Bikes - Present and Past

Along about age fifty-five I reached a restless point in my life. It was time for me to get busy doing some of the many things I had wanted to do but had long put off for a variety of reasons. A return to riding motorcycles was one of them.

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The first bike I bought in 2002 to relearn how to ride was a barely/rarely used 2001 Honda Shadow 750cc ACE (American Classic Edition)

It wasn't long before I outgrew the Honda Shadow and moved up to a new, much larger, 2005 Honda VTX 1300.

I soon discovered I loved long distance touring, which led to the purchase of a even larger, new, 2005 Honda GL1800A Gold Wing touring bike.

Photo's by killboy.com (Riding the Dragon Tail- Hwy 129-Deals Gap, NC. 05-06)

I also bought a new 2006 Suzuki V Strom DL 1000. This is the Dual Sport touring bike I have outfitted for my June 2007 trip to Alaska. As you can see, it didn't take me long to commit to ATGATT.
(All the Gear, All The Time.)

My V Strom was sold September 2008. It was a great ride and I miss it!

Sacred cows make the best hamburger!
~Samuel Clemens, AKA- Mark Twain~


Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. ~Henry David Thoreau~