Motorcyle and Biker Ride Reports and General Info

I went to a party during the holidays where we were supposed to bring a picture of us when we were younger, and everyone would try to guess who was in the picture.

This party prompted me to look at some of my old pictures which I have not seen in years.

While looking through some of the old pictures, I came across this one which is me circa 1984; about 26 years ago, during a time when PC's were just coming out, there was no such thing as the Internet as it is known today, and there was no such thing as scanners.

I was approximately 20 years old in the picture. This picture was taken long before I went to Law School; hell it was before I even went to college. This picture brought back lots of memories when I saw it that is why I am sharing it with you.

This picture was taken in my single apartment in Palo Alto, California (Northern California, Bay Area) by my old lady at the time. The apartment sure looks small in the picture, but we had some great times there. They say everything looks smaller with time.

Notice the vintage black light Harley Davidson poster on the wall in the background.

Well I scanned the picture in and I am now sharing it with you.

During this time, I had an old H.D. Iron Head motorcycle. The only way to get the darn motorcycle started was to basically run with it, jump on it, and pop the clutch. One time while trying to pop the clutch in a parking lot, I popped the clutch before I jumped on, the motorcycle started, and it got away from me. It started to ride by itself in circles in the parking lot in first gear. It literally ran in circles for about 5 minutes before it crashed into the fence. I was not able to jump on because it was going too fast.

Imagine a motorcycle in the San Francisco Bay Area that you had to run and pop the clutch to start! This was a freaking nightmare in some locations where you might be on a one way street facing uphill on one of San Francisco’s famous hilly streets.

Suffices is to say I got rid of the Iron Head shortly after the picture was taken, and bought a Kawasaki 750 which was a much more reliable motorcycle at the time.

Man oh man did I have a great time during the 80’s (90’s too)

By California Biker Attorney and California Motorcycle Accident Lawyer Norman Gregory Fernandez, © 2010