Back In The Day - 70's & 80's

[KevinN]

Nice corn binder Dragstews. I have a '41. Still original frame with M II front and typical 350 chevy/350 turbo. I left it the original patina cause its trendy right now.

[DustyDave]

Those seat springs!

Stock 741 or Sport Scout springs the seat is off a cultivator and the bracket is hand made.
Dusty

[Davestune]

It's a Heinz The engine front frame section and fork are 741 Military scout probably 43 or 44. The rear frame and wheels are 36 Sports Scout. Half the tank is Chief and the other half is 741. Fenders are probably 38 or so Sports Scout The Carb is off a real early 741
This is it the way I rode it until 2005 or so when it broke a piston. Then it became the Indian under my table. Suppose that little blower had anything to do with the piston failure?

Ole Hateful says she wants it restored as a military 741, Wonder how many more years I can keep ignoring her?
Dusty

ahh the ol Heinz 47, i still use dat sayin, guess ill have to chime in after i dig pics out and take pics with my phone

[DoomBuggy]

A few more I came across, from oldest to newest

Remember kids, All the gear All the time


Another Arizona pic.


Moving into the mid 80s, What can a poor boy do, but play in a new wave band


My beloved '55, may she rest in piece(s)


I still need to find the stash of car pictures. That is if a certain ex-girlfriend didn't take them as a parting gift.

[hillcat]

Doom Buggy what year is your Sportster pic?
Here's one of mine circa '83 maybe? I was living in Brighton Mass. I think it was a '78 Sporty
Sorry for the sideways pic of a photo of a photo.



and with my KZ1000

[DoomBuggy]

It is a '69 XLCH. Motor was built by one of the pro shops here in Chicago the rest is my work.

Love the full moon caps on the car behind you.

[47str8leg]

"Love the full moon caps on the car behind you."

Let's see now Goodyear polyglass tires ....hmmmm... I'm saying that , by the height of the tire and era , that's a G-70-14 on there. Just don't think the sidewall is short enough for G-60-14. Could get fooled and they are 15's , but 14's were more common.

[Davestune]

Doom Buggy what year is your Sportster pic?
Here's one of mine circa '83 maybe? I was living in Brighton Mass. I think it was a '78 Sporty
Sorry for the sideways pic of a photo of a photo.



and with my KZ1000

did U know lance from allston,was in last gasp mc,,
ever go to fathers or the bow and arrow in Cambridge.
ever see the dude on the chrome triumph chrome tank??

[hillcat]

Doombuggy - I meant what year was the "Sportster pic" taken?

47str8leg - That was my buddy's '58 Ford delivery truck so I'm not sure on the tire size but I think you're right, 14".

Davestune - Lance from Allston? Nope.
Father's sounds familiar. Bow and Arrow? No. We used to hang around Bunratty's in Allston, The Rat for a show maybe, but mostly the Speakeasy (blues bar) in Central Sq. Cambridge.
I seem to recall a chrome Triumph but maybe at Laconia bike week.

[DoomBuggy]

Doombuggy - I meant what year was the "Sportster pic" taken?

LOL, RIGHT! It was late '70s, probably '78.

[Davestune]

Doombuggy - I meant what year was the "Sportster pic" taken?

47str8leg - That was my buddy's '58 Ford delivery truck so I'm not sure on the tire size but I think you're right, 14".

Davestune - Lance from Allston? Nope.
Father's sounds familiar. Bow and Arrow? No. We used to hang around Bunratty's in Allston, The Rat for a show maybe, but mostly the Speakeasy (blues bar) in Central Sq. Cambridge.
I seem to recall a chrome Triumph but maybe at Laconia bike week.

Oh ya bunrattys, many a broad fim there
And yerp blue's bar.
The rat, hells ya
I played at all 3 of dem places
Ya I had chrome trumpet, and use to be at Laconia with it.

[hillcat]

LOL, RIGHT! It was late '70s, probably '78.

Oh yeah, now I see the bell-bottoms!

Davestune- that trumpet was a head-turner!
There were many other places too. "The Club" in Central Sq. The "Plough and the Stars" Cambridge, I'm drawin' a blank right now on names I'll talk to my friend with the insane good memory. Mine, not so good. HaHa!

[DoomBuggy]

So I know this is a zombie thread, but I ran into a stash of old pics, biker and army days and if folks want I will post them up. But I really wanted to post this one up as it shows just how early on the chopper craze hit me. I just have the ratty ass old 120 negative, not even the whole roll. I think this would have been around 1965, maybe 1966, the pants are a dead give away.

[Hoghead]

Cool -post away!

[47str8leg]

So I know this is a zombie thread, but I ran into a stash of old pics, biker and army days and if folks want I will post them up. But I really wanted to post this one up as it shows just how early on the chopper craze hit me. I just have the ratty ass old 120 negative, not even the whole roll. I think this would have been around 1965, maybe 1966, the pants are a dead give away.

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Well, since the chopper craze didn’t really start until the later 60’s I would question your time frame. Those pants were good up through the very early 70’s as I have a picture of my younger sister wearing them as well as myself and my older brothers in that time frame. My older brother Dave (b.1960) also did the same thing with his ‘67 Schwinn StingRay front forks around the time of the Easyrider Chopper craze ( my dad broke the bank that year and bought all 4 of us boys Schwinn bikes that Christmas . Me, being the youngest got a tricycle and a horse head on a stick to run around the house with lol ! ) .
Just an observation.

Edit- I originally thought they were vertically striped pants.