Having spoken with Paul Cox and a few others that rode with Larry 'before' the Discovery Channel episodes, I found that he did on occasion ride metrics. I do not know the exact issue, I was told (late 1990s) in either RIDER or ROAD BIKE, there are pictures of Larry riding a 1400 Intruder around the backroads of Terrytown, NY. There's no question Harley was his bike of choice, yet I'm not surprized he might have been attracted to the Intruder because of its quickness through the twisties and it being close to the physical dimensions he preferred in bikes he built...
"...and the 'Word' was made flesh...and