A nice note from Jimbo…

Folks, I received this nice note from Jimbo yesterday….

Hi Joe:

I read your Blog today with keen interest…I followed along on your many bike experiences on so many models and marveled you had few serious mishaps…Then I compared your experiences with my own and almost wrote a short chapter here but talked myself out of it…I think maybe I told you how over the many years at Mustang, I had to test 10 units everyday, thousands over the years mixing it up with street traffic, attacking dogs, and police and never directly was injured…Indirectly by burns, or other minor incidents making last minute adjustments, certainly…

But then I thought, could any motorcycle trip be more uncomfortable, fatiguing down right more dangerous then your many trips?..Then I remembered the trip our dealer in Waco Texas made to our plant In Glendale California and on to Disneyland and return to Waco, riding double…Our very best dealer Roy Stone and his son made this trip about 1960, on their lightweight Mustang before the interstate and freeways became common…They had zero mechanical problems (I did do a valve job on the engine for good order).

Here’s a photo of the bike after we cleaned it up…From left to right, Howard Forest, Chief Engineer, J.Wade Bronson, Mustang Sales Manager, Roy Stone and son (I forgot his name).

Joe, you don’t need to post this I just wanted you to see this to believe it!

Cheers!

Jimbo

Jim, thanks for the update and the photo.   We hope you enjoy the 4th of July…we’re closed today, but the day holds great promise at my place with a planned motorcycle scoot and a barbeque.   Our best wishes to you and the entire CSC community (fans, factory folks, and blog followers)!