Here is Rashmika and I in '95 with our '94 Ultra Classic Tour Glide. We got this bike specifically for travel, and added accessories to make long trips comfortable. 5 sets of footpegs, water bottles, backrests, cruise control, AM/FM/cassette, and a bunch of other creature comforts. We're standing at the Geographic Center of North America, in Rugby, North Dakota. Having left our (then) home in Pennsylvania, and ridden west to Wyoming, we were on our way back east, which would eventually take us into Canada through Saulte Saite Marie, and back to the US via a ferry across th Great Lakes. The trip was something like 5,000 miles, and the big Harley never missed a beat. What a great bike! |
'99 Road Glide. At the time I got this bike (late '98), Tom McTamney and I had co-founded Liberty Harley-Davidson in Rahway, NJ. This was the first TwinCam88 shipped to our dealership, and it sat on a pedestal in the showroom for 6 months so all the customers could get a look at the new design. It was pretty cool - we lowered it, added custom wheels, porker pipes, Corbin seat and some Ness trim. One ride on a TwinCam made all the other Harleys obsolete! |
Wild Bill Gelbke on his ultimate touring bike, the Roadog, in the late Sixties |