So true!!
Although I went to tech school at Lowery AFB in Denver for a year; the snow was always promptly cleaned off the streets and life was quite livable in the winter time.
Like most folks (I imagine) I had little money after being discharged from AF in Sacramento, and I had no transportation awaiting at home.
I could either blow it all on air fare home, or get some type of transportation in CA.
I didn't have enough money to get a bigger bike and have any left over so the 50 was it.
Not the girly one with splash shield, but this one:
I had a small luggage rack attached to the back that I had my duffle bag lashed to.
No; I had NEVER ridden a cycle before; and learned the basics in the dealer's lot!
So there this little Hoosier boy was; dressed in his khaki pants and light blue AF shirt; astride a powerful beast that was going to propel him back to the Heartland: starting in the middle of March...