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As a young man I read whatever I could get my hands on. My mom knew I liked to read automotive magazines, so she subscribed me to Easyrider, little did she know what was exactly inside the pages. I eagerly awaited every month for the new issue to hit our mailbox.
Writing from the gateway to the great BluMtns in southeastern Washington.
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As a young man I read whatever I could get my hands on. My mom knew I liked to read automotive magazines, so she subscribed me to Easyrider, little did she know what was exactly inside the pages. I eagerly awaited every month for the new issue to hit our mailbox. Today's version of it sucks compared to back in the day.
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I grew up reading my dad's stash of Easyriders. David's art in that magazine formulated what a chopper is supposed to look like for me. All these years later, it still does. Sunday the local trade school had their annual car show. Couple hundred cars, couple thousand (seems like) attendees. Lots of local cars n bikes from all eras. Porsche 911 to rat rod. This bike here was there, screaming "David Mann" and Jeff Cochran to me. Low, rigid, 110cu in Twin Cam, converted to carbureted, shortened front end and well executed. Couldn't see wires or hoses all over. I bet it flies. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/sX6Y5G5f/20240505-105541.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/FR3fHfGn/20240505-110033.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/VNQqzcWg/20240505-110048.jpg) Nice looking bike, but seems more like a Bobber class than a Chopper.
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Link has a compilation of EasyRiders tech tip articles from back in the day. PDF files of the articles. ER had great graphics back then. Anyone going to be working on Shovelheads could use the info in there. EasyRiders Tech Tips
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snagged a few EasyRisers mags myself as a kid (when i ran outta' Hot Rodding mags)... only thing that struck me were the "Ol Lady's" and David Mann's art...
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Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards.
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A few more pics if anyone is interested. I don't have a clue about bikes, but I damn sure respect those lines and your attention to detail.
If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
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All great looking scooters. You guys have an eye for it.
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I can't say exactly if this was Mann inspired, but I'd surely seen many of his paintings & the trend of th scooters he normally drew. I traded a Jeep for this, a '53. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/MpGs5JN8/IMG-0802.jpg) One year of riding told me what need fixed & what needed changed. Amo ng many upgrades &I de-raked the frame & cut 4 or 6" off the fork tubes. Looking at it, I should have cut off a couple more. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/YSJyJTGN/IMG-0855.jpg)
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Yes sir! 
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