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They say “You Meet the Nicest People” on a Honda… or at least that’s what the advertising campaign was in the 1960s. It was a plan from Honda’s motorcycle division to give bikes a different image from the gangster-tough-guy mentality. Nearly fifty years later, Preston McEvoy wants to revive this image as he takes his 1965 Honda Dream 305 on the road… and he’s got quite a route in mind.
His response to how long he’ll be gone was “a few days,” but the goal of his travels isn’t for the novelty of it and not for the fun of it. It is simply to spread goodness to other people, and nothing more.
The motorcyle sat in a barn since 1968, and a few years ago Preston and his dad revived the motor that only had three-thousand miles on it. Now, with a few more miles on it, original paint, and even the original tires, it’s ready for the ride of a lifetime.
Friends and family met with him early on Friday, September 3rd at Saville’s Diner to see him off. After a few revs of the engine, the humble Preston rode off down the road, onto an unpredictable adventure, one that his mom and dad fully support.
Preston has a video camera with him and WZAR will be catching up with him upon his return to see just what he ran into, and how many lives he touched.
VIDEO: Final Words from Extreme Makeover Recipient
CORRECTION @ 2:23 - *the Kutztown representative presenting the scholarship is the Provost, Dr. Carlos Vargas, not the President, Dr. F. Javiar Cevallos.*
It all started with a pep rally… held at the Reading Phillies stadium, the ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition producer addressed an audience, telling them that somewhere [...]
By Phil Haddad
The Boyertown football team is looking to improve on last year’s 6-6 last season. Coach Scisly has 20 seniors and 20 juniors on this year’s team and they are returning some key position players that he feels can make their run at a league title and possibly District 1-AAAA playoffs.
The [...]
POTTSTOWN - Exelon Nuclear will soon begin the testing of new sirens that have been installed over the past few months. The tests are part of a larger project to replace all 165 emergency sirens in the 10 miles around Limerick Generating Station with sirens that include battery back up. The [...]
Since our crew was out of state on a shoot in Las Vegas, we’ll leave the news coverage to the people who were actually in the same state! More information on the fire truck accident from our friends at the Reading Eagle: http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=242344
VIDEO: Boyertown Business Owner Appears in “The Last Airbender”
There’s much more information including inside details in our full story: http://www.wzartv.com/?p=1775
It was just another week at the State Theatre of Boyertown… this week opening up M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Last Airbender.” But for one Boyertown business owner, it was more than just a Friday night on [...]
Sometime after 10p.m. on Thursday, August 12th, a MedEvac helicopter was called to the scene of a shooting near Walnut Street & North Charlotte Street in the borough. Our friends at the Mercury have the full story: http://www.pottsmerc.com/.
The Boyertown Area School District has reversed a decision to remove the reading requirement from all district schools.
In a statement on the district’s website:
After discussions with teachers, administrators and parents, we believe that the reading requirement has become more of a paperwork task than one that promotes lifelong reading. We have begun sharing [...]
VIDEO: Final Words from Extreme Makeover Recipient
CORRECTION @ 2:23 - *the Kutztown representative presenting the scholarship is the Provost, Dr. Carlos Vargas, not the President, Dr. F. Javiar Cevallos.*
It all started with a pep rally… held at the Reading Phillies stadium, the ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition producer addressed an audience, telling them that somewhere [...]
POTTSTOWN - Exelon Nuclear will soon begin the testing of new sirens that have been installed over the past few months. The tests are part of a larger project to replace all 165 emergency sirens in the 10 miles around Limerick Generating Station with sirens that include battery back up. The [...]
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VIDEO: He’s Going For the Ride of a Lifetime…