A huge part of all this are the little things we forget about or don't see at all. For example, the people we meet or encounter through our choppers. To me there are 3 key elements to our world. One is your bike, two is your journeys and three the people you meet along the way. My experience has given me friendships from places that I never would have guessed. Craigslist, ebay, email, the horse mag back talk, my blog. Matter of fact two very good friends of mine I met through craigslist. And im proud to have them as friends.
As inspired as I was with duanes build, I was still loosing focus on what I loved to begin with. Choppers and old stockers. I was loosing sight of my relationship with my bikes and was just wanting an end result.
This all stemmed from a reply I got from someone I met through the horse back talk forum/swap meet. A guy named Ken C. who gave me a shitload of advice just cause he saw my vision and wanted to pass on some of what he has learned over the past 40 years. Now remember I am a stranger to him. But his example showed me that there are people still in this game cause they love it, not to take you for all your skinny.
Now some people want to be badass rebels and not give a fuck and that's fine, they proly think my rants are stupid. That's cool too. For everyone else, including me, we need to remember our personal roots and values and we need to support our culture.
Back to my point, Ken thank you for reaching out to a stranger.
cody edington
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