Vintage shots from days gone by!

Back in 1965 a guy by the name of William Gelbke, also known as "Wild Bill", constructed a bike of his own design. He dubbed his creation "ROADOG" and began touring the United States on it. Bill and ROADOG were seen all over the country. It is said that Bill put over 20,000 miles on ROADOG the first year alone.

Bill graduated college in Wisconsin as an electronic engineer and moved out to California for additional schooling at a Southern California University. On leaving there, he was scooped up by McDonell-Douglas for work in a defense system program. Bill did not enjoy his work at McDonell-Douglas. He dreamed of designing and building motorcycles. One day, he decided to realize his dreams and he left McDonell-Douglas. Now he was free to build motorcycles•his way! He began to design ROADOG. His design included Earles front forks, an automatic transmission and lots of power for touring and reliability. Add to that a shaft drive and disc brakes...OVER 30-YEARS AGO!

 

any body else want to see that?

 

In pic #3 that woman's "brownie" is showing.

 

Elvis kicking his 56 flathead KHK sporty, a forerunner.

 

Seeing the grad "Tassle" on the mirror,-was just one fad,--The other was knitted baby booties that your girlfriend would knit for you.

 

Get a rope !!!

 

This film is titled "Women's World" made in 1954. It is available at Amazon.com for $20.00. I love the old films from that era.
John