STURGIS, S.D.—Lynn Lichti of South Dakota has ridden many different brands and styles of motorcycles since he was a teenager in the 1960s.
Today, Lichti is rocking a Harley-Davidson FLRT Freewheeler, a three-wheel powerhouse sporting a big engine with all the bells and whistles of modern electronics.
“This little button here tells you 10 different things right through to the odometer,” said Lichti, pausing to light a cigarette outside the Black Hills Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealership in Rapid City, South Dakota, about 28 miles southeast of Sturgis.
Lichti, now a senior, remembers when times and motorcycles were younger and less complicated.
Lynn Lichti gets ready to ride off on his FLRT Freewheeler in Rapid City, S.D., on June 17, 2023. (Allan Stein/The Epoch Times)
He still owns a 30-year-old Harley with “nothing on it—not even turn signals,” he said, bare-bones compared to the newer models….