Month: July 2015

Type of Bike:

• 1975 Honda Gold Wing, 2002 Harley Wide Glide
• 2008 Honda Gold Wing, 2009 Honda CBR600RR
• 2011 BMW S1000RR
• 2012 Kawasaki KX450F

Occupation: Retired military, Mechanic

Favorite Ride: Too many to list

Future Rides: I have a Coast to Coast ride in the planning stages. My dream ride would be from Key West Florida to Dead Horse Alaska.

Interesting Facts: I’ve been riding for 39 years. I’m the President of the local chapter of the Green Knights Military Motorcycle Club. I’m also a Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) RiderCoach as well as a motorcycle mentor and mentor instructor.

Type of Bike: 2011 FLHX

I started riding in the early 80’s. Somehow I got a hold of a yz80 and tore up every dirt field I could find close to my house. My next bike was a KLR 650. I loved to be able to leave my house and explore the Sonoran Desert that stretches out in all directions. My first street bike was a 99 Dyna Wide Glide. I got involved with a business associate who went to the Laughlin River Run every year. In 2010 I decided to ride to Sturgis. The Wide Glide did a great job but I was ready for a little more power and comfort. My current bike is a 2011 FLHX!

My first LDR ride was an all-night easy rider from my house, ending in Blythe, Ca. Where we hooded up with friends and rode on to Laughlin.

My second was part of my FAVORITE RIDE. Riding the first 1000 miles (on my Street Glide) on my way to Sturgis. Covering those miles in the allotted time and crossing six state lines. After spending the weekend in the Black Hills I headed out across Montana making stops at the Battle of the Little Bighorn and Red Lodge before making my way across Bear tooth Pass! (Highly recommend you add this to your bucket list). Spent the next day riding around Yellowstone and spent that night in Jackson Hole, WY. I then stayed in Beaver, UT and rode the rest of the way back to Phoenix by way of Lake Mary road from Flagstaff, AZ to Payson, AZ (another highly recommended road). All said and done it was a 6 day 3,403mi ride.

Future Rides: I’m putting together a 1,500 mile Northern Arizona ride that will include Jerome, Oak Creek Canyon, the North and South rim of the Grand Canyon, Sunset Crater, Meteor Crater, and the White Mountains!

Type of Bike: 2001 Yamaha V Star 1100 Classic

Occupation: Graphic Designer

Favorite Rides: So far… Highway 95 from Arcadia, WI to Fountain City, WI

Future Rides: Full Throttle and/or King of the Road, Fall Flood Run, Maybe Slimey Crud Run(all hopefully this year), and Sturgis 2013

Interesting Facts: This is my 2nd year of riding and I am already on my 2nd bike(I don’t plan on having a new bike each year). My first bike was a 1981 Yamaha 650 Maxim. Not sure if I could have made the 500 miles on the Maxim, but so happy I started with that bike. I call my bike the Red and White Buffalo after the guy on the buffalo series(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ4T9CQA0UM). I am also the first person in my family to learn how to ride a Motorcycle.

Type of Bike: Harley Davidson Ultra Classic Limited

Occupation: Self Employed

Favorite Rides: Ride to the Grand Canyon and Sedona AZ in May 2006

Future Rides: Alaskan Highway

Interesting Facts:

We have been married for 40 years and riding together since 2000. We ride locally and travel as much as we can. We try to get a trip in with friends to the mountains of North Carolina each year. We enjoy the roads and scenery in western N.C.

In the summer of 2011 we rode to Milwaukee, WI and visited the Harley Museum. That trip included 3 separate Long Distance Riders “Easy Rider” days. Our H-D Ultra is our 4th Harley and between them I have logged well over 100,000 miles.

In 2010 we rode to Natchez, MS then north on the Natchez Trace to Nashville, TN. We visited a few Nashville Honkytonks and enjoyed some great country music.

In 2008 we rode to Myrtle Beach S.C. and up the Outer Banks of North Carolina to Nags Head & Kitty Hawk, a spectacular trip that included 4 different ferry crossings and lots of truly awesome scenery.

We plan to ride to Milwaukee, WI again in 2013 for the Harley Davidson 110th Anniversary celebration.

We are also members of the Tallahassee Chapter of the Harley Owners Group and enjoy the club rides and activities. In the past, Dave has served as Chapter Director, Asst. Director, Activities Director, Head Road Captain.

Dave is a member of the riding group known as the North Florida Peckerheads, a guy’s only group that rides to Franklin, NC each year for 4 days of intense mountain road riding. The NFPH holds court every Thursday night at the K & K Fish Camp on Lake Iamonia north of Tallahassee.

Type of Bike: 2005 Royal Star Tour Deluxe

Occupation: Information Technology / Bi-Vocational Pastor

Favorite Rides: Appalachian / Smokey Mountains

Favorite Day Trip: RT250 west from Stanton VA up to Elkins WV Turning east on RT33 to Harrisonburg VA.

Multi-Day Touring: 2012- Summersville, New River Gorge, West Virginia – http://tinyurl.com/2012SummersvilleWV
2011-Blue Ridge Parkway to Deals Gap area for the Dragon’s Tail and Cherohala Skyway http://tinyurl.com/2011BRP2Dragon

Future Rides: 2013- LD “King of the Road” Ride up East Coast from Virginia to Maine. Multi-day Touring area surrounding Pennsylvania Grand Canyon.
2014- Southern Route Cross Country to Tour Pacific Coast Highway returning on a northern Route.

Interesting Facts: I have only been riding for two years, but ride almost daily putting ~20K miles a year on the bike since I bought it in July of 2010. Ten Months after getting my ride I was doing multi-day touring trips with my riding buddy to some of the best riding on the east coast. I enjoy trip and route planning, along with photography and video. Two years later I’ve completed my first certified Long Distance ride covering 1080 miles in ~20 hours from Virginia to Florida with my wife on the pillion.

Type of Bike: Honda GL1200 Aspencade (1987)

Occupation: Editor of Russian motorcycle magazine “MOTO”

Favorite Ride: Nordkapp (Norway) – Northernmost point of Europe

Future Rides: Around United States (I hope)

Type of Bike: 2006 Honda PS250 Big Ruckus (250cc scooter) and 2012 HD XL883N 883 Iron

Occupation: USPS Building Equipment Mechanic

Favorite Ride: Laconia, Americade, The one I have yet to ride!

Future Rides: 2012: Central MA to FL, Tail of the Dragon, 1000 Mile around New England and NY

Interesting Facts

I’ve been riding for years but only became “legal” a couple years ago. I ran old Hondas through the woods, power lines, etc. Then in 2010 a friend got me out riding 125cc scooters during a camping trip, setting me on a track to run legal,ie licensed, and then in 2011 I bought the Big Ruckus, and this year I bought the Iron, mainly because I didn’t care for running WOT on the highway with the Big Ruckus for my daily commute (WOT constantly twice a day for extrended periods of time isn’t good for a motor ) I’m also working on making my Iron an under 12 second ¼ mile bike along with a LD riding bike.

Type of Bike: Ducati. Own 3 Ducati`s (ST3 2006, Hypermotard 796 2010, Diavel 2012) I fell in love with a Ducati when I saw it for the first time in 1974 and vowed that I`ll never buy something different.

Occupation: Rock Doctor for 35 years and still working 🙂

Favorite Ride: : Any long distance ride is a priority. However the most awesome short ride is Clarence Drive on the eastern side of False Bay (I`ve sent a picture before)

Future Rides:I`m planning a 4 Corners of South Africa GOLD as well as 1500 miles in under 36 hours

Interesting Facts

I’m a person of many interests. I always say that if I live to 300 years I might be able to do half the things I want to do. I`m an amateur photographer who claim that there is no better camera as an Olympus as I`ve been using these since 1974. As a rock hound I`m happy to have traveled the world and being paid for it. In 2010 I also had the opportunity and used it to do a Ride Like A Pro riding course in George after which I rode the Tail of the Dragon 3X in 24 hours and then part of the Smokey Mountain Pathway and the Blue Ridge Parkway. This was during the Fall of that year and absolutely amazing. I have 5 different long distance certifications under my belt/

I’m one of the Founder members of the THINK BIKE Safety Awareness Campaign as well as one of the Founder members of the Kalahari Chapter of CMA South Africa. During 2010 I rode 2 of my Ducati`s a total of 20 000km in 4 months of weekends.

Type of Bike: 1986 Honda Shadow VT700

Occupation: Audio engineer

Favorite Ride: The next one.

Future Rides:2012 Sturgis trip I-70 from Indiana to Denver then North to Sturgis. I want to plan a Coast to Coast possible 2013

Interesting Facts

More miles, more states. It’d be interesting to try I-90 across the US. Motorcycles were one of those things that I always wanted to get involved with as a kid. (Doesn’t everybody?) But it wasn’t until I was recovering from a bicycle-vehicle collision in late 2007 that I came to the decision that if I didn’t try it now, I might not get another chance.Since then, I’ve logged close to 30,000 miles, which I figure isn’t too bad for four years of New York winters. 2,100 of those miles so far have been for official long-distance rides, with more to come. If there’s one thing I’ve taken away from my few years’ experience on bikes, it is a sense of personal responsibility that I find lacking in a lot of people my age. Aside from being responsible for maintenance, insurance, and all the necessary paperwork, every trip on a motorcycle forces me to recognize that my life is literally In my hands–”It’s not fair!” will not alter the laws of physics when a careless driver cuts me off. When I’m old and gray, and the chrome has dulled and the ignition doesn’t fire up quite like it used to, I think it’s the idea of personal accountability that I will value most.

Type of Bike: 2006 Road Glide

Occupation: Disabled Hair Dresser!!

Favorite Ride: All of them, I guess so far my trip to Sturgis 2011

Future Rides:2012 Sturgis trip I-70 from Indiana to Denver then North to Sturgis. I want to plan a Coast to Coast possible 2013

Interesting Facts

Grew up riding all kinds of dirt bikes with 2 older brothers in the country. Never rode a street bike of any sort till 2005 when I started dating my now husband. In 2006 he took me to Sturgis and I was hooked! That December I was in a head on collision and hospitalized for two weeks. With both knees destroyed and my right foot ripped half way off the prospect of walking was not looking good. While in the hospital we received the flyer for the 2007 Sturgis. It was a goal to make it back to Sturgis. And we did. That year Yamaha had the commercial with the saying “I wanna ride” and it rang thru my head day in day out. In the spring of 2008 I signed up for our local Abate course. From then on I haven’t looked back. 2009 Sturgis I was talking to a friend He spoke to me about the Iron Butt Association. What a challenge it would be. I started to plan never thinking my husband would let me do it!. Friday, July 29 2011 my husband and 16 year old son leave North Vernon, In at 4:30pm. I stay behind with cycle packed for my adventure! Saturday, July 30 2:00am I wake up to start my ride. After no rain in the state of IN for 2 months we have rain. REALLY!!! I call my husband who informs me he has made it to Iowa and go back to bed for a couple more hours. At 4:00am I get up once again. Rain is gone. All a bundle of nerves I get dressed and head out. Once on the road a calm comes over me and the adventure begins! I start out planning on doing 200 miles each leg of the trip. Tank only would do 180 it took about 3 hours each tank full. 20 ½ hours later 1250 miles under my belt I pull into Glencoe Campground, Sturgis South Dakota where my husband and son were awaiting my arrival. A slice of pizza, drink and off to bed for a few hours sleep to awake in the morning for the final 250 miles. It was the ride of a lifetime. Cant wait to do it again.