The original adventure riders (and bikes!) - Page 5

Photog · 12-02-2003, 02:16 PM

Wish I could say something really articulate...but a hearty THANKS will have to suffice. This truly made my day.

PM'd you.

Drif10 · 12-02-2003, 03:08 PM

You guys are so lucky to have grown up in a household like that.

Tell your dad for us we all think he's got big brass hanging between his legs.

xls · 12-02-2003, 04:45 PM

Just wanted to thank you for posting those pictures, they're nothing short of awesome.
I found a link to this thread on two other boards, just to show you how cool they are.

ian408 · 12-02-2003, 06:42 PM

Thanks for the history lesson and for reminding us to get our
asses out there and ride.

ian

Baldy · 12-02-2003, 08:01 PM

Zero-zero said this report was so awesome it should be inducted into the Ride Reports Hall of Fame (button above).

And do it was done.

Wes Weber · 12-02-2003, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Said Baldy:
Zero-zero said this report was so awesome it should be inducted into the Ride Reports Hall of Fame (button above).

And do it was done.

Thanks Baldy!

Wes Weber · 12-02-2003, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Said Drif10:
You guys are so lucky to have grown up in a household like that.

I agree. I only hope to provide just as good of an evironment for my daughter Dayna. She's only 10 months old, so she's got a ways to go. However, I'm working on a sidecar in the mean time...

Ricardo Kuhn · 12-02-2003, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Said Wes Weber:
Thanks Baldy!

Wes You don't need to thank him,,,

you have it well deserve,,In fact i will suggest to king Baldy to make a SIX Star,,just for a Posting of this quality...

I hope I can emulate your sense of humor and perseption of the sport and the world someday

Hyper Double triple

SteverinoB · 12-02-2003, 08:31 PM

Great pics and truly inspirational. Thank You for showing us these wonderful pictures! Steve Brooke

RinOz · 12-02-2003, 10:36 PM

the best thing I've seen on the net for ages

to your old man & his mates

esondeen · 12-02-2003, 10:50 PM

I'm speechless. Breathtaking shots! This link was passed on via Oregon and into the FLH community, Australia, UK, Canada, US, Scotland and more--we are taken aback. Thanks for an incredible Thanksgiving wrap-up and for sharing your Dad's priceless adventures. Hollister with altitude!

Eric
People's Republic of Boulder

fish · 12-02-2003, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Said esondeen:
Hollister with altitude!

Hollister with skill, mountains, snow, and giant cajones. There was no shortage of attitude at Hollister.

On July 4 1947, 4,000 'straight-pipers' rode into Hollister. Their plan was to spend the long weekend partying and watching the races, but the partying got a little out of control. Even the local police admitted that the bikers "did more harm to themselves than they did to the town" but the press blew the story out of proportion. When the events were dramatized by Hollywood in 'The Wild One', America's image of motorcycling changed forever. Now you can read what really happened, in the words of people who were really there.

More here.

Welcome to the asylum, n00b. :):

dirt rider X · 12-03-2003, 01:59 AM

I just have to add my personal "thanks" for posting these family heirlooms.
Speaking about freedoms, I wonder if in 50 years people will wonder at the freedoms we enjoy/ed.
Thing is if you never had that freedom you dont miss it when you don't got it.

best wishes, Cole

eMarc · 12-03-2003, 02:27 AM

so there i was, browsing through our own little "local" bulletin board over here in Ireland. when, as often happens - someone posts a link to another site with a clue in the subject line as to what its about...
so i clicked it....

W o w !!!

Now - 24 hours later, i am still thinking of those images posted here of the riders from the 1950's. it was so good to see this. i just wanted to say a Thank You to the person that shared this with us all - and i do mean ALL! those pics have gone planet wide, such is the jaw dropping quality of those pics!
it did me so much good to see a bunch of guys just out there on their bikes, having fun, enjoying them,riding them, seeing places, reminding us all WTF we got bikes for in the first place!

so the next time i think of moaning or whining about my bike or troubles we face today in relation to riding bikes...i think i'll just pop back in here and remind myself why i got into them in the first place!

eM

dragoon · 12-03-2003, 05:03 AM

Another impressive report by the Webber's!

Here's a shot in the dark:

After WWII, in 1947, my father rode to Evergreen, CO from OH on a 1938 Harley (i'll have to check the year of the harley) Anyway he would talk about riding into the mountains on his days off with some of the locals. Any chance your father was around Evergreen in '47?
He actually rode two up to CO

He worked at a resort in Evergreen during the summer of '47 then rode onto Kellogg, ID to work in the silver mines.

I don't have picture one of him on his bike. Ask your dad if he ever rode with a guy from OH named Howard aka Howdy or Abe.

Thanks for the report. I'd like to think that my dad rode with the Webber boys in '47

12-02-2003, 02:16 PM	#61
Photog Charismatic Megafauna Joined: Oct 2003 Location: Cackalacky Oddometer: 46,038	Wish I could say something really articulate...but a hearty THANKS will have to suffice. This truly made my day. PM'd you. __________________ Only an XR1200 owner knows why Cthulhu hangs its head out a car window. Like I like. Yep.

12-02-2003, 03:08 PM	#62
Drif10 Accredited Jackass Joined: Jun 2003 Location: Gates of Moscow Oddometer: 42,791	You guys are so lucky to have grown up in a household like that. Tell your dad for us we all think he's got big brass hanging between his legs. __________________ Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by those moments that take our breath away. George Carlin

12-02-2003, 08:01 PM	#65
Baldy Site Owner Joined: Jun 2001 Location: Silicon Valley, CA Oddometer: 8,893	Zero-zero said this report was so awesome it should be inducted into the Ride Reports Hall of Fame (button above). And do it was done. __________________ Home page photos

12-02-2003, 08:31 PM	#69
SteverinoB EstebanarinoB Joined: Aug 2002 Location: Orangeville Ontario Canada Oddometer: 510	The Originals Great pics and truly inspirational. Thank You for showing us these wonderful pictures! Steve Brooke __________________ The older I get, the faster I was! R90...SRX...Wee...DR650

12-02-2003, 10:36 PM	#70
RinOz Prefer 2b ridin' Joined: Dec 2003 Location: MNC NSW Australia Oddometer: 78	Sensational the best thing I've seen on the net for ages to your old man & his mates

12-02-2003, 04:45 PM	#63
xls Hosenscheisser Joined: Jul 2002 Location: San Jose Oddometer: 14	Just wanted to thank you for posting those pictures, they're nothing short of awesome. I found a link to this thread on two other boards, just to show you how cool they are.

12-02-2003, 06:42 PM	#64
ian408 More wag; less bark Joined: Apr 2003 Location: Santa Clara, CA Oddometer: 11,801	Thanks for the history lesson and for reminding us to get our asses out there and ride. ian

12-02-2003, 10:50 PM	#71
esondeen n00b Joined: Dec 2003 Location: Boulder CO USA Oddometer: 5	I'm speechless. Breathtaking shots! This link was passed on via Oregon and into the FLH community, Australia, UK, Canada, US, Scotland and more--we are taken aback. Thanks for an incredible Thanksgiving wrap-up and for sharing your Dad's priceless adventures. Hollister with altitude! Eric People's Republic of Boulder __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eric Sondeen Boulder CO 02 H-D Ultra w CA Friendship III Hack 08 H-D Ultra 01 Honda GW w Champion Daytona 2+2 Hack

12-03-2003, 01:59 AM	#73
dirt rider X tropical traveller Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Townsville, Australia Oddometer: 397	. I just have to add my personal "thanks" for posting these family heirlooms. Speaking about freedoms, I wonder if in 50 years people will wonder at the freedoms we enjoy/ed. Thing is if you never had that freedom you dont miss it when you don't got it. best wishes, Cole __________________ “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again;

12-03-2003, 02:27 AM	#74
eMarc n00b Joined: Dec 2003 Location: Dublin, Ireland Oddometer: 1	those '50's Harleys so there i was, browsing through our own little "local" bulletin board over here in Ireland. when, as often happens - someone posts a link to another site with a clue in the subject line as to what its about... so i clicked it.... W o w !!! Now - 24 hours later, i am still thinking of those images posted here of the riders from the 1950's. it was so good to see this. i just wanted to say a Thank You to the person that shared this with us all - and i do mean ALL! those pics have gone planet wide, such is the jaw dropping quality of those pics! it did me so much good to see a bunch of guys just out there on their bikes, having fun, enjoying them,riding them, seeing places, reminding us all WTF we got bikes for in the first place! so the next time i think of moaning or whining about my bike or troubles we face today in relation to riding bikes...i think i'll just pop back in here and remind myself why i got into them in the first place! eM

12-03-2003, 05:03 AM	#75
dragoon I'm the REAL Dingo Joe Joined: Feb 2003 Location: Frazeysburg, OH Oddometer: 22,844	Another impressive report by the Webber's! Here's a shot in the dark: After WWII, in 1947, my father rode to Evergreen, CO from OH on a 1938 Harley (i'll have to check the year of the harley) Anyway he would talk about riding into the mountains on his days off with some of the locals. Any chance your father was around Evergreen in '47? He actually rode two up to CO He worked at a resort in Evergreen during the summer of '47 then rode onto Kellogg, ID to work in the silver mines. I don't have picture one of him on his bike. Ask your dad if he ever rode with a guy from OH named Howard aka Howdy or Abe. Thanks for the report. I'd like to think that my dad rode with the Webber boys in '47 __________________ Everyone should be so lucky as to be able to ride a motorbike through the Himalayas. - Misery Goat daveology rule #143 - never ever pass up a chance to hear a band that has a stand up bass -Mutineer

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