How many bikers in the group

[cowboyed]

mark ,i 1949 panhead haley. i got it when i was about 16 yrs old, i am 62 now but still love to ride.cowboyed

[Mark Dellinger]

Big dave and cowboyed, Glad to have you join in with us on this. Looks kie w go quite a few bikers on here.

Mark

[Clifford_Parker]

I have two sitting in the shop right now. A dressed 73 Honda CB550 Four in need of a rotor and stator and a hardtail chopper frame with a 76 Honda CB750 Four motor in need of carbs. Missing the parts for these is driving me nuts!! It's summer and I want to ride!!

[Mark Dellinger]

Cliff,
Thanks for speaking up. Hope you find your parts soon. You know that is pretty wild I was just talking to a buddy last night about a honda with a stator problem. He was talking to the tune of $1000. Hope you have better luck.

Safe Carving, Safe Riding, and God Bless,

Mark

[DADDIO]

i fer sure made the right choice no doubt mark

[Jim Hiser]

You can add me to the list Mark, my current ride is an 07 Harly Electra Glide Classic. My 2 favorite things carving and riding

[edclemens@comcast.net]

While out to dinner with a friend one night, we were talking about upcoming summer rides. It was late December. The wife looked at me and said she'd rather not ride her own anymore and I should sell hers and get the one I want. I sold my `98 Superglide to another friend and in January `07, picked up new Harley Ultra Classic. I thought I'd keep her Sportster for short, around town jaunts. I loved the Ultra so much I sold her Sporty shortly after out first long trip. We went from northern IL to Austin, TX. Two weeks, one wedding and the Republic of Texas - ROT - Rally.

I always have some bass wood and a bench knife with me in the saddle bags. I love stopping and carving. And summer has finally come to the Chicago area. This year, I'm heading to NC for the tail of the Dragon.

[DarrellA]

My first bike was a 1979 CB550 - 4, I put 19,000 + miles on it the first year then traded it in for a CX500. I kept that one for about 10 years or until I replaced the 3rd stator then got a 1992 RS100S (the first two bikes were Honda's and the last bike was a BMW for those who are not familiar with the model numbers). I kept that one until the oldest boy was about to get his drivers license then I sold it. I wanted to have some moral high ground when I told him that they were not safe, especially for a 16 year old. My newest bike is a 2008 Surly LHT ( a touring bike, with a leather seat and a peak of a little over 2 hp). I hope that pedaling counts as being a biker :-) There are times when I am climbing up a hill and I wish I had a bike where all I had to do was twist my wrist harder. I keep telling myself that this is healthier for me and I do get to wear unique attire just not leather.

Darrell

[Mark Dellinger]

Daddio, you know its not many of us who get to look back and know they made the right choice, Brother you are truly a lucky man.
Jim,
Glad to have you along as well. The Electra Glide was my second cjhoice, but if I ever get a new one it may become my first choice.
Ed,
Enjoy those rides with your wife. If I had to choose between the sporty and the Classic, I guess I would have went with the classic too. They are a nice bike got alot of buddies riding those.
Darrall,
Brother I feel you. I'm still playing the role of hypocrit, I don't encourage my 17 year old to ride either. I try to explain that when I was his age I was not mature enough nor responsible enough to own a bike. My wife would tell you that I'm still not. Good luck with the pedals. My wife got on an exercise kick last year, I came home from work one day and she said lets go for a bike ride. She and the kids were out in the drive way when I pulled the Harley out of the garage. Needless to say she did not see the humor in it. I ended up peddling longer that night than I wanted.
Thanks for chiming in.

Safe Riding, Safe Carving and God Bless,

Mark

[Kenny_S]

I am hesitant to wade in on this one as I haven't rrode a cycle for 30 years.

My first ever was a Cushman Eagle, Terror of the back roads with that one when I was a youngster,then a 305 Dream(honda), 650 Bonny and rode that one for years, then the last one was a Beamer(BMW).

But life got in the way(Little Bride), Well, building rods and motorcycles went to the wayside.

But I have been eyeing one of those new Spyders.

But as the title indicats, I never considered myself as a biker though.