So far aroung the 'Burgh (Pittsburgh) I've lucked out. Everyone who's had anything to say about the bike (and Matt told me when I bought it at L & L in Hubbard, OH that I'd better figure on adding about 10 minutes whenever I stopped for gas or shopping to my usual time 'cause people would want to ask me about it) has said something like "Geez, that looks like a motorcycle SHOULD look!" or "What izzit?" or "That's really sweet lookin'! Where'd ya get it? How much time didja spend restoring it [They always think it's a restoration, rather than a new bike because it hasn't a piece of junky plastic on it anywhere]" When I tell 'em it's an '08 model of a 1955 bike that has never stopped being produced, they want to know where I got it from. I must admit that owning one of these lil' things is a blast. I bought mine even after a Beemer friend who's a mech called 'em a piece of junk 'cause his shop worked on an older one and just because it had very heavy grease in the gear case and, I think he said, felt oil seals or something like that. I didn't figure that was any reason not to buy a real motorcycle instead of one of the latest plasticized assticized
things that parade themselves as bikes but look like wierd interplanetary vehicles hiding everything but their wheels. I own 3: an R1200RT Beemer, an '07 Bonneville Black, and, of course, the Classic British Racing Green '08 Iron Barrel Enfield... and of the 3, the Enfield's the most fun to ride!
So howdy back from Pennsylvania! Enjoy!