RE: [MV] HMV Sacrilege Travesty Abomination (pick one)

From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Wed Jan 14 2004 - 15:22:14 PST


At 5:00 PM -0500 1/14/04, Mark Gibson wrote:
>Well, guys, I hate to say it, but I agree with the owner. There are a
>lot of these bikes in museums and in collectors hands that show what
>they looked like in the war. As long as he hasn't chopped the thing up,
>I don't see anything wrong with tricking it out a bit. As a long time
>Harley owner, I know that a large part of the culture of these
>motorcyles is wrapped up in the personalization that we give to them.

Yeah, dressing them up like the Japanese did...with fringe...(snicker)

>And his point was a good one, since the bike was never a war bike,
>turning it into one would have been just as bad (or good) as what he did
>with it. At least it is in good shape and has a long life ahead.

The impression I initially got was that it was a
war bike that they had civilianized.

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