While I was out for a ride this Sunday, I met a local gentleman named Gordon who was on a beautiful Bonneville. I asked him what year the bike was, to which he responded “1965” and then shocked me by saying he was the original owner! Serious kudos to Gordon for keeping a bike like this on the road for 58 years – check out the stack of registration stickers on the license plate covering almost 6 decades of ownership:
Here’s some photos for you to enjoy:
Unfortunately, Gordon took off before I had a chance to learn more about the bike, but even then I was so shocked by meeting the original owner of a ’65 motorcycle that was still riding it that I had to share it with you. And it’s still so clean – he specifically mentioned that it was the original paint. Consider me impressed!