My first motorcycle

When I was 14 years old, I saw an ad in the newspaper for a WWI motorcycle for $5. I got $5 together and went around to buy it as it was in the neighborhood. I couldn't believe it. The fellow said he would start it up for me so he could show me that it was running. He started it up with a blowtorch. It was a wonder he didn't kill everybody. I told Kit every time you have gasoline and put fire on top of it, it could blow up. So I walked it home on the side, as I was too young to get a permit. I really just bought it to experiment with it, to take it apart and so forth. I was interested in mechanics at the time. Taking it apart would give me some knowledge of motorcycle repair as I had already done bicycles.