1973 The Deerslayer Oregon Custom Chopper - 4-Page Vintage Motorcycle Article

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1973 The Deerslayer Oregon Custom Chopper - 4-Page Vintage Motorcycle Article
Original, Vintage Magazine article
Page Size: Approx. 8" x 11" (21 cm x 28 cm) each page
Condition: Good
Ever wonder what it's
like to smack a deer at
65 on a scooter? John
Collins doesn't. He
knows.
There is probably not one throttle
jockey who hasn't tooled along on a
country road at night and contem-
plated what it would be like to hit a
dog. Everybody who has, or claims
to know someone who has, says it
is much the same as hitting a brick
wall. It stops you awful sudden, or
sends you off on a ricochet shot into
something that does. Such chilling
thoughts cause you to tighten your
grip on the wick, and try a little harder
to pierce the darkness out beyond the
headlight gleam.
A dog is bad enough. How would
you like to make that a deer?
Last July 14 John Collins and his
wife Emma were truckin' on home
after spending the day swimming at
Northfork. They had just made it
through Santiam Passon22,and were
cooking along at about 65, anxious
to get home to their two drape apes,
about nine in the evening.
John leaned it over for a curve. As
he straightened up on the tangent
beyond his trusty Bates picked up two...
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