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Dad and the Honda
... must have been cold, he's all bundled up. I think that bike was a 71 Honda CL175 Scrambler. Around 1973 or 74 in Akron, Ohio. View ... 
 
Posted by Zone47 - 04/17/2015 - 6:58pm -

It must have been cold, he's all bundled up. I think that bike was a 71 Honda CL175 Scrambler. Around 1973 or 74 in Akron, Ohio. View full size. I Can RelateI empathize with your Dad in this photo. It brings back some memories. In 2nd year university, early 70s, I drove home in late March for a long weekend (Easter?) on my 1970 Kawasaki 350 Avenger (two-stroke), a trip of about 250 miles on freeway. Problem was, it was Canada, and it was just above freezing. I recall grimly stopping midway at a service center off the highway and shaking for minutes over my restaurant coffee before heading out to finish the trip. That Kawasaki was scary-fast, as a quick twist of the throttle in 2nd or 3rd gear would lift the front wheel. It was way too light, powerful and squirrely for young guys like me. But I guess they were nothing compared to what's out there today... (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Lemonade Stand: c. 1969
... kid came by to buy our stuff who had a banana seat on her bike. I got one later on. We spent all summer barefoot. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by LikeItorLumpIt - 12/13/2011 - 11:19am -

My brother Patrick and I selling odds and ends at our lemonade stand in Potsdam, NY, though I think it was actually Kool-Aid. My parent's 1964 Mercury Monterey is parked in the driveway. It had a power back window (not just side windows). Some kid came by to buy our stuff who had a banana seat on her bike. I got one later on. We spent all summer barefoot. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Triumph Motorbike: c. 1930s
... manager of Bonnyrigg Gasworks in Midlothian, Scotland. The bike has been identified as a Triumph model W 277 cc from 1927. Photo probably ... 
 
Posted by neverslim - 01/19/2011 - 9:47am -

This is my wife's grandfather, his surname is Bishop, she can't remember his first name. He was the manager of Bonnyrigg Gasworks in Midlothian, Scotland. The bike has been identified as a Triumph model W 277 cc from 1927. Photo probably taken in 1930s. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Triumph: 1946
Early 1950s bike culture in Sydney, Australia. View full size (ShorpyBlog, Member ... 
 
Posted by KJ - 10/14/2011 - 8:22am -

Early 1950s bike culture in Sydney, Australia. View full size (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Wartime Sweethearts
... anyway, she was quite young. She used to go out on her bike into the country, and she used to get food and smuggle it back into ... 
 
Posted by Quiet Mike - 12/16/2011 - 4:53pm -

"That’s me and my girlfriend, Estelle Dillon. And that was in Berchem, Antwerp, not long after it was liberated in September 1944." "During the occupation, she must have been 13 or 14, because she was 16 when I knew her. But, anyway, she was quite young. She used to go out on her bike into the country, and she used to get food and smuggle it back into Antwerp. Now if the Germans had caught her they wouldn't have liked it, putting it mildly! But she said 'I never got caught!'" -- Uncle Walter Quiney, a teenage tipper truck driver in the R.A.S.C, who had his 19th birthday on the beaches of Normandy a few months before this photo in front of his truck was taken. It's a Canadian Dodge he picked up new from Liverpool Docks earlier in the year, landed in Normandy on D+16, (The storm a week before meant they went back to using landing craft rather than the storm damaged quay) helped clean up Caen and Antwerp, before finally ending up in Berlin a year later, pretty much clapped out!View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Free Wheelin' '73
... ready to travel the country. He did that often on that bike of his. Kodachrome slide. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by delworthio - 06/29/2008 - 3:14pm -

My uncle ready to travel the country. He did that often on that bike of his. Kodachrome slide. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Welcome To Florida: 1963
... sister and her husband were also on the trip and the other bike in the photo belonged to them. They were riding from Birmingham, Alabama ... 
 
Posted by Retrophile - 12/21/2012 - 7:55pm -

This is a photo of my mom and dad in 1963. I believe my dad was riding a 51 Harley. My mom's twin sister and her husband were also on the trip and the other bike in the photo belonged to them. They were riding from Birmingham, Alabama and here they are at the state line. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Learning to Ride: c.1956
... 1956 - a very hot summer. This is a photo of me (on the bike) and my mom, Ona Kolis (nee Rackauskas). My name is Janine. My parents ... 
 
Posted by jk4493 - 08/15/2013 - 7:59am -

Chicago, IL, circa 1956 - a very hot summer. This is a photo of me (on the bike) and my mom, Ona Kolis (nee Rackauskas). My name is Janine. My parents immigrated to Chicago, separately, after WWII, met while working at the Hart, Schaffner and Marx clothing factory and married. We lived on the south side of Chicago, near St. Bernar's parish (near 67th and Bishop Street). View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Triumph: c. 1930s
... strangely enough my wife can't recall his first name. The bike has been identified as a 1927 Model W Triumph. The photo was probably ... 
 
Posted by neverslim - 01/14/2011 - 11:06am -

This is my wife's grandfather and grandmother. He was the manager of Bonnyrigg (Midlothian, Scotland) Gasworks. His surname was Bishop but strangely enough my wife can't recall his first name. The bike has been identified as a 1927 Model W Triumph. The photo was probably taken in the 1930s. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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