1st November 1956, Thursday
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Re: 1st November 1956, Thursday
November 1, 1956
If you’re a fan of Elvis Presley, you probably know how much he loved motorcycles. Elvis wasn’t only the King of Rock and Roll, but also a movie star who loved cars and motorcycles. In fact, he had an exceptional collection of motorcycles. His collection can be now found at the Elvis museum across the street from Graceland. It looks like he loved big-bore Harley FLH touring bikes and had exceptional taste. The world’s most recognizable entertainer used to share his bikes with his friends and ride them together.
By the end of 1956, he had outgrown his first bike and decided to get something more suitable. Hence, he went to the Memphis Harley-Davidson Co. on November 1, 1956 and bought a brand new 1957 FLH Hydra-Glide while he was in downtown Memphis to have his Continental Mark II insured. . This spectacular bike was solid black with the round red, yellow, and chrome Harley-Davidson badges on the tank and features plenty of exceptional features. This Harley-Davidson FLH was the first bike out of the many FLH bikes Elvis owned.
Later in the day Natalie Wood, who had arrived in Memphis for a weekend visit, clad in jeans, climbed up on the seat behind Elvis and they gunned out from the Audubon Drive driveway and roared around the Memphis streets for three hours accompanied by a motorcycle policeman and Nick Adams, who was riding Elvis' old Harley Davidson.
As an avid motorcyclist for more than half his life there's no telling how many motorcycles Elvis had or bought. It is probably harder than trying to track his guitars.
Elvis takes delivery of his 1957 Harley-Davidson FLH with Sales and Service Manager "Big" Al McAlexander and B. W. Barfield (Mr. B.) of the Memphis Harley-Davidson Co. - Nov. 1, 1956
If you’re a fan of Elvis Presley, you probably know how much he loved motorcycles. Elvis wasn’t only the King of Rock and Roll, but also a movie star who loved cars and motorcycles. In fact, he had an exceptional collection of motorcycles. His collection can be now found at the Elvis museum across the street from Graceland. It looks like he loved big-bore Harley FLH touring bikes and had exceptional taste. The world’s most recognizable entertainer used to share his bikes with his friends and ride them together.
By the end of 1956, he had outgrown his first bike and decided to get something more suitable. Hence, he went to the Memphis Harley-Davidson Co. on November 1, 1956 and bought a brand new 1957 FLH Hydra-Glide while he was in downtown Memphis to have his Continental Mark II insured. . This spectacular bike was solid black with the round red, yellow, and chrome Harley-Davidson badges on the tank and features plenty of exceptional features. This Harley-Davidson FLH was the first bike out of the many FLH bikes Elvis owned.
Later in the day Natalie Wood, who had arrived in Memphis for a weekend visit, clad in jeans, climbed up on the seat behind Elvis and they gunned out from the Audubon Drive driveway and roared around the Memphis streets for three hours accompanied by a motorcycle policeman and Nick Adams, who was riding Elvis' old Harley Davidson.
As an avid motorcyclist for more than half his life there's no telling how many motorcycles Elvis had or bought. It is probably harder than trying to track his guitars.
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Re: 1st November 1956, Thursday
The finding of Elvis' Harleys has become something of an Urban Legend !
See here:
https://medium.com/writers-blokke/findi ... 1d8debe8d9
See here:
https://medium.com/writers-blokke/findi ... 1d8debe8d9
"I don't sound like nobody !" - Elvis 1953
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