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Found these in a few dealerships on my road trip. For the folks who want to go full-on Stage 5, bypassing Stages 3 & 4. 😎

1943 Knucklehead Harley Davidson Museum piece. The museum has many great looking (restored) bikes, but this one called out to me.

West Virginia bugs on the backroads of West Virginia.

Father of 8 died eight days after being severely wounded at Gettysburg. Buried in the Gettysburg National Cemetery with fellow Ohioans killed at Gettysburg.

Wounded in battle, he lay wounded and lying in no-man’s land between the opposing armies’ lines, moaning from the pain and crying for help. A fellow Ohioan volunteered to go retrieve him. He did, but Pvt Nixon died 8 days later from his wounds.

Pvt Richard Enderlin, an immigrant from Germany was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions to save Pvt Nixon.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20976/George-Nixon

Another fun find on my coast to coast road trip. Had not seen one in a while.

Some of us are old enough to remember the years AMF owned Harley Davidson. I once owned an AMF Sportster and an oil pan to save the garage floor… package deal.

Here is one on the by-products website f the era. I came across this at a dealership in New York. An AMF Harley Davidson gold cart. 3-wheeler. I used to use one of these at a golf course I worked at when I was in Jr High. Good times. less

Found in Utica on my coast to coast roadtrip.

Over the years I have seen many rat bike and always applaud the owners for their ingenuity in building their visions as well as the care they put into the effort.

Then there is this. This guy (and his girlfriend) rolled into a Harley dealership I was visiting in Virginia riding’/drivin’ this beauty. I did not get a chance to talk with him but got a close-up look. He put some real thought into engineering this ride, and it’s clear he ain’t done yet.

P.S. Those rear tires are flat out racing slicks!

I am currently riding coast-to-coast, visiting HD dealerships along the way. Over the years I have seen many vintage bikes collected by dealership owners. Here is a first for me; a mid-60’s Harley Davidson M50S. These were built by Italian manufacturer Aermacchi, a company Harley Davidson had an ownership stake in.

A great thing about traveling across America is all the dealerships that can be seen, each with their own personality. Found this sign in the men’s room yesterday at one dealership. Bless the Harley guys!

Always wanted one… now I have it on pay as you ride plan. 😎