This motorcycle belonged to Fred Branfman, an IVS volunteer who was living in a village adjacent to Ban Pha Khao. Two monographs by Branfman about this village were published: "The Village of the Deep Pond, Ban Xa Phang Meuk, Laos," and "The Old Man: A Biographical Account of a Lao Villager," Asian Studies Committee, Occasional Papers Series No. 3 and 4 (1978 and 1979 respectively), each with an introduction and edited by James A. Hafner and Joel M. Halpern, International Studies Programs, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.