The fact that Dexter Township Clerk Harley B. Rider started cruising on a motorcycle at the age of 15 is not altogether surprising.
Harley Rider
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When he bought his first motorcycle, it was a Honda -- which prompted the nickname of "Honda Rider," according to a Detroit Free Press interview with Rider.
Though he's been given grief for his name, Rider, 64, has never owned a Harley-Davidson cycle.
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