The back story is that I am blessed and fortunate to reside in a small, close-knit, residential aviation community with streets and driveways out front with taxiways and a shared aircraft runway out back.
So a while back, in the midst of my K1 750's resurrection, my neighbor Brandon brought his uncle Mark over, who was visiting from out of town, to check out the 1970 Piper Cherokee that I bought in 1973. While the majority of our time in the shop was spent discussing light airplanes and general aviation, unbeknownst to me, (I found out later), it was the CB750 up on the lift (about half-way done at the time) that made the biggest impression on uncle Mark.
A few weeks later, Brandon stopped by with a manilla envelope he'd received from uncle Mark with instructions to present the contents to me with his best wishes and success on my CB750 project. This was in the envelope...
Now I'm guessing that Mark is probably a decade or so younger than I, but as it turns out, about the same time I was buying my new K1 in 1971, a teenaged Mark was drooling over a CB750 at his local Honda dealership, vowing to get one for himself someday. But alas, at the time, all Mark could afford was this Honda patch that he'd had tucked away for that future purchase of a 750... that sadly never happened.
Mark went on to other things but he kept that patch in his drawer for decades, never knowing why, but decided to dig it out and give it to me after seeing the results of my efforts on the K1. When Brandon told me that Mark felt bad that the patch no longer looked new and had faded somewhat over the years, I told him not to worry because I had the perfect jacket with the same "patina" that would be perfect for his uncle's patch.
It didn't take long for my wife to put the patch on the jacket and I couldn't be more pleased with the outcome.
My favorite riding windbreaker is now perfect for tooling around on my K1.
Brandon sent a few pictures to uncle Mark with my thanks and appreciation!
Now how cool is that?
ZT
