Why 1970s Motorcycles Felt So Different From Today's Bikes (Old Riders Know)

A man in a work jacket stands alone in a cold driveway before daylight, one boot on the kick lever, both hands on the bars, and puts his whole weight into the third try. Every rider of that decade knew this morning. That demand is the difference old riders mean, and it was made of small things. In this video: ✓ Why a cold morning started with a choke and a kick ✓ The tools that rode in the roll under the seat ✓ Telling a Shovelhead from a Bonneville by ear ✓ The shop counter where every bike in town was known ✓ The wave, the sweep man and the roadside rules ✓ The helmet fight that ran through every kitchen ✓ The old bike under the tarp that never got sold The motorcycles of that decade taught a man before they ever carried him. They taught him how a thing works when nothing about it is hidden, how to hear trouble coming a week before it arrives, how to get home on his own two hands, and how to look after what looks after him. The men who knew them did not. 1970sMotorcycles #Kickstart #VintageBikes #MotorcycleNostalgia