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Had one of these at age 15...
« on: April 17, 2021, 07:53:11 AM »
Me and my buddy Mike had a pair of 1967 S-90's like this...in black & chrome...and after watching the end of "EASY RIDER", at the local theater, we came home, took off the exhaust pipes, and rode around our neighborhood to make a lot of noise...in protest to the untimely death of Captain America and Billy!!



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Re: Had one of these at age 15...
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2021, 05:39:19 AM »
I’ll bet they went slower without the pipes JJ.
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Re: Had one of these at age 15...
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2021, 07:33:51 AM »
I’ll bet they went slower without the pipes JJ.

Don't remember, but you are probably right...but they WERE LOUD!! :laugh: :grin: :wink:
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Re: Had one of these at age 15...
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2021, 07:49:04 AM »
I also had one in 67 but prior to easy rider. I put a bicycle seat on it and  removed the front finder. My neighbor, an electrician, using a pipe bender, made me a straight pipe from a piece of conduit which pointed to the sky in chopper style. I made a sissy bar from an old TV antenna fastened to the shock brackets with hose clamps. Dressed in jeans, brogans and a sleeveless blue jean jacket and wearing an real German helmet, terrorized the the local farmers in my neighborhood. Being a farm kid as well and everyone knew my parents, their fear was minimal at best, more likely LTAO as I roared down the gravel roads.
Thanks for bringing back a great memory!

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Re: Had one of these at age 15...
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2021, 12:33:39 PM »
Had a black one in "67, '68. An excellent commuter!!

 

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