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Triumph of the Spirit: One Man’s Attempt at Salvation Through Metal and Chrome

This article was originally published in Cycle World.  Santa Cruz, California, 1969. A young man, clad only in jeans and a white T -shirt, wanders into the local Triumph motorcycle dealer with a slight swagger. Earlier that day, a beautiful, two-tone Triumph Bonneville 650 had passed him on the street. The rumble was visceral; he felt…