Bro John…

Another great letter, folks…this time from our good buddy John!

Joe:

I am not a biker and I don’t own one, but I have a desire to own a motorcycle.  It is a “want to” that may go unsatisfied.  However, I enjoy reading about others who have realized a dream.  I have watched CSC grow and I am amazed at the following.  I am also amazed at what some claim about their Mustangs, including features that now I know never existed.   Yet they are all good memories.

I remember a classmate at our swimming pool who popped a wheelie and then almost lost it. He recovered and it is a vivid memory.

If I remember correctly I paid $150 for this bike.  It was green and fairly scratched up when I purchased it.  I was 13 when I bought it in the summer of 1954.   Just before I turned 14 in the summer of 1955 I had it painted ’55 Ford pink.  If I could do it again it would be red, blue, or green (but not pink).   It was a two-stroke and it had a mechanical problem I never solved.  It would suddenly open to full throttle, and would literally scare me to near death.  Before I was allowed on the streets I would ride around our house and backyard in a figure 8 pattern (and sometimes just a circle).

I sold the bike and bought a Sears Allstate scooter…the fancy one with an “aero” nose.   I wanted a Mustang, but my Mother controlled my purse strings and the answer was a resounding “NO.”   Ever since then I have still wanted to have a Mustang.   It is a “want to” that may not be realized.

At 16 bought my first car.  It was a ’49 two-door Chevy coupe that was an ugly green.  I have since ridden a few Mustangs, but I never owned one.   It is still just had a “want to.”

Bro John

John, thanks very much for sending your letter and photo to us…it’s great material and I enjoyed reading it.  

A quick question…why let your dream go unsatisfied?   You could be tooling around on a brand new CSC-150 in the next week or so.   With our new CSC Basic program, we could send you one you could paint any color you wanted (except pink, of course, as you mentioned above).   We could also provide it in red, blue, and maybe even green if you wanted one in that color.

And a quick comment…I respectfully disagree with your opening comment, John…you are indeed one of us…you are a biker!