From:	colawnguy	Electronic:	colawnguy -A- gmail.com
Subject:	RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: History	Date:	Sun Mar 27 17:38:34 2011
Response to:	15574

Thanks for the reminder about Members Pages, Brent! For any Members who have not checked out Members Pages - you are missing a great feature of the Hummer Club website. I have read and reread all of the stories. Last winter, Brent "engineered" the story about the Harley Hummer mini-bike that my father built in the late 60's. If you haven't read this story and the many others, you definitely should. Thanks to Brent for making the posting of these stories possible! I know there are LOTS of "Hummer" stories yet to be told! ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- Anyone who wants to post their stories just has to write them down and send them to me via email, or snailmail, along with Name, City & State (and all those are optional too). If photo's are to be included send those also. I can create a 'Members Page' for you. For those who have 'Pages' already I can add the stories to them. If the stories are of 'Special Interest' I link them to the Main Page and also post them in the header section of the Members Pages. If you're concerned about spelling & grammer I can wordsmith for you. Nothing will be posted without you looking at it first and giving approval. Should you ever change your mind I can pull the site. There is no charge for this service. If any members have already sent me something and I didn't follow up please let me know. I'm human and sometimes things fall through the cracks. Regards, Brent Dugan, webmaster ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- It would be nice to see the stories of Our Hummers,wrote up and posted in the "Members Bikes" section,it is always nice to read how others come into getting their "first" motorcicle{s} and the ensuing adventures. ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- Here's my story: I bought my first hummer in 1964. It was a conglomeration of parts from all years and painted bright orange. The guy refused to sell it to me after I suggested that it had parts from different years, so I gave my best friend the money ($100) and he bought it for me. It had a nasty loud piston slap, but I loved that bike. I had to sell it to buy my first car, a beat up old Hillman minx convertible, so I put an ad in the local paper for $75 for the bike. The guy came to buy it and when he test drove it the motor blew up. He bought it anyway! He had a couple of them and maybe just needed the parts. My friend and I went in halves in 1965 on a 1961 bike. We rode 2 up on it for over a year; summer and winter. It had a dual seat but no rear footpegs so I put my heels on the rear frame as we rode. It pulled us both fine and my buddy weighed 200 pounds at the time; me 135. The weight and times are both long gone. We sold the bike after my father caught me with it. Oh yea, I forgot to mention that I wasn't allowed to have a motorcycle so we kept it at my friend's house. Before we sold it we were taking turns jumping it up a small hill getting up as much speed as we could. The handlebars snapped in half as I jumped it!!!! We got them welded before selling the bike on. In 1984 I got a gorgeous all original 1949 hummer that I had for many years and sold about 3 years ago. I now have a 1948 rubber band front end bike as well as the now infamous Travis 1954 Golden Anniversary bike. Have always had hummers. Many thanks to Dave Hennessey who has done more for this hobby and my enjoyment of it, than anyone I can think of! ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- Edd & Glen: Your postings caught my eye, too. My father owned a 48S which was a huge part of our lives as well. I, too, cannot remember that bike not being around. I also remember being so envious when my older brother was old enough to ride it. I couldn't wait until I turned 16, so I could ride the bike, too! Sometime in the late 60's, Dad acquired a 53ST, which I got to ride the most because my older brother had gone off to college. But the 48S was still the work horse. Around 1970, when Dad & I were riding both bikes in the woods, the ST quit. Dad reached into the 48's saddlebag, pulled out some rope, and we towed the 53 up out of the woods with the 48. My brother now has the 48, and I have the 53. Both bikes have been restored. ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- EDD your post caught my attention. My dad brought a 1960 Super 10 home back in probably 1964? I hardly remember that bike not being around our house. I rode the pee out of it. My mom who is 77 now, was in my shop last week noticed the old bike, laughed and asked "Is that, that motorcycle you used to ride up the street and ride back carrying parts of it?" She was right it was not so dependable sometimes. I guess my riding was "later in the day" in the era of the Hummer, dawn of the Jap bikes, of which I had several. I still have that old Super 10, there are many memories related to it. I am in the process of restoring it now. I enjoy the Harley Hummer Club. Thanks for the memory Glen #70 ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- I wonder how many members are in the club who rode "Hummer's" back in the day? There should be a lot of information from them that would clear up a lot of questions that are raised here. I bought my 1952 Harley 125 in August 1953 (I hate to call it a "Hummer" because the "hummer" was a cheap version of the 125.) Harley began sending me their monthly magazine and every year they gave a detailed review of all of the models they sold. I have a lot of those magazines (my baby sister lost the Elvis issue while I was away at college.). Has Jerry tried (or anyone else) tried to reproduce the annual new model 125/165/Hummer new model pages? It seems like a lot of the questions that are asked here would be answered by those publications. EDD McGrath (813.240.2889)