AND SUICIDE CLUTCH
......AWESOME SOUND...YEEEEEE HAAAAWWW...



HE WAS THE HEAD OF THE TRAFFIC DIVISION IN PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA FOR 12 YEARS.
THEY HAD ABOUT 8 HARLEYS INCLUDING 2 THREE-WHEELERS AND A TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE.

FUNNY STORY; ONE OF THE YOUNG TROOPS WAS AFRAID OF THE "HOGS" AND GOT THE TRIUMPH.
WHILE DAD WAS BREAKING HIM IN, HE ASKED HIM TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
DAD TOLD HIM HE WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH HIS CHAIN AND ASKED HIM TO HELP HIM.
WHEN THE YOUNG TROOP CAME OVER, DAD FAKED HIM OUT, DASHED FOR THE TRIUMPH AND TOOK OFF!
THE YOUNG GUY HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO RIDE DAD'S HARLEY BACK TO THE STATION.


JIMBO IN FLORIDA

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