Personal Life
The right bike, the right day, the right road, I just pretty much feel
at one with the universe. When I feel like I don’t fit anywhere or I’m
lonely or I’m like all screwed up in the head, I get on my bike and go
for a ride and it’s like all of the sudden, I’m fixed.
-Indian Larry during a Biker Build-Off program
Indian Larry considered himself a "lone wolf", and he was not a member of a motorcycle club, nor of what's termed, outlaw motorcycle clubs. Being around choppers was not just a vocation to Larry, he loved being on the road riding his motorcycle, and living the "biker lifestyle".
When Indian Larry first met his wife, Andrea "Bambi" Cambridge, in 1996, her first impression of him is that she thought he looked like "a total mass-murderer". People would go out of thire way to avoid him on the subway, but the moment Larry would start talking he'd instantly put them at ease with his sense of humor.
Bambi relates in the biography, Indian Larry: Chopper Shaman, stories about how she first knew about Larry and the experiences that occurred before they came to be in a relationship. For instance, before they officially started to date in 1997, they hung out together at a bar and Larry kept putting quarters in the jukebox, playing romantic songs by Roy Orbison and Patsy Cline. This was when he was still drinking, and at one point he actually started crying, and said to her, “No one else is ever really going to know my soul". And Bambi thought to herself, “I will. I could do that.”
Larry proposed to Bambi in the Bahamas. He surprised her by gettng her name tattooed in circus letters on his chest. When he showed it to her he said, "You know, you only have one girl's name tattooed over your heart in a lifetime." They had a circus-themed wedding at Coney Island. (Coney Island was where they were both involved with the sideshow. She performs as "Bambi the Mermaid", and Larry's act involved laying on a bed of nails while large blocks of ice would be broken over his chest by a girl with a sledgehammer; also the assistant would stand on his stomach. The experience performing in front of audiences helped prepare Larry for his later appearances on camera and performing at bike shows). Larry's marriage to Bambi gave him a lot of strength, and gave him something to believe in.
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