Kenny G
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Lancer, There were some really good old time tuners.
My fiend Marion Cameron was hard of hearing, but if he rode behind me going up hill he could tell me what jetting I need. And then the son of gun would pass me like a bat out of h!ll going down the next hill.
The old guys didn't have dynos or oxygen sensors and most of the carburetors were pretty lousy.
My friend Enos Hoffer could tune a 1960 Sportster to run 1/4 mile times that are still standing over a half century later. Enos just passed away a couple of weeks ago. I am pretty sure the only job he ever had, besides the Army, was at Lancaster Harley Davidson in Lancaster, PA.
Eddie Fisher who had the AMA #1 Tag back in the late fifties opened up a home in Shunk, PA for the old motorcycle guys to finish out there last years.
Remember the hillbilly song "Where have all our heros gone?"
I get tears in my eyes thinking about all the really good motorcyclists that I have known.
Kenny G
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