Motorcycle Runs, Looks Like A Deere

Motorcycle runs, looks like a Deere FARM HOME recreation 15-2-36 A rebuilt 1986 Harley Davidson FXR Superglide motorcycle painted John Deere green and yellow gets a lot of second looks when Steve Faford of Bourbonnais, Ill., takes it on the road. Faford bought the motorcycle from a friend who had totaled it out in an accident. Faford repaired the motorcycle in his motorcycle shop. Several friends helped out, too, painting the frame, gas tank, and fenders green, and the wheels yellow. Deere decals were placed on the gas tank. "Everywhere I go people always stop to look and take photos," says Faford, who restores old tractors, including many Deere models, as a sideline. "I got the idea when I restored an old Deere tractor and had leftover paint. I've only seen one or two other motorcycles painted with Deere colors. I've driven my bike to the Sturgis, S. Dak. motorcycle rally and several threshing shows, including one last year in Pontiac, Ill. I've also driven it to an antique motorcycle show in Davenport, Iowa, and to the Deere visitor center in Moline, Illinois." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Steven G. Faford, RR 1, Box 183, Bourbonnais, Ill. 60914 (ph 815 937-4252).

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