I’ve been doing a little research on songwriter Bob Dylan.  Like most riders, I already knew about his mysterious wreck near Woodstock, New York, in 1966, where he dumped his Triumph, injured himself to an unknown degree, and went into seclusion for a while.

However, in reading through books about Dylan, interviews with people who knew him prior to his arrival in Greenwich Village, and his own Chronicles: Volume One (2004) I turned up a few references to Harleys, time spent running with the biker boys in his hometown, even being a bit of a “rough, tough” character.  I don’t know how true any of that is, but he apparently did spend some time around riders, as seen in the photos below.

1956:

1966, on the Triumph he later wrecked:

I always cringe at this one, because for some reason he’s dangling his feet – not a smart thing to do and goofy-lookin’ to boot!

The passenger below is identified as “Sebastian,” but I don’t who Sebastian is:

I’m not sure of the year – probably mid-’60s – but he appears to be riding a Japanese bike; maybe a Honda:

and in 2004, back on a Harley-Davidson!

One more, of the man on an entirely different kind of bike…

…but wearing a motorcycle club jacket.  Go figure!