We've Gone Vintage

After our yearly visit to AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days at Mid-Ohio, we're usually itchin' to buy a nostalgic ol' bike. Well, this year we returned from Mid-O and took a spin through eBay, Craig's List and the other various listings, looking for a good deal and cool bikes. Craig's List ended up being the fruitful source and here's what we ended up with:


I found a 1972 Triumph Bonneville and Casey found a '73 BMW R50/5. You can't beat riding through rural Indiana on two vintage machines without being in a hurry, without being tempted to wheelie off from stop signs, and enjoying the comfort of early-seventies ergos. It's a frequent occurrence when we stop that someone walks up and asks what year the bikes are, then reminisces about bikes of their past. They're like time capsules being revealed to passersby, triggering memories of riding with fathers or buddies and what times were like back then. We dig that.