Joe2Lmaker
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Good eye!Sorry to hear of your uncle's passing. I had a cool motorcycle riding uncle too.
The first 2 pics are hard to tell. You can almost make out a Montesa badge on the tank in the first pic.
The last one looks like a Montesa Scorpion to me.
Tonight I spent some time talking to my Uncle Jim's old pal Steve at the wake. Pals for forty or fifty years, and there for Jim each other the whole time. Amazing! Jim had other close friends too, there were a lot of tears shed tonight.
Montesa is correct. Get this ... the boys each had two, one to race and one for street. You should have seen Steve's eyes light up when I asked him about it! He even remembered who they bought their bikes from. Jim bought his from Charlie Longfeather.
Best story of the night:
Me: (talking about the third, color photo I posted)Where were you riding that you got all that mud on your bike? (Then I listed all the open areas around my grandparents house)
Steve: No. We rode down by the river.
Me: Cops ever chase you out of there?
Steve: Yeah (sparkle in the eye) but when we saw them coming, we rode up the walking path. We knew they were going to have to go around (drawing circles in the air with his fingers) By then we had gone back to my parents garage and swapped bikes. The cops would stop us and they knew it was us they were after, but there was nothing they could do. They saw the lights and the plates and... You know there were nights when the moon was so bright you could see everything at night. We didn't need the lights. Now my eyes can't gather that much light, but back then... !
Thanks for your replies and sharing.
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