Just Tell Mom You’re Saving Up To Buy A Bicycle

Just Tell Mom You’re Saving Up To Buy A Bicycle


Don’t tell her it’s a Harley-Davidson “bicycle.” And don’t wear pants with flappy pantlegs or you’ll end up beside yourself when you end up behind yourself.

[From the fascinating: Motorcycles of the Twentieth Century]

2 thoughts on “Just Tell Mom You’re Saving Up To Buy A Bicycle”

  1. When I bought my second Harley (for my wife), and we rode over to her parents’ house, I explained it wasn’t “her bike,” it was actually an “investment bike,” that the customizing I was doing would pay off when we sold it. Her mother flipped out; her father, wisest man in the world (bar none), said to his wife, “He never said it was a GOOD investment.” Of course, seven years later, when our son was born and the bikes were sold, I lost maybe 6 grand on that bike, plus the hundreds and hundreds of hours I put into it.

    So…I’ve got the age, when do I get the wisdom?

    (We had a lot of good years riding, so’s I still got that, ya?)

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