He drove in that morning on his 2010 Road King with a sidecar, adding to the more than one million miles he has logged on motorcycles since he first rode one when he was 11 years old.
Sassaman, 98 , is the oldest active Harley-Davidson dealer in the world. He is the first person to show up at work every morning, typically getting there at least an hour before anyone else. He has no plans of retiring.
“I enjoy talking to my customers,” he said as he sat in a lounge area among the many gleaming bikes in the showroom. “I have customers who come from everywhere. They want to meet me. They say I’m a legend, but I tell them I’m just Grover.”
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In World War II he served in the Marines in the Pacific. He was an aircraft mechanic in Gregory “Pappy” Boyington’s famed Black Sheep Squadron, which fought the Japanese in the Solomon Islands. Boyington shot down 28 Japanese planes and was awarded the Medal of Honor.
But for Veterans Day this year, it’s not his buddies in the war Sassaman is remembering. He has sold many motorcycles to area law enforcement agencies, and this year he is feeling a kinship with the sacrifice that law enforcement officers make.
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NEFARIOUS JAMES
RESPECT & HONOR STARTS AT HOME
CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLISTS ASSOCIALTION
I was thinking about some of my riding experiences, both good and not so good, and wondered how I was able to keep from killing myself.
DAVE NICHOLS
FROM THE HELM CHOPPERTOWN LIVE AT THE CHEROKEE BLUE RIDGE RUN
SPYKE AND MIKE
MOTOFEST MADNESS
SPYKE AND MIKE
BIKER RODEO GRAND MARSHALLS, SPYKE & MIKE
NEFARIOUS JAMES
GET YOUR MOTOR RUNNIN’!
A FATHER'S DAY TRIBUTE
“A SPECIAL ONE INDEED”
BORN TO RIDE KIDS
CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLISTS ASSOCIATION
Letter from the Editor DAVE NICHOLS FROM THE HELM
THIS ONE’S FOR THE DADS OUT THERE
HONORING THEIR COURAGE AND SACRIFICE, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY
My Uncle *Gee' was my dad's father figure in his life for many years because his father worked many hours. He came from Italy and worked with marble but than later became ill and couldn't do much with my dad. That's when Uncle 'Gee' stepped in and helped my dad in life as a father figure. So in this month of June. as a special Father's Day tribute, we would like to honor my Uncle "Gee' Fidel Galletti who was a real WWII war hero pilot who flew B-17s. Most of all, he was my dad's hero This story is courtesy of The 390th Memorial Museum and my cousin. Marie Gallletti, Mitchell.
