penton dealer

[dennis brown]

dose any one out there remember penton,husky, greeves dot and hodaka dealer chuck boelher from jamestown ny. i found articles. about him he was my dealer for many yrs  my first greeves.penton and huskys came from him.in 1964 chuck was picked for the isdt in i.o.m.he ,john penton, dave ekins and a other rider from the west coast chuck was on a greevesin 1971 he rode the isdt with the dalesman team and got a silver on a 125 dalesman.he won the berkshire trial before the 6 days was there.he hosted the 100 mile litte bone nat. enduro near jamestown,ny. he is in the chautauqua ny hall of fame chuch died in 1999. he was a great dealer and way willing to help at any time, if he was here i am sure he would be at vintage events.

dennis l.brown

[SouthRider]

Thanx for that Dennis!

Sometime I think that in our zeal to celebrate the riders of those times we fail to celebrate some of our other heroes of the sport.

Hundreds of dealers, promoters, club members & lay out crews that did so many thankless tasks to make this sport possible for us.

I love to hear stories of the dealers from that era.

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1972 Penton Berkshire 100
1983 Husqvarna 250 XC
2011 Jayco 31.5 RLDS
2009 Chevy 2500 HD Duramax

[dennis brown]

in the ama mag. nov. 1971 is a great story on the 1971 isdt a.and pis of the usa teams the dalesman team of ron jeckel.les grable. chuck boelher. chuck broke a rear shock on day 6 droped to silver

dennis l.brown

[Paul Danik]

Dennis,

  I sure remember Chuck from Penton dealer school, reading about his accomplishments and from hearing others tell of visiting his shop and being treated like family. I have an 1974 1/2 250 that came origonally from their shop, the brothers who sold me the bike often tell of Chuck's wife baking items for them to snack on while visiting the shop..and how much they enjoyed dealing with Chuck. Thanks for mentioning Chuck...

Southrider,

  Your comments about all the thankless tasks that were done by others sure rings true. I remember very well back in the late 70's when I was away from riding after getting married, building a home and starting a family, my AMA membership renewal came and I gave some though to not renewing as I didn't need it at the time and money was tight. The more I thought about it the more I realized how selfish that would be...

   I sent in my renewal if for no other reason as a way of giving back in some way to all of those clubs, promotors, checkers, layout folks, ect, ect that were there for me when I needed them, and I have always been glad that I did.  

Paul