Thanks Grandma

[pem]

I was going through my grandma's scrap books and photo albums last weekend with my siblings and came across this article. My grandma saved everything and had 20 scrap books. She also took photos of everything with her 1919 Kodak box camera until she could no longer get film.

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Me and my buddies getting ready for 4th of July parade. I'm second from left.

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Me on my first motorcycle. 1964 HD Sprint. Of course I had to customize it right away. This was 1966'ish.
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[Spag]

Is that crepe paper on the spokes of those bikes? Must have been either Memorial Day or July 4th. I remember doing that for these holidays. On our bicycles. Not motorcycles.

[PaulCDF]

Nice find

At first I thought your comment "Me and my buddies getting ready for 4th of July" was tied to the June 10th 1963 article about the 60 motorcyclist. Then I scrolled down.
I had a Harley Sprint. Nice little bike.

[pem]

Is that crepe paper on the spokes of those bikes? Must have been either Memorial Day or July 4th. I remember doing that for these holidays. On our bicycles. Not motorcycles.

Yep, crepe paper. I'm sure after the parade we went to a nearby street that ended in a cul-de-sac that was a tight little circle. We would then hold bicycle races around the circle. I remember one of our gang would lower his outside pedal and drift into the bike next to him and take out his spokes. Rough crowd!