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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #15 on: December 20, 2014, 09:14:59 PM »

Now  That is Style!   :2vrolijk_21:   Very Kool !
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers
« Reply #16 on: December 20, 2014, 09:16:02 PM »

Nice ride and great photos, but I think I know when your back problems started!   :P

Yea, and my hearing problems and my........never mind. :nervous:

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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers
« Reply #17 on: December 20, 2014, 09:25:29 PM »

Yea, and my hearing problems and my........never mind. :nervous:

Where's Lou (grandpadoc)?  I know he has a chopper back in the day.  He should be posting up here.

Not exactly choppers and I still can't remember the exact year but I can tell you what decade. ;)  I bought the 86 Heritage in 87 and totaled it a couple of years.  Fortunately for me, that guy that pulled out of a donut shop driveway and drove into the side of my stock Heritage had good insurance. 

It took me a few months to decide.....yep, strip it down, build the motor....an S&S Sidewinder kit, bars to the stars, low profile p-pad and a Supertrapp 2 into 1.  While I was trying to figure it all out, I bought an 89 Sporster just to get me through the down time.  The shop I'd bought it from had just finished putting the big tank, bobbed rear fender, forward pegs and brake, etc.  It was black and silver but I'd already had one that color, so I had my painter paint it Hot Red and Bright White and then had it pin stripped by Mike Cline (he did my show bike above).  The Sportster got so much attention in those colors that when I finally got the Heritage back up, I had my painter paint it exactly the same.  Some thought it was a "his & hers" even though I was single at the time.  Eventually, several ladies rode that Sportster over the next few years.  Both of these bikes were in the harley hardback book called Rebels With A Cause by Gail DeMarco and in the movie Rescue Me with Michael Dudikoff and Amy Dolenz (Micky Dolenz of the Monkees' daughter).
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #18 on: December 20, 2014, 09:39:19 PM »

A photo from the book, Rebels With A Cause...
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #19 on: December 20, 2014, 09:49:14 PM »

JC hasn't changed a bit.    :coolblue: 
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #20 on: December 20, 2014, 11:07:40 PM »

You betcha!  Bikes & Babes - That's the JC we've all come to love!

JC, Sorry we missed you the last time in CA, but I will definitely let you know when we plan our next trip in that part of the country.

Ouray, eh?  (Just had to throw a little CND in there for ya.)  Hmmmm, something to think about for sure and will let you know if we'll be there.

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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers
« Reply #21 on: December 21, 2014, 09:59:07 AM »

and the last one.  Those were the days my friend.....we thought they'd never end....

                                              Isn't that the truth :2vrolijk_21:
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #22 on: December 22, 2014, 10:55:18 AM »

Great thread JC. Here is my 70 Sporty, Pacho hardtail, Denver springer, drags, apes. This one is still in the family and my son got married on it.
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #23 on: December 22, 2014, 11:01:49 AM »

Drive through wedding in Vegas.  :love_3:
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #24 on: December 22, 2014, 11:03:53 AM »

Most folks want "That Look", but can't take the pounding and hammering that comes with it. So they leave it in their garage and take ElectraGlide out instead.

Kudos to JC, Doc and everyone else who really did it!
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #25 on: December 22, 2014, 11:11:10 AM »

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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #26 on: December 22, 2014, 11:29:05 AM »

I love the old pictures.
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #27 on: December 22, 2014, 11:48:29 AM »

Nice, glad you still have the bike in the family.
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #28 on: December 22, 2014, 11:54:37 AM »

After the wedding he wouldn't give it back. :(
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #29 on: December 22, 2014, 11:58:02 AM »

Hey Grandpadoc,
That is a great looking bike with some family history and they are a great looking couple. I do however hope there was a prenuptial agreement prior to the I do's. Would hate to see that classic leave the family.  :)
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