Some 750,000 people are expected to attend the annual biker rally.
Pee-Wee Herman will be there to share another great adventure with fans, and to raise money for chari
ties.
I spent a day in 1971, at this great motorcycle event.
My hair was getting long (I got out of the Army in March) and I wore a leather vest with various Army patches and pot patches.
I went there in my 1964 “Competition Orange” Chevy Impala, as I didn’t have a motorcycle. I was wandering around the country living out of my car at the time, and happened to be in the right place to see it.
I recall seeing a lot of hard core Bikers from the Hell’s Angels, Mongols, and other gangs. There were plenty of fights. The event wasn’t as homogenized as it is now. There were a lot of bad dudes who came looking for a good time back then. Maybe they still do, but I kinda doubt it from what I read in the article link above.
What did I do that day? I honestly couldn’t give you a good accounting as I got gleefully smashed! I remember meeting a small group of Hell’s Angels from California. I was surprised because I knew one of them, Moon. He was from my old neighborhood in La Puente, and was a couple of years older than me. Anyway Moon lead, and I followed!
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