where to start, somewhere around 1974 (i was 10) one of my older brothers friends, bought the only yellow JPN in cda, i think it was the gus kuhn model, i was playing outside with some friends and around the corner came this cool yellow bike with fairings and 2 headlights, i talked to my brothers friend for a bit about his new bike, and thought it ws amazing. fast forward 36+years. just before christmas i was called into the office to go over some important internet info with the owner of the company. we looked at 5 bikes on ebay, a triumph bobber, yeah whatever, a sportster rat bobber, ok, a JPN, I Hit the roof, lets look at the JPN, we looked at another hog, go back to the JPN,,, looked at some other bike, and i kept asking to go back to the JPN, i think i wet myself, what a cool bike, and the memory from 36 years was like it was yesterday. we watched lenos bike, and looked at some articles, i told Tim that if he bought the JPN my respect for him as a bike collector would go up a few notches. well the auction ended and that was it, untill yesterday. At noon he called me in againe and showed me an article on a jpn from the summer, asked me if i remembered the bike auction, i said of course, he said come with me, we went downstairs to another companies warehouse and in the back was this JPN, i thought oh wow this is too cool, and then he gives me the bike as a bonus for all the years of service, i was overwhelmed, i now own a nice driver JPN. today we got it started, here is the link, enjoy i know i will.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Unklpunk1?feature=mhum#p/a
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http://www.youtube.com/user/Unklpunk1?feature=mhum#p/a
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