Once up on a time in Iceland..

There was a bike show.. The year is 1993 and I’m only 20 years young, dreaming about having a Harley. In those days there were not so many Harleys in Iceland. (20-30 maybee) The Police had a few and most of the private once where old Police bikes. With a few exceptions. The Ironhead chopper in the picture is actually rebuilt in Iceland that same year. The bike was imported from Sweden a few years earlier with a Honda CB 750 engine in it. The Pink FLH is not a Police bike either. The bike came to Iceland when it was new and it was originally pink & white (got to love the sixties ;o). The person, who owns it today, saw the bike when it was standing at the Reykjavik harbour in 1969. He, at a fairly young age, decided that this was the bike to have! A few years later he bought the bike and had it for a few years before he sold it. Well, as we all know, motorcycles should not be sold only bought! So he had his regrets and after many years he found the bike again in rather poor condition. After 6 long years of restoring every single part, the bike finally looked the same as it did when it came out of the factory (or even nicer)! He still owns the bike today and it’s still in mint condition! The Henderson is another story. That bike was found buried in the ground. The bike was imported to Iceland in 1918 by Espholin Co. which was the Henderson dealer in Iceland at that time. The bike was registered until 1938 and found again in the early 90s. The photo of Ingólfur Esphólín on the Henderson is from the book “Þá riðu hetjur um héruð” The history of motorcycles in Iceland.