| Me on my first motorcycle, in (I think) 1967. The bike was a very used '58 BSA. Mrs. Petti (Steve's mom) took the picture. I was wearing a leather flyer jacket my Uncle Eddie Goloff gave me. |
| It didn't take long before a little imagination, a hacksaw, torch, (and some help from Larry Katz) resulted in my first attempt at chopping a bike. |
Stu's Motorcycles What I was riding, 1966-1968
| 1958 BSA CREDITS Fabrication & Constuction by - Stu Segal - Larry Katz |
| This bike was basically a conglomeration of whatever parts I could get my hands on or make. The front end came off a Harley ServiCar, the front wheel was off the back of a Honda 50. The handlebars were apehangers (of course). The gas tank was a 1-gallon "peanut tank", which cost 28 cents to fill. Bates seat and pillion pad, megaphone "mufflers", and a hacksawed back fender. Unfortunately, I didn't know anything about frame geometry, rake, trail, etc. The first time I went fast on this, it went into a real live "tank-slapper" and I wound up in the hospital, having roadrash on my palms, arms, elbows, knees, face, etc. The next fall, somewhat deflated, after selling the bike, I wound up enrolled at Massanutten Military Academy in Virginia. |
