Well it all started back in 1973.My family was
living inGuantanamo Bay, Cuba and my Dad made a trip to Jacksonville, Fl.He was either going to buy me a Honda
Z50 Trail or a go-cart with a Gremlin body.He went for the Z50 and that is where I
caught the bug.I was able to ride
this bike for a while until I was caught jumping a makeshift ramp over a big
rock.They told me to quit or the
bike would be gone, but I wanted to be a motocross rider and, well, needless to
say, the bike ended up gone.We
moved across the bay and fortunately my best friend had an older Z50 that his
Dad let him sell to mine and I had this bike until we transferred in 1976..
Five loooong years pass before I got
another one.It was a Kawasaki 100 street
bike.I don't remember the exact
year or model.I didn't have it
that long.I don't even remember
why it was gotten rid of.Then in
1983, for my 16th Birthday, my Dad asked me if I wanted a car or a motorcycle
for a gift.With my Birthday being
in April, and the bug in my heart, the only obvious choice was a
motorcycle.I ended up with a
Kawasaki 305 CSR.
Froze my butt off in
the Kentucky
winter but I was not about to ride the bus to school.We put a fairing on it and I rode this
bike until 1988 (?) while I was stationed at Whidbey Island, Wa.
Yet ANOTHER loooong period of time (10
years) went by before I was able to quench the riding bug.Every time Teresa (my wife) would ask
what I wanted for Birthdays, Christmases, and any other occasion that involved
gifts my only response was, "A motorcycle."Finally I had bugged her enough she had
finally given in and I purchased a 1998 Honda Shadow 750 A.C.E. Deluxe to get my
riding legs back under me.
I rode this bike
until I traded it for the bike I currently have, a 2004 Yamaha RoadStar
Silverado..
Well, that's my
history of bike ownership.
My Beautiful
Daughter.......Katlyn
My Wife and Best Friend Tereasa
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BIO AND BIKE OF THE MONTH FOR APRIL
2009!!!!! WE LOVE ALL OF YOU!
