The Turquoise Twins!

Our good buddy Bruce recently picked up his new California Scooter with a very special paint theme.  Bruce wanted his CSC motorcycle painted to exactly match his Harley Heritage Softail, and we were happy to oblige…

The Turquoise Twins...Bruce's Softail and his painted-to-match CSC motorcycle

We think Bruce’s twin turquoise bikes are awesome…they really make a good pair.  We’re having a set of tank emblems with the CSC logo made for Bruce’s bike (they’ll be here in another week or so) to accent the white panels for a nice finishing touch.  Bruce found a set of saddlebags he bought a long time ago and they really work on this bike (yeah, we know, they’re beautiful…we’re looking for a source for these).

My S&S '92 Softail

Bruce’s Softail is a beautiful bike, too.   Those original Harley Softails are nothing short of awesome, and I like the appearance of Harley’s Evo motor a lot more than the newer Twin Cam (personal preference, I guess).   The big chrome valve covers on the Evo engines remind me of the old panheads, and I thought those were great looking bikes, too.

I had a ’92 Softail (bought it new in 1992) and I put a lot of miles on it.  When the engine finally went south after 16 years of hard riding through Mexico and the US Southwest, I had it rebuilt with an S&S motor.  It literally doubled the horsepower and I rode my old Harley for another year.   Then one day I decided it was time to sell it, I placed an ad in the local Cycle Trader, and it was gone the next day. 

When I bought my Evo back in ’92 I wanted a Harley in Bruce’s colors (that two-tone turquoise and white is just dynamite), but those were the days you had to stand in line and pay well over MSRP for a new Harley.  I found a dealer in San Bernardino who sold me mine (in Sapphire blue) at list price, and I bought it.  List price was actually a heck of a deal in 1992 for a new Harley.  That bike was fun, and seeing the turquoise color scheme and Bruce’s Harley made me think about my bike again.