Elvis Presley's Harley - Get This !
No2
an old Harley (don't know what model), in bits, in his garage for a number
of years. Recently his wife gave him an ultimatum - build the bike or the
bits get trashed.
So he built the bike but he needed a couple of parts. As it's a very old
bike he contacted Harley Davidson in the U.S. to see whether the parts were
still available. They asked for the serial no. of the bike to check the
model, etc. The guy gave the serial no. and the Harley dude went away to
check. He came back to the phone a little later and asked the guy to double
check the no., which he did.
The guy from Harley, sounding very excited, asked this dude to go out to the
garage and remove the seat, while he hung on the phone. He did this and
then was asked if there was a plaque or anything underneath. He looked, and
sure enough there was a plaque. The Harley guy asked him to read out what
it said and guess what...it said something like..'To my good friend Elvis
Presley, from James Dean'.
I kid you not. Harley have told the guy that they knew of the existence of
the bike and have been trying to find it for years. They obviously want the
bike and they are now in negotiation - I'm sure it's gonna cost them
mega-bucks!
By the way - this bike is in a small place called Tadley, in the south of
England. How the hell did it get there?!!!
Great story. I'll let you know how it progresses.
Cheers guys.
2.
Panhead
Sorry, but I do NOT live in England.
I have ALL of Elvis's bikes under my back deck (It's lightly
snowing here don't cha know) and I also hired his daughters first
husband to keep them polished up.
But the moon walking SOB kept trying to "entertain" the
neighbors children so i had to shoot him and his monkey.
Redbeard Emeritus
>I heard an incredible tale today. A mate of mine has a good pal who has had
>an old Harley (don't know what model), in bits, in his garage for a number
>of years.
>By the way - this bike is in a small place called Tadley, in the south of
>England. How the hell did it get there?!!!
Hey Barry, whatcha do, disassemble it and ship it to England? Never
thought it would leave your garage. (Kept a coupla parts as
souvenirs, huh? Wouldda thought you'd keep the saddle fershure.)
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Michael Bielert
that the plaque read something like "To Elvis, from Priscilla". I have a feeling
this story has several versions and who knows if any are true.
I'm sure if you go to sites like www.snopes2.com you'll find variations of the
story!
Mike
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The bikes too?!?
I knew you had Elvis under there, but the bikes...............?!
>(It's lightly
> snowing here don't cha know) and I also hired his daughters first
> husband to keep them polished up.
> But the moon walking SOB kept trying to "entertain" the
> neighbors children so i had to shoot him and his monkey.
Oh geez, not the monkey!?!
Always thought he was a cute little feller.
Phil
00 XL 1200C
Curly Larry and
>The guy from Harley, sounding very excited, asked this dude to go out to the
>garage and remove the seat, while he hung on the phone. He did this and
>then was asked if there was a plaque or anything underneath. He looked, and
>sure enough there was a plaque. The Harley guy asked him to read out what
>it said and guess what...it said something like..'To my good friend Elvis
>Presley, from James Dean'.
http://www.snopes2.com/autos/dream/elvis.htm
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bmorey
Seems to me that I've heard that story before. BUT it's the first time I've
heard it *this* year.
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Panhead
He's recovering nicely, as the bullet went right through him and
missed all vital organs.
The one that hit mike right in the forehead, stunningly enough,
also missed anything vital!
Go figure!
Redbeard Emeritus
<q...@customcastings.com> wrote:
>I heard read a version of that story a few years ago in a motorcycle rag, except
>that the plaque read something like "To Elvis, from Priscilla". I have a feeling
>this story has several versions and who knows if any are true.
A tech writer who worked for me years ago told me with certainty it's
in Ohio, but I know that can't be true 'cause a woman running a gas
station in WY (?) told Chuck Lanter and me that it's in the Seattle
area, and she could not have been more positive.
<*{{><
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> I heard an incredible tale today. A mate of mine has a good pal who has
had
> an old Harley (don't know what model), in bits, in his garage for a number
> of years. Recently his wife gave him an ultimatum - build the bike or the
> bits get trashed.
>
I saw that bike too!.. Next to the dumpster, behind the 7-11
Fish
Steve M
> No2 wrote:
> >
> > I heard an incredible tale today. A mate of mine has a good pal who has had
>
<snip>
Panhead wrote:
> Sorry, but I do NOT live in England.
> I have ALL of Elvis's bikes under my back deck (It's lightly
> snowing here don't cha know) and I also hired his daughters first
> husband to keep them polished up.
> But the moon walking SOB kept trying to "entertain" the
> neighbors children so i had to shoot him and his monkey.
Poor monkey.
01d...@my.house
"<*{{><" <Steve-F...@shoesmediaone.net> casually remarked:
Heeeeeyyyy! Wait a minute! Are you telling me that the 01 Wide Glide
I just bought isn't Elvis' bike?
Damn dealer...see if I invite him to any more of my xmas parties...
*snort*..
Cheers,
01dyna
<insert witty sigfile here>
bmorey
>On 07 Jan 2002 21:37:26 GMT, dur...@aol.compile (bmorey) succinctly
>stated:
>>"No2" <j...@ntlworld.com> wrote: <snip>
<sarcastic mode on>
>>Seems to me that I've heard that story before. BUT it's the first time I've
>>heard it *this* year.
<sarcastic mode off>
>Clue: the guy has the bike in bits, meaning he has probably looked at
>and touched every single part, yet he never noticed the plaque? I
>would imagine such a plaque would be somewhat prominently displayed,
>ya know?
>
>In other words, horseshit.
<serious mode on>
Yeah, I heard the story a coupla years ago, but the last time I heard it was
last Feb. from a guy at work that said the owner of the bike lived in Ohio.
That bike sure gets around. ;-)
Russell Watson
See the "Researching Biker Urban Legends" thread...
Seriously, though, FWIW, James Dean died in '55 while Elvis was still
doing club dates on the "Chittlin' Circuit" in Louisiana, Texas,
Tennessee and such, and was not yet a nationally known star. That
didn't happen until '56 when RCA bought his contract fron Sun and
released "Heartbreak Hotel". Since E was still a regional star in the
south and Dean was living the southern California lifestyle, I
wouldn't be surprised if they never met, let alone became good enough
pals to exchange such lavish gifts. Besides, if you know anything
about Dean and his taste in bikes, any he may have bought to keep or
give away would probably have been Triumphs, not Hogs. Telling the
story THAT way also makes the part about it ending up in Britain a
little easier to digest.
'97 FLSTF
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Barry L. Van Hook
>On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 20:59:51 -0000, "No2" <j...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>I heard an incredible tale today. A mate of mine has a good pal who has had
>>an old Harley (don't know what model), in bits, in his garage for a number
>>of years.
>>By the way - this bike is in a small place called Tadley, in the south of
>>England. How the hell did it get there?!!!
>Hey Barry, whatcha do, disassemble it and ship it to England? Never
>thought it would leave your garage. (Kept a coupla parts as
>souvenirs, huh? Wouldda thought you'd keep the saddle fershure.)
Hell, I have a whole box full of those friggin' plaques that I pop-rivet to
any old piece shit with two wheels ... these shiny people can't help
themselves from buying them .... then "discovering" them shortly thereafter.
OK now .... once more with feeling: I have Elvis' ONLY Harley in my
ministorage. and no, it ain't a K or a big twin ... it's an S-125 .... Elvis
was a wussy little bitch. Those pictures were all staged.
So when you hear these stories later on ... and you certainly will ... just
remember what you've learned here today.
Barry #36
or another shiny person's wallet is lighter
Barry L. Van Hook (van...@asu.edu)
Management Department, College of Business
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4006
Phone (480) 965-1217 FAX (480) 965-8314
Redbeard Emeritus
>I heard the story a coupla years ago, but the last time I heard it was
>last Feb. from a guy at work that said the owner of the bike lived in Ohio.
>That bike sure gets around. ;-)
That's 2 votes for Ohio. I'm thinkin maybe I'll head back there and
track it down.
Bike Rider
this urban legend/lie. Troll with better bait next time.
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ThePrncpl
>>England. How the hell did it get there?!!!
That explains a bumper-sticker I saw the other day:
I saw Elvis making crop circles
Gary
'89 FXSTS
bmorey
>n 08 Jan 2002 04:42:07 GMT, dur...@aol.compile (bmorey) wrote:
>
>>I heard the story a coupla years ago, but the last time I heard it was
>>last Feb. from a guy at work that said the owner of the bike lived in Ohio.
>>That bike sure gets around. ;-)
>
>That's 2 votes for Ohio. I'm thinkin maybe I'll head back there and
>track it down.
>
Nah, it's just a diversionary tactic. Who knows where it'll show up next!
Belly up, I'm buying.
Redbeard Emeritus
wrote:
>On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 14:35:29 -0700, Redbeard Emeritus wrote
>(in message <k15k3us9ed53alspq...@4ax.com>):
>
>> On Mon, 07 Jan 2002 15:22:20 -0600, Michael Bielert
>> <q...@customcastings.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I heard read a version of that story a few years ago in a motorcycle rag,
>>> except
>>> that the plaque read something like "To Elvis, from Priscilla". I have a
>>> feeling
>>> this story has several versions and who knows if any are true.
>> A tech writer who worked for me years ago told me with certainty it's
>> in Ohio, but I know that can't be true 'cause a woman running a gas
>> station in WY (?) told Chuck Lanter and me that it's in the Seattle
>> area, and she could not have been more positive.
>Midwest, WY, to be precise. It was her sister's boss in Seattle
>(or somehting) and it WAS NOT HOAX! She swore it was fact!
Dammit. This is getting complicated. We had 2 votes for OH, but now
we got this woman in WY who swore it and you and I it was swored to.
So is that 3 votes for WA?
Rex Bison
Ah, the ol' "friend of a friend"...did he wake up in a bathtub full of ice
as well, missing some ORGANS?!?
No2
I guess) have been well and truly been had!!! I have to say that, not
coming from the US, we hadn't heard about this urban legend, though I should
have suspected something I guess. What a shit! Never mind, it was fun
while it lasted.
Cheers.
2.
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Russell Watson
No, I think he's the guy found the "Welcome to the wonderful world of
AIDS" message scrawled in lipstick on his bathroom mirror the morning
after a one night stand...
wolfpup
<redb...@volcano.net> wrote:
>On Mon, 07 Jan 2002 15:22:20 -0600, Michael Bielert
><q...@customcastings.com> wrote:
>
>>I heard read a version of that story a few years ago in a motorcycle rag, except
>>that the plaque read something like "To Elvis, from Priscilla". I have a feeling
>>this story has several versions and who knows if any are true.
>
>A tech writer who worked for me years ago told me with certainty it's
>in Ohio, but I know that can't be true 'cause a woman running a gas
>station in WY (?) told Chuck Lanter and me that it's in the Seattle
>area, and she could not have been more positive.
It's up in the rafters at the Coonass's place. I think Phil and
Banker Bob saw it there.
When Snarl gets off jury duty (Snarl on jury duty? Holy shit.) he'll
probably be able to confirm that for us.
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Bill Brasky the SOB
Hell, while I was on my recent cross-country journey, I RODE WITH The
Big E in a small town in south Kansas, Bluff City. We had cheese
burgers at the Bluff City Burger Emporium. He was on his '62 Glide.
Blue and white, with that huge white seat. (He is still pretty hefty
so he needed the big seat). Anyway, he was interested in my Guzzi and
asked me if it was one of them "eyetrallian bikes". We had a nice
talk, but then he had to go do his laundry, as it was Saturday night
and he was expected in church the next mornin'. We said our good-byes,
he paid my bill, I said thank you, thank you very much, and went our
seperate ways. I haven't been able to contact him since I've been
back. I probaly took down the wrong number as I was drinking and
'smoking' heavily that night.
So please put away all this baloney about someone having The King's
bike...HE'S GOT IT, and he ain't lettin' it go!
Big Bill...(who once really did shake The King's very own hand).
Hemipower
>Date: 1/8/02 12:11 AM Eastern Standard Time
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>
>On 08 Jan 2002 04:42:07 GMT, dur...@aol.compile (bmorey) wrote:
>
>>I heard the story a coupla years ago, but the last time I heard it was
>>last Feb. from a guy at work that said the owner of the bike lived in Ohio.
>>That bike sure gets around. ;-)
>
>That's 2 votes for Ohio. I'm thinkin maybe I'll head back there and
>track it down.
>
When ya git here we'll get all beered up
and ride on over there.
I posted this last year <a la mmmmary>
last year.
<http://groups.google.com/groups?q=hemipower+elvis&newwindow=1&selm=200012
06112836.03025.00003698%40ng-fx1.aol.com&rnum=1>
Here it is.
<http://www.southeastharley.com/>
It is under "about our company".
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Shea
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> I heard an incredible tale today. A mate of mine has a good pal who has
<SNIP>
Another case of being ripped off by a dead hillbilly. This usually only
happens in Nashville, TN, USA
Doc
FXDX
Redbeard Emeritus
>>Redbeard Emeritus redb...@volcano.net
>>Date: 1/8/02 12:11 AM Eastern Standard Time
>>Message-id: <lrvk3usjfo0s9ia01...@4ax.com>
>>
>>On 08 Jan 2002 04:42:07 GMT, dur...@aol.compile (bmorey) wrote:
>>
>>>I heard the story a coupla years ago, but the last time I heard it was
>>>last Feb. from a guy at work that said the owner of the bike lived in Ohio.
>>>That bike sure gets around. ;-)
>>That's 2 votes for Ohio. I'm thinkin maybe I'll head back there and
>>track it down.
>I've already tracked it down fer ya bud.
>When ya git here we'll get all beered up
>and ride on over there.
Well, th' ride'll be a great one, and I like the beerin up part, but
I'm gettin concerned. There was a big late voter turnout up in the
Seattle region and I'm losin the faith. I mean, OH ain't a bad
destination, and the beer would help me deal with the loss if that's
the way it turns out, but I *really* don't wanna get there and find
out someone else has just closed a deal for it in WA.
I'm thinkin I could form a subcommittee of the slugs to pursue the
Seattle option concurrently, but they're always a day late (I mean,
they *are* slugs) and more than a $ short (spent it already on brews
and shit), so I remain in a quandary.
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>Total crap
Bike Rider,
My friend Andy Verrone owned Santa Monica Harley-Davidson from the 40s-mid
'70s.
During the '50s-70's he sold Elvis several new harleys each time Elvis came to
town. Elvis always had to buy new ones for himself and his Memphis Mafia boys
'cause he would give them all away when he left town.
I am sure there are still many real Elvis bikes around. I have seen a few that
still have the original title with his name on it.
I don't know about the one in England but ya can't dismiss it as one of the
urban legand bikes without investigating the facts.
The 1956 K Model that the factory bought was given away by Elvis too.
Later,
Chris
Who you callin' a CURMUDGEON!
If you ever see my bike on a trailer, CALL 911! Its stolen.
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Hemipower
>Date: 1/8/02 10:17 PM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <f8dn3ug7jlnecj6s9...@4ax.com>
>
>On 09 Jan 2002 02:38:03 GMT, hemi...@aol.com (Hemipower) wrote:
>
>>>Redbeard Emeritus redb...@volcano.net
>>>Date: 1/8/02 12:11 AM Eastern Standard Time
>>>Message-id: <lrvk3usjfo0s9ia01...@4ax.com>
>>>
>>>On 08 Jan 2002 04:42:07 GMT, dur...@aol.compile (bmorey) wrote:
>>>
>>>>I heard the story a coupla years ago, but the last time I heard it was
>>>>last Feb. from a guy at work that said the owner of the bike lived in
>Ohio.
>>>>That bike sure gets around. ;-)
>
>>>That's 2 votes for Ohio. I'm thinkin maybe I'll head back there and
>>>track it down.
>
>>I've already tracked it down fer ya bud.
>>When ya git here we'll get all beered up
>>and ride on over there.
>
>Well, th' ride'll be a great one, and I like the beerin up part, but
>I'm gettin concerned. There was a big late voter turnout up in the
>Seattle region and I'm losin the faith. I mean, OH ain't a bad
>destination, and the beer would help me deal with the loss if that's
>the way it turns out, but I *really* don't wanna get there and find
>out someone else has just closed a deal for it in WA.
>
>I'm thinkin I could form a subcommittee of the slugs to pursue the
>Seattle option concurrently, but they're always a day late (I mean,
>they *are* slugs) and more than a $ short (spent it already on brews
>and shit), so I remain in a quandary.
Ta be honest wit ya I'm not up to date
on this. When I come across a thread I have no chance of joining in on, I
haveta pass.
No sense beating m'self up, right?
Joe Mama
> I am sure there are still many real Elvis bikes around. I have seen a few that
> still have the original title with his name on it.
A friend of mine has an unrestored 1937 EL knucklehead from Steve McQueen's
estate collection, including the original pink slip with his name on it..
And no, it ain't for sale. He wants to restore it, and i've been hinting at
him that I want to do the engine rebuild..
-jm
1968 XLCH under construction
1987 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas
2000 Wesco Highliners
To return mail no spam, change the reply address to:
"joemama at rarebird dot net"
Curt Martin
By the way...Happy Birthday Elvis.
Gene
"Redbeard Emeritus" <redb...@volcano.net> wrote in message
news:f8dn3ug7jlnecj6s9...@4ax.com...> Well, th' ride'll be a
great one, and I like the beerin up part, but
> I'm gettin concerned. There was a big late voter turnout up in the
> Seattle region and I'm losin the faith. I mean, OH ain't a bad
> destination, and the beer would help
Here is another vote for Ohio. It is in a barn of an Amish family. It has
been stripped down and a large belt has been attached to the rear tire that
drives a water pump. The seat has been converted to a horse sattle. For
some more legend they believe the seat is haunted by Big E's ghost. On a
full moon night you can see the horse in the distant stand on its hind legs
and mutter "That you, thank you very much. Now pass that peanut butter and
banana sandwich." Honest! Would I lie to you on a cold, borning Ohio
morning?
Gene
Road King in April (maybe May, should be in no later than June)
bikertrash2000
bike joint said a guy in Tennessee found it in a yard sale.
cujo
93 FLSTC
Redbeard Emeritus
wrote:
>>Bike Rider sez,
>
>
>>Total crap
>
>Bike Rider,
> My friend Andy Verrone owned Santa Monica Harley-Davidson from the 40s-mid
>'70s.
> During the '50s-70's he sold Elvis several new harleys each time Elvis came to
>town. Elvis always had to buy new ones for himself and his Memphis Mafia boys
>'cause he would give them all away when he left town.
> I am sure there are still many real Elvis bikes around. I have seen a few that
>still have the original title with his name on it.
> I don't know about the one in England but ya can't dismiss it as one of the
>urban legand bikes without investigating the facts.
Hey Chris,
How about a side bet? With a tale that begins, "A mate of mine has a
good pal..." I'll give *REALLY* good odds.
"Curmudgeon?" Methinks you misspelled "contrairian."