Introducing The Late Late Show
Posted on November 17, 2009
One day when I was a kid, my oldest brother Tim showed up at the house with a motorcycle. I didn’t get a good look at it–it was a Yamaha something or other–because my mom made him park it a few blocks down the street so my impressionable young mind wouldn’t decide I wanted a motorcycle.
Sadly, I’d already seen too much.
Years later, I still felt an urge to ride. Southeast Indiana is a haven for poker runs and such, so there were always motorcycles rumbling through town, and I loved ‘em all. Over the years, I went through various bike phases. Racing bikes, ATVs, little dirt bikes, I wanted one of each. Sadly, that wasn’t going to happen so long as I lived in my mother’s house. By the time I got out of the house, I was broke as a damn joke, so my motorcycle dreams remained just that, dreams.
When my father died, I decided it was time to remedy my situation. See, my dad had later bought Tim’s Yamaha, and though I never found out when he got rid of it or where it ended up, he helped push my love for bikes. He also gave me a love of the ‘49 Mercury, but I don’t see me getting one of those for a long time. A bike, however, I could manage.
So I spent a lot of time getting my debt under control, erasing almost all of it. I also did a lot of research. Harley Davidson had just released the Iron, an 883 sportster that looked like a good blank canvas to create a bike that would be mine. It helped that I’ve had a long-standing love of sportsters. With enough time and experience, I could change the Iron into something made just for me.
So I went and picked one up. I received the bike about three weeks ago, and I’ve already added a few mods, notably forward controls and a set of 14″ gimp hangers from Nash Motorcycle Company. Finally, I gave the bike a name. Mixing together my favorite activity when staying with my dad–staying up late and watching TV–with my late start in the motorcycle world, I give you The Late Late Show.
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Sweet ride!
Now we just need a pic of you on your hog!
Looks sharp, bro. The ape hangers look great.
I was looking at the Iron 883 online again the other day. I think the forward controls would have been my first mod, too.