07.02.12
Visitors to the Gills' effectively won't find a spot to sit down when they first step over the threshold.
That's because Dennis and his wife, Tish, have parked their overflow motorcycles lining their Oakley house. All five of them. In the front room.
"What's a living room for if you don't use it?" said Dennis, who's only half joking.
After all, the garage is crowded with a gleaming 1931 Image A, and a 1963 Corvair along with a 1918 Harley-Davidson -- achieve with sidecar and an acetylene gas-powered headlight that must be lit with a match -- take up the driveway.
Then again, these aren't condign any bikes: The Gills' home is a showcase for Dennis' Harley-Davidsons, including one that's more than 80 years old.
A tangle of motorcycle memorabilia and artifacts from both World Wars fill the periphery of the apartment -- the 1918-era relics include a fighting knife with rudeness knuckles and a lamp stand fashioned from a spent artillery cartridge.
But it's the motorcycles that command the most attention.
Source: San Jose Mercury News