In 1967 a good friend of mine and I went out on the town with $50 each
We were loaded for bear and hitting the bars looking to gamble on the pool table
Our first stop resulted in finding a man asking others to play for 410 per game,in those days $10 was a lot of money,worth maybe $150 in todays terms
At any rate he was bullying the patrons so I stepped up and said"I will play you for $50,he took the challenge but not before asking us to go to his business so he could get some real money out of his safe.
We obliged by riding a few miles to his Triumph Motorcycle dealership,he opened the safe and pulled out a wad of cash and checks,now tony and I only had $50 each to our name so we were taking a short shot
Some might say we couldn't afford to play for $50,but my thinking was that we could not afford not to play
So we returned to the bar table and started playing 9 ball,6 ball $50 per game,
we played all night and eventually we were playing for $500 per game
When thesmoke had cleared Tony and I had won two 1967 Bonneville triumph motor cycles and some $20,000 or so in cash or check.We returned to his shop and he took one bike out of a box and pt it together for us,the other was on the show room floor
One bike was purple and white,the other was purple and gold,neither tony or I had ever owned a bike,so he took us across the street and showed us how to ride,start the bikes etc
About 5 pm the next day tony and I rode our bikes back across town to oak cliff,texa
we were the talk of town,this was like winning $100,000 or so back in those days,we were very happy boys,for the next few weeks we rode those bikes everywhere we went
Because of our new found wealth we were able to play high stakes poker and golf
in games we never dreamed of playing in.
Rather than talk about all the fun and money,i want to talk about the beginning of a love affair between man or boys and motorcycle,especially 60s Triumph motor cycles
Nothing in the world is as pretty as a Tiumph Bonneville Motorcyle,especially the late 60s model 650
Clint Eastwood rode one,Bob Dylan had one,Steve McQueen rode em all the time
I bought another one 2 weeks ago,my wife lets me buy them but I am not encouraged to ride one if I know what's good for me
The one I just got is a beautiful dark metallic blue,the last of the great bikes 1970,just rebuilt only 100 miles since rebuild
Anyway i have been encouraged to trade my bike,so if you have a really fancy cue,Szamboti,balabushka or some such,you can own the best motorcyle ever made
ask Will Prout,he got my purple and white one
Dean
We were loaded for bear and hitting the bars looking to gamble on the pool table
Our first stop resulted in finding a man asking others to play for 410 per game,in those days $10 was a lot of money,worth maybe $150 in todays terms
At any rate he was bullying the patrons so I stepped up and said"I will play you for $50,he took the challenge but not before asking us to go to his business so he could get some real money out of his safe.
We obliged by riding a few miles to his Triumph Motorcycle dealership,he opened the safe and pulled out a wad of cash and checks,now tony and I only had $50 each to our name so we were taking a short shot
Some might say we couldn't afford to play for $50,but my thinking was that we could not afford not to play
So we returned to the bar table and started playing 9 ball,6 ball $50 per game,
we played all night and eventually we were playing for $500 per game
When thesmoke had cleared Tony and I had won two 1967 Bonneville triumph motor cycles and some $20,000 or so in cash or check.We returned to his shop and he took one bike out of a box and pt it together for us,the other was on the show room floor
One bike was purple and white,the other was purple and gold,neither tony or I had ever owned a bike,so he took us across the street and showed us how to ride,start the bikes etc
About 5 pm the next day tony and I rode our bikes back across town to oak cliff,texa
we were the talk of town,this was like winning $100,000 or so back in those days,we were very happy boys,for the next few weeks we rode those bikes everywhere we went
Because of our new found wealth we were able to play high stakes poker and golf
in games we never dreamed of playing in.
Rather than talk about all the fun and money,i want to talk about the beginning of a love affair between man or boys and motorcycle,especially 60s Triumph motor cycles
Nothing in the world is as pretty as a Tiumph Bonneville Motorcyle,especially the late 60s model 650
Clint Eastwood rode one,Bob Dylan had one,Steve McQueen rode em all the time
I bought another one 2 weeks ago,my wife lets me buy them but I am not encouraged to ride one if I know what's good for me
The one I just got is a beautiful dark metallic blue,the last of the great bikes 1970,just rebuilt only 100 miles since rebuild
Anyway i have been encouraged to trade my bike,so if you have a really fancy cue,Szamboti,balabushka or some such,you can own the best motorcyle ever made
ask Will Prout,he got my purple and white one
Dean
. Never thought I'd ever say this, but I will probably be a player with an ecar soon as the panel technology gets just a little better to where they can charge the car with solar within a reasonable time frame, feasible footprint for the panels, and a reasonable price.
