My first bike was a red 1965 305 Dream. I rode it non-stop from Peterborough, New Hampshire to Charleston, SC Navy yard, 1000 miles. I traded it and some cash for a used Electra-Glide.
My first bike was a Honda 150. Great memories!!
My high school friend used his father’s Dream as a dirt bike. I still remember the sound of that bike clanging and banging down the trails. When he let me ride it I realized it was every bit as heavy as it looked.
It was an odd bike! The earls front fork caused the the front fork to rise when you camped on the front brake. it seemed way underpowered given its displacement; perhaps it was just tired. My Yamaha 80 could outrun it to 40 mph, at which point the Dream would slowly reel in the Yamaha.
That Electra-Glide must have been a quite a change . . .
My first bike was a Honda 305 Scrambler. It had up swinging tail pipes and snuff-or-nots were used as a muffler / strait pipe system. It was pretty loud and pretty good as a hill climber.
When I was a teenager wanting a bike, I took my dad down
to Al Rodi’s old shop to look at them. So my father asked
Al what the difference was between a Triumph and a Harley.
Rodi said that he and my dad could each ride one to
the west coast but when they got there, my father riding
the Triumph wouldn’t be able to walk but Al said he would
get off and fu*k all night.
My dad hustled me out of there.
hahahah.