One cool high school kid. My late father-in-law, Bill Johnson, of Hendersonville, NC, posing on his Indian Chief Roadmaster on the Eighth Ave side of Hendersonville High School. Check out the letter jacket (captain of the football team), the leather hand grip tassles (red and white, for the school colors), the stick-on babe decal on the fender, among other add-ons. Note the leather "bat wing" windshield cover.

Here are some pix of a couple of motorcycles from my family's past, some bikes that I have owned, borrowed or rented, and some bikes that I have either photographed or been photographed on.

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jawtex > My late father-in-law, Bill Johnson, sitting on his Indian Chief Roadmaster in the snow in front of the high school he attended, Hendersonville High School, in Hendersonville, NC. His dad owned an Indian shop in town, so his Chief had just about every accessory imaginable. The two words on the front fender are "Bill - Ruth." Ruth was his high school sweetheart, whom he later married, and was my wife's mother. His dad also sent him to the Indian factory in Springfield, MA, to get certified at the factory mechanic school. We still have his original certificate.

jawtex > One cool high school kid. My late father-in-law, Bill Johnson, of Hendersonville, NC, posing on his Indian Chief Roadmaster on the Eighth Ave side of Hendersonville High School. Check out the letter jacket (captain of the football team), the leather hand grip tassles (red and white, for the school colors), the stick-on babe decal on the fender, among other add-ons. Note the leather "bat wing" windshield cover.

jawtex > Late 1940's. My late mother-in-law, Ruth Johnson, is sitting on the Indian Chief on the left, wearing the white cap and scratching her back. The bike belonged to her husband (and my future father-in-law), the late Bill Johnson. The group consists of mostly Indian riders, and they're about to leave out on a weekend day ride during some chilly part of the year around Hendersonville, NC. That may be Bill in the background on the right wearing the leather skull cap, with goggles, and the three-piece suit. Very cool.

jawtex > Some very nice tank art by Mike Dusold's shop in Lewisville, TX. Photographed at the American Eagle Harley-Davidson dealership in Corinth, TX, during an event there in 2005.

jawtex > Some more great tank art by Mike Dusold in Lewisville, TX.

jawtex > Harley Santa Claus in the lead of a toy run in Dec, 2006, in Denton, TX.

jawtex > A motor officer pushing the edge just a little too hard in a police motorcycle competition at the West End in Dallas, in 2006.

jawtex > You typically don't see stunters doing their thing on Harleys, but this little guy could do things on that Sporty that I wouldn't have thought possible. Taken at American Eagle Harley-Davidson in Corinth, TX, May, 2008.

jawtex > A Honda CB350, outfitted for road patrol work on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, NC, in 1980. I took this pic of the ranger and his ride that summer when I was working on the Parkway as a seasonal ranger. Wish I could remember his name.

One cool high school kid. My late father-in-law, Bill Johnson, of Hendersonville, NC, posing on his Indian Chief Roadmaster on the Eighth Ave side of Hendersonville High School. Check out the letter jacket (captain of the football team), the leather hand grip tassles (red and white, for the school colors), the stick-on babe decal on the fender, among other add-ons. Note the leather "bat wing" windshield cover.