My friend Eric from work brought in some vintage Kodachrome from his childhood days here in Detroit. Eric's father was/remains a true gear head like us. He built this custom Sportster back in the early 8o's and at some point snapped a few off on a late summer day in 1976. Eric is seen standing next to his Dad's cool new sled looking proud of the bike as his dad probably was of him. I love that center pic with Eric. His Sweathogs shirt and his buddies green machine bring it all back for me. Thanks for the pics Eric!
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Erick's pop was definitely in touch with the cosmos with the yin-yang and sweet leaf painted gas tank.
And that style of scoot never goes out of 'fashion', it remains cool ad infinitum.
Eric’s father clearly is a true gear head to have built a custom Sportster bike! That is a pretty cool thing, building your own bike. I can understand why he was standing there, proud of the bike his dad made. It is something to be proud about, that your father could build a working Harley with a double exhaust back in the day, which was still a relatively new design aspect at that time. I wonder if it’s still in good condition.
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