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Richard Nordstrom, 65, and Harley
Tampa, Florida
Riding together since 2005
I saw a sidecar for sale just shortly after I got Harley. I said, “Hey, this would be perfect with Harley to ride this rig,” so we bought it off eBay for about $13,000. We got him in January of that year. I was carrying him in my front pocket – he was raised in my front pocket. I don’t know why I decided to call him Harley, but every time we’re in a car or the bike, it doesn’t matter, you can tell Harley’s just excited when he sees another bike. He’s proved to be every bit of a Harley. He loves to meet people. People love to meet him, obviously, and it’s just so exciting for me and Harley to be out there meeting people. It gives me a sense of community fulfillment doing fundraisers for different organizations, whether it’s veterans or some animal function. Everybody in the Tampa area knows Harley’s name. Nobody knows mine, but everybody knows Harley.