 Harley Bikers in 1942
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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My my my... how times have changed...  
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Stickman Yogi
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Stickman Yogi
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Not everything has changed... look at the GFG back there!
But that IS a great picture of a bygone era!
Live to love, love to live.
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Re: Harley Bikers in 1942
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Fe Butt
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Fe Butt
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Yeah! But what I wanna know if this is 1942, then why are these people wastin' their gasoline ration coupons on this obvious joyride???...let alone why those those obviously 1-A classified young men aren't over there fightin' the Krauts!!!! (...well, at the very least I sure hope they've purchased as many War Bonds as they could afford to, anyway!!!)  
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Saddle Sore
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Saddle Sore
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My my my... how times have changed...
Apperantly not everything has changed. You can still buy that bike at the local HD department store 
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Not everything has changed... look at the GFG back there!
But that IS a great picture of a bygone era!
At least it was a functional toolbox back then, not window dressing. 
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Stickman Yogi
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Stickman Yogi
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Live to love, love to live.
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Learned Hand
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WTF...no orange and black bandannas???? 
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Re: Harley Bikers in 1942
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Fe Butt
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Fe Butt
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WTF...no orange and black bandannas????
Nope Steve. Ya see, this photo was part of a very short-lived promotional campaign which The Motor Company hoped would catch the public's fancy just prior to and during the early stages of WWII. However, "You meet the nicest people on a Harley", never quite caught on.
And so, it would be another 20 years or so until another motorcycle manufacturer would attempt to match the idea of clean cut, happy, smiling people(such as those pictures above) with the idea of riding motorcycles.
However, as we all know, Harley-Davidson would eventually find their advertising stride in the 1980s, and in promoting the idea that while riding one of their products one can project idea of being a frowning, orange and black bandanna-wearing hard-a$$!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Old Hand
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Yeah! But what I wanna know if this is 1942, then why are these people wastin' their gasoline ration coupons on this obvious joyride???...let alone why those those obviously 1-A classified young men aren't over there fightin' the Krauts!!!!
Early in'42, there was a waiting line to sign up. Some folks (like my uncle who was a crane operator in a steel mill) were not allowed to sign up because they had a strategically critical job.
Judging from their neatly combed hair, doesn't look like they were using any gas at all. No sign of exhaust smoke either. In '42, 200 - 250 miles per qt of oil was considered very good.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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Loquacious
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Some folks (like my uncle who was a crane operator in a steel mill) were not allowed to sign up because they had a strategically critical job.
My Grandfather (Mom's Dad) was a coal miner and in the same position.
No time for Brylcream and new bikes 
"You can't believe everything you read on the internet" : William Shakespeare
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Fe Butt
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Fe Butt
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Good info there, GB!  However, I of course was just kiddin' a bit with that comment of mine there. In fact, I believe my father wasn't inducted until about mid-'42, and shortly thereafter would go on to fight "The Desert Fox" in North Africa, and then on to Sicily, up "The Boot" of Italy, and then to France and Germany towards the latter half of the war.
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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New harleys are "MUCH" better on oil........ 421 miles to the quart.....(o; V. 
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