This is how I came up with my poker room theme. Before this I had actually only shared this information with a couple folks on this site. One of those folks was @p5woody. I shared with him the history in an effort to recruit his services. The other was @Ben8257. Ben was really interested in my Button that I had created so I also let him know the history.
In the super early 70's my Dad picked up a 1947 Harley Davidson EL as a basket case(motorcycle was in different boxes and containers). He put the bike together and used it as his daily rider. The V-twin engines that Harley Davidson made from 1936 to 1947 had a very distinct rocker box shape that looks like a fist or knuckles.
These motorcycles are affectionately known as Knuckleheads. I grew up riding on the back of the bike and watching him do everything on the motorcycle from running into town from the farm to chasing cows from the pasture to the farmstead to work the cattle. In the late 90's he had engine problems with it and parked it outside for years. I actually grabbed it around 2008 and kept the bike in a garage for safe keeping.
Unfortunately my Dad passed in 2012. The bike meant so much to us that this is what i did for his gravestone
One the things that was really important for me was to actually make the bike what my dad dreamed it could be one day. In 2012 I took the bike in really rough shape to some folks that do really really good work on old school bikes.
After a couple years i was able to go visit and see the great progress that they had made on the bike. The Harley Davidson records from that time period are a little sketchy due to a fire in Milwaukee. 1947 ELs were in either red, black, or blue. I chose red for mine.
This is the Motorcycle
My 1947 Harley Davidson EL Knucklehead
In the super early 70's my Dad picked up a 1947 Harley Davidson EL as a basket case(motorcycle was in different boxes and containers). He put the bike together and used it as his daily rider. The V-twin engines that Harley Davidson made from 1936 to 1947 had a very distinct rocker box shape that looks like a fist or knuckles.
Unfortunately my Dad passed in 2012. The bike meant so much to us that this is what i did for his gravestone
This is the Motorcycle
My 1947 Harley Davidson EL Knucklehead
