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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #30 on: December 22, 2014, 01:23:10 PM »

Love the old (well, really not THAT old) pics from JC and gpd.  Funny how we look back and see those bike and wonder why we ever sold them.  Glad you still have your old sporty in the family, gpd....whether you can get 'er back or not.

Keep 'em coming.  I've got one of me and my dad on his '72 EG but don't have a clue where it is.  I'll do a quick search at the house tonight. 
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #31 on: December 22, 2014, 03:33:14 PM »

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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #32 on: December 22, 2014, 03:48:52 PM »

Ah yes, big bellbottoms and an open primary. What could possibly go wrong.  Missing digits?
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #33 on: December 22, 2014, 06:58:08 PM »

Wish I had some of my pix from the 70's...but experiencing two (2) divorces things tend to get lost. If anyone on this site ever hears me saying I am getting married a third time please kick me in the nutz till I come to my senses.
I do enjoy the pictures though.
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #34 on: December 22, 2014, 10:38:50 PM »

Not exactly bell bottoms or a chopper but it was the 70's and my first bike,  3rd grade.   The beginning of the ruination. :2vrolijk_21:
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #35 on: December 23, 2014, 04:01:37 AM »

My daughter and I on my first chopper back in the '70's
It's not a Harley but it had some Harley parts.

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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #36 on: December 23, 2014, 08:07:03 AM »

Here' a throwback, ready for a road trip
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #37 on: December 23, 2014, 11:10:33 AM »

 Well here is my chopper , ORIGINALLY FROM THE 70'S ... its a... 76 sporty ironhead .. I picked the bike up a couple of years ago and did a total restore and couple small updates.... but a blast to ride and turns a lot of heads , also won a few awards and on the cover of  FREE RIDERS PRESS in june of 2014
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #38 on: December 23, 2014, 11:17:48 AM »

and  another pic..
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #39 on: December 23, 2014, 11:32:14 AM »

  I have this chopper FOR SALE .. I want to put together a panhead  rather later models from the 60's -  either a chopper or a bagger.... I have about 23K  into this bike ...  and have been open to offers.... I will not get what I have into it I know though....
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #40 on: December 23, 2014, 06:08:18 PM »

Here' a throwback, ready for a road trip

Hey Knothead,
Great picture...beverage and all. Looks a little like my second bike...a brown 1973 Honda CB-750 that I bought new. Added pullback handle bars, six inch front end extension, custom exhaust where the two center pipes crossed, sissy bar, highway pegs with forward controls that operated from the highway pegs or from the standard position and dual up and down head lamps. And the thing would run. I could sometimes catch a little air beneath the front tire shifting from second to third. Pulling the front end a little off the ground in first or into second was easy. Damn I loved that bike!!!
Thanks for the memories.
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #41 on: December 23, 2014, 06:26:12 PM »

Hey Knothead,
Great picture...beverage and all. Looks a little like my second bike...a brown 1973 Honda CB-750 that I bought new. Added pullback handle bars, six inch front end extension, custom exhaust where the two center pipes crossed, sissy bar, highway pegs with forward controls that operated from the highway pegs or from the standard position and dual up and down head lamps. And the thing would run. I could sometimes catch a little air beneath the front tire shifting from second to third. Pulling the front end a little off the ground in first or into second was easy. Damn I loved that bike!!!
Thanks for the memories.
what are you talking about..that cooler is now called a Tour PAC !!!!
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #42 on: December 25, 2014, 02:35:07 PM »

My honey 40 years ago
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #43 on: December 26, 2014, 12:22:52 AM »

Well here is my chopper , ORIGINALLY FROM THE 70'S ... its a... 76 sporty ironhead .. I picked the bike up a couple of years ago and did a total restore and couple small updates.... but a blast to ride and turns a lot of heads , also won a few awards and on the cover of  FREE RIDERS PRESS in june of 2014

My first HD was a '76 XLH, in '76, I was a 19 year old on a mission...
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Re: The days of bell bottoms and choppers....faded memories
« Reply #44 on: December 29, 2014, 12:03:50 PM »

I loved it back in the 70s!  I have to see if I have any pictures as well. Like some others, divorces have taken a toll on pictures!  The memories are still clear! I went to Daytona every year and rode all across the southeast from NC to Key West and several states to the west. Had some great times with great people! Everything was great including bikes, cars and girls (all were fast and beautiful and a joy just to look at much less ride!)  ;D 
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