Motorcycle Renaissance Man.

In a garage on his Maple Valley property, Carmen Tom has assembled a museum that contains not only the history of his 80 years, but of his 60- year love affair with motorcycles and cars and the history of the motorcycle business in post-World War II Seattle.

This is a really neat read on someone who made motorcycles, or more correctly, his passion his life. There's a paragraph deeper in the text that bothered me a little bit though. Although I appreciate Harley as much as any other two-wheeler, it was a bit distressing to see a demand that they made of a long-time dealer. I'll bet those types of demands are no longer part of Harley's operational procedures, nonetheless it was interesting to note.--Pete

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