January 12, 2016 4:19 AM PST
It's was some years back.
I had a bike entered in the Cleveland Autorama in Cleveland Ohio.
One of the "Stars" in attendance was customizer Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (R.I.P.).
We got to talking and hit it right off, and he my wife and I hung around together when he was not signing books or photos.
Deb did get a couple of photos of us, one of which he put his trademark top hat on my head.
When we got the photos back from being developed is when we discovered the camera had took a dump and only the first two photos she took earlier in the weekend came out not the ones of Mr. Roth and myself.
January 13, 2016 1:42 AM PST
I had a moment this last summer that I wish I had had another video camera for the toe of my left boot! Coming down the Tail of the Dragon in one of the curves, I was high in the corner going right and coming at me on a Suzuki high in the corner going left were two young people that decided it was a perfect time to lean deep and run their hands along the center line. There was a picture station right there. I'm sure they thought it would be a cool pic. I guess they didn't count on me reaching the corner at the same time....I ran over the passengers hand....too her credit, they kept going and did not miss a beat. In the video I have from the headlight mount, you can tell how close they were but I still wish I had been able to get a better look at her face when that happened. Don't know if anything was broken in her hand, but I imagine that it could not have felt good!
January 13, 2016 9:50 AM PST
Last April I was on a early Sunday morning ride on my Heritage going north on Natchez Trace headed to Nashville Tn when I was tackled by a Doe she tried to jump me but hit me head first, in the left side of my rib cage. I was knocked free of my scooter around 50 mph to the right slid down a grass bank I looked to the left there was my bike at the bottom of the bank to my right was the DOE DEAD after checking to see if I was hurt I stood up picked up my bike checked it out it was minor damage the highway bar did its job by that time the DOE was still lying there so I checked her out apparently she broke her neck on impact I rode up the embankment back on the trace south bound back to my house my ride was over for that day Two months later the mean green machine rolled out of my shop a beautiful Black Pearl I learned my lesson never ride a green scooter (its bad luck)