Posted on 11/11/2013 9:34:11 PM PST by woofie
OMAHA, Neb.
— Donald DeVault wonders what kind of memories his Triumph motorcycle helped make in the 46 years since it was stolen, and he's looking forward to making more of his own when it's returned.
The 73-year-old Omaha man learned last week that California authorities had recovered his 1953 Triumph Tiger 100 at the Port of Los Angeles. The bike was about to be shipped to Japan when U.S. Customs & Border Protection agents who checked the vehicle identification number discovered the motorcycle had been reported stolen in February 1967.
DeVault said he is eager to get the bike back, but he thinks investigators may be even more excited than him about the motorcycle's recovery. DeVault had had the bike for only a year or two when it was taken from his fenced backyard.
Forgot in my litany of old bikes: an ancient Honda 305, and a Harley 1000 Sportster. Sportster might not have been but for oil leaks that the several Japanese bikes had made me intolerant of, and the cheesy front drum brake that disc brakes had also spoiled me for.
Nice, dude. Have you been to the Triumph factory in Georgia? The British guy who owned Triumph settled in America after marrying a Southerner. There was an article on Forbes years ago and the dude loves the Southern lifestyle. Said there’s no way business-wise to build them in the UK even if he wanted to.
Years ago when the neighborhood dogs (7 total) would start to irritate me I would fire up the old ‘68 “TR6R” with bobber frame and drag pipes. It was the loudest thing I’ve ever heard in my life and must have scared the daylights out of the dogs, never heard a whimper from them for a couple hours, LOL.
Gosh, this means there’s still hope I might get my 51 Buick Special that went AWOL in 1968 back!
Hmmmm...no oil puddles....
Give ‘em time, bro....just give ‘em time.....I had just set them there for a photo shoot......
Actually, they drip little to none on the center stands, but a lot on sidestands........gear bushing out of tranny box to sprocket.....
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