Haven't been keeping up with
RSR in the last few months so I just stumbled onto your website today. Its nice to have another.
Gram - Like you, I was in the computer biz for about 17 years before a layoff 3.5 years ago. Since, I have been a house husband and now old enough to retire.
I guess my first two-wheel ride was a small scooter (smaller than a Cushman) that I bought probably about '56 or '57. I bought my first bike on Jan 2, 1961which is the dead of winter in Wisconsin. Learned to ride it on icy streets in 0° weather. It was a '56 Triumph Thunderbird that had been to California for customizing. Red metal flake like most every custom car of the era. It was "used" in every sense of the word. I kept it until Spring, sold it and bought a new Honda 305 Superhawk.
I rode motocross back in the mid-70s on a 250 Bultaco Pursang and a Husqvarna CR250. I owned probably what was the first muscle bike; a Kawasaki Z1. Another fast bike of the time; the Yamaha XS-Eleven Special.
I settled down then and owned the first year ('83?) Yamaha Venture Royale and later an '87.
I moved to Arizona in '97and am now on my 13th and 14th bike. My 13th is a Kawasaki KZ100P (the police bike) which I ride as a member of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Dept. Motor Posse. I hear the laughing now but Sheriff Posses are alive and well in Arizona. My county has something like 56 of them.
And last but certainly not least, my '02 Roadstar Silverado. Few mods - Thunder Mfg. air cleaner, HardKrome 2-into-1 Sideburner, ported intake, 31 tooth front sprocket, passing lights and Yamaha (Corbin) Dual Tourer seat. Sorry, the pic wouldn't post. Said it was too large.
I am planning to see you at the Southwest Garage Sale. I have a wedding in Huntington Beach that weekend.
Best of luck with your new career. I was in real estate for 7 years ('71-'78).
Post edited by: SunLaker, at: 2004/09/01 23:06<br><br>Post edited by: SunLaker, at: 2004/09/08 23:16
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