The original adventure riders (and bikes!) - Page 6

Ostrich · 12-03-2003, 06:07 AM

Thanks for taking the time to post that. What a rich lineage you come from.

FZ1 Matt · 12-03-2003, 07:13 AM

Thanks Wes. - and father.

Neo · 12-03-2003, 07:27 AM

There you have it: it`s not about what you got but what you do with it!

What a fantastic set of photo`s
I enjoyed the yesterdays hero`s very much

LC12JT · 12-03-2003, 07:28 AM

Fantastic!!!

Your post really drives home what adventure riding is all about. No fancy German flipup helmets, no quibbles about 8.2 vs. 9.5 inches of suspension, no whining about how this jacket has better vents than that one.

Just get out there and ride.

Thank you!!!

FatChance · 12-03-2003, 08:17 AM

You are lucky to have these family pictures as well as the memories of the people in them. My grandfather used to run bathtub gin with his Indian motorcycle all around rural southwestern Minnesota back during prohibition. Great stories and memories, but no pictures. Thanks for sharing your family treasures!

AceRph · 12-03-2003, 08:26 AM

Very cool pics! Thank you. I enjoyed that very much.

Stromrider 1583 · 12-03-2003, 09:07 AM

Thanks!

I grew up in Boulder and the places all sound familiar. I didn't start riding until '68 so I missed out on some of the "run wut ya brung" fun.

This set of photos is my new screen saver ... to hell with naked gurlz!

Super, just super!

:smoke

Spanish Bob · 12-03-2003, 10:50 AM

Advrider already had the best ride reports and photos, but really these are amazing. Thanks for sharing them with us!

Pawk · 12-03-2003, 12:04 PM

Bravo!!

This thread has almost 21,000 hits in 4 days!!!!

traveltoad · 12-03-2003, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Said Krautbikeman:
His Federation of American Motorcyclists ID Card, circa 1916. And Ohio, no less. I love the family link! Smiths have been riding motorcycles almost as long as they have been in existence.

Many thanks to Wes for taking us all along!

Member number 34,187! Who'd a thunk there'd be that many members in 1916!

Chopperman · 12-03-2003, 12:42 PM

My mom and family grew up in germany. Small town folks. My great grandfather was a blacksmith in a small village and my grandfather was a master mechanic. During WWII he didnt get drafted like most of the rest of the family because he was valuable at the homefront. Then very late in things, he was drafted into the luftwaffe and maintained planes. But not for very long. a few months after, the base was captured by canadians and he was in a POW camp a mere 10 miles from home. Before the war started, he had two BMWs. His main transport. When things started happening in the late30s, he sold one and dismantled the other, burying peices of it around the farm. See, they had been through these things before. While in the POW camp, he learned that the commander was a bike nut and had collected some 20 odd machines as the allies advanced. So gramps managed to become his fleet maintenance dude. THis helped him wrangle hall passes to go see his family down the road. After the war, he went home, dug up the bike and had transport so he could get working and rebuild thier cash and thier home. They rebuilt the home out of rubble. My mom and uncle digging up wheelbarrow loads of bricks. My grandad made his own mortar, plumbed and wired the house from scrap. My mom, skinny kid, rode that bike all over the place, running errands for my gramps. Once they had cash built up, canadian friends he had made while a POW helped him get his family moved to canada. Unfortunately they only brought a suitcase apeice. There were no photos of my gramps and the bike.

you are very lucky to have those pictures.

cyclecat · 12-03-2003, 12:48 PM

As far as I know, my dad was the first cyclist in my family. I'd give my left nut for half of the many cool bikes he's owned over the years... an Arial Square Four, numerous BSAs, Triumphs and Nortons, Harleys, and Indians.

This is one of my dad a month before his 17th birthday, circa 1961. It's one of the few photos of Dad in the olden days:

Wes Weber · 12-03-2003, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Said Chopperman:
My mom and family grew up in germany. Small town folks....

Great story!

FrankF · 12-03-2003, 04:37 PM

Great pics.

Really humbles you, knowing that those before you did what they did without half of what we have today.

Does anyone know why some pics don't download?? The last 15 pics that were posted just show up as red X's and dont' open into a picture.

Baldy · 12-03-2003, 05:07 PM

24,000 views and growing fast! There were 701 simultaneous users yesterday on ADVrider, a record in large part to this amazing post.

12-03-2003, 06:07 AM	#76
Ostrich Jaded and Happy Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Fresneck or Bust Baby! Oddometer: 8,731	Thanks for taking the time to post that. What a rich lineage you come from. __________________ If you use Geico watch out. The buyout for my car was way below any objective figure (KBB, NADA, etc.). Also, I could not get in touch with anyone on the first try during a claim resolution. Just because it's a zoo out there doesn't mean you have to view it from a cage! Don't be an impulse buyer... afterall you have time..

12-03-2003, 07:27 AM	#78
Neo Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2002 Location: Midlaren Drenthe,Netherlands Oddometer: 443	So great There you have it: it`s not about what you got but what you do with it! What a fantastic set of photo`s I enjoyed the yesterdays hero`s very much

12-03-2003, 07:28 AM	#79
LC12JT Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2003 Location: Cave Creek, AZ Oddometer: 99	That's what it's about Fantastic!!! Your post really drives home what adventure riding is all about. No fancy German flipup helmets, no quibbles about 8.2 vs. 9.5 inches of suspension, no whining about how this jacket has better vents than that one. Just get out there and ride. Thank you!!! __________________ http://www.dsadventures.com '07 KTM 950 SUPER ENDURO! '06 Yamaha YZ450F & YZ250F

12-03-2003, 08:17 AM	#80
FatChance Road Captain Joined: Jun 2003 Location: Durango, Colorado, USA Oddometer: 9,314	You are lucky to have these family pictures as well as the memories of the people in them. My grandfather used to run bathtub gin with his Indian motorcycle all around rural southwestern Minnesota back during prohibition. Great stories and memories, but no pictures. Thanks for sharing your family treasures! __________________ Pain in the Butte Ranch Durango, Colorado - Calculated risk or forbidden fruit?

12-03-2003, 08:26 AM	#81
AceRph Stossel for POTUS Joined: Jan 2003 Location: Where the stupidest people on earth run things Oddometer: 23,763	Very cool pics! Thank you. I enjoyed that very much. __________________ Equal to all of you of roads and good luck! - krokodil al-kashi “We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear—fear of war, fear of poverty, fear of random terrorism, fear of getting down-sized or fired because of the plunging economy, fear of getting evicted for bad debts or suddenly getting locked up in a military detention camp on vague charges of being a Terrorist sympathizer.” —”Extreme Behavior in Aspen,” February 3, 2003

12-03-2003, 07:13 AM	#77
FZ1 Matt Better last than crashed Joined: Nov 2003 Location: West Allis, WI Oddometer: 202	Thanks Wes. - and father.

12-03-2003, 10:50 AM	#83
Spanish Bob I dont know where I am. Joined: Jan 2003 Location: Barcelona, Spain Oddometer: 2,081	Advrider already had the best ride reports and photos, but really these are amazing. Thanks for sharing them with us! __________________

12-03-2003, 12:04 PM	#84
Pawk . Joined: Aug 2003 Location: Pittsburgh Oddometer: 596	Bravo!! This thread has almost 21,000 hits in 4 days!!!!

12-03-2003, 12:42 PM	#86
Chopperman I am dead Joined: Sep 2001 Oddometer: 27,033	My mom and family grew up in germany. Small town folks. My great grandfather was a blacksmith in a small village and my grandfather was a master mechanic. During WWII he didnt get drafted like most of the rest of the family because he was valuable at the homefront. Then very late in things, he was drafted into the luftwaffe and maintained planes. But not for very long. a few months after, the base was captured by canadians and he was in a POW camp a mere 10 miles from home. Before the war started, he had two BMWs. His main transport. When things started happening in the late30s, he sold one and dismantled the other, burying peices of it around the farm. See, they had been through these things before. While in the POW camp, he learned that the commander was a bike nut and had collected some 20 odd machines as the allies advanced. So gramps managed to become his fleet maintenance dude. THis helped him wrangle hall passes to go see his family down the road. After the war, he went home, dug up the bike and had transport so he could get working and rebuild thier cash and thier home. They rebuilt the home out of rubble. My mom and uncle digging up wheelbarrow loads of bricks. My grandad made his own mortar, plumbed and wired the house from scrap. My mom, skinny kid, rode that bike all over the place, running errands for my gramps. Once they had cash built up, canadian friends he had made while a POW helped him get his family moved to canada. Unfortunately they only brought a suitcase apeice. There were no photos of my gramps and the bike. you are very lucky to have those pictures. __________________ dead

12-03-2003, 12:48 PM	#87
cyclecat half post a day wonder Joined: Oct 2001 Location: Vadito, NM, USA! Oddometer: 1,317	As far as I know, my dad was the first cyclist in my family. I'd give my left nut for half of the many cool bikes he's owned over the years... an Arial Square Four, numerous BSAs, Triumphs and Nortons, Harleys, and Indians. This is one of my dad a month before his 17th birthday, circa 1961. It's one of the few photos of Dad in the olden days: Attached Images __________________ '00 Moto Guzzi Quota 1100ES '95 Ducati Elefant 944

12-03-2003, 04:37 PM	#89
FrankF Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2001 Location: Mendocino, CA Oddometer: 259	The First Adventure Riders Great pics. Really humbles you, knowing that those before you did what they did without half of what we have today. Does anyone know why some pics don't download?? The last 15 pics that were posted just show up as red X's and dont' open into a picture.

12-03-2003, 05:07 PM	#90
Baldy Site Owner Joined: Jun 2001 Location: Silicon Valley, CA Oddometer: 8,893	24,000 views and growing fast! There were 701 simultaneous users yesterday on ADVrider, a record in large part to this amazing post. __________________ Home page photos

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