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Now 56 and not ridden a bike on the road since i was 25yrs it hurts so much when i see all the lovely bikes around today.
I have just watched the |Steve McQueen story and that was me to a T.

from the age of 3 i lived and breathed bikes, starting on a little Monkey bike at @8 yrs evolving into Trials riding until i was old enough to pass my bike test.
So what went wrong !! i had children, it wasnt the finances, but i am an adrenaline junky and at the time could not be beat, my final ride was on a 1000cc that at such a speed it wobbled on me, it got me thinking i have to stay alive and bring up my children, so the bike went and apart from pedal power have not ridden the roads since, i have considered 3 wheeler's for about 30 seconds, but that's it.

Show me your bikes and tempt me please.

Here you go...

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Miklos

The last three I got, loved them all:

Just bought this...Aprilia Moto 6.5, 1996, 1 owner ,only done 1500 miles in 22 years. A really comfortable easy bike to ride, perfect for just plodding around !
Also 56 and not ridden for years

Here's me on my GSXR750 chop

And here's my old GL1000, and my ZX10 (with my long suffering Mrs, outside the old Dartmoor EXxpedition Centre where we met 16years ago)

Not current but a unique custom Tony Foale framed Moto Guzzi. Apologies for picture quality and the fact it was work in progress.



Yours truly posing for magazine shots.



Fully floating high ratio shaft final drive and brakes (no bevel box whine ). Rock solid handling from 3 inch frame tube running through the V. Monoshock rear, leading link front forks. 95mm overbore to give 1105cc. Polished and lightened everything. Built as flagship for my company.

Current bike.

Before I got my M3W - long distance touring. This trip was from Palermo to Vienna.

A long time ago:


A bit longer ago (that's me on the grey bike!)


and even longer ago (okay, not actually a bike but...)

I've been riding off and on since I was 15. I guess that would put me on a bike of some sorts now for 54 years!

My current 2-up is an '09 Harley CVO Road Glide with a 110" motor.



When not riding 2-up with the wife, this is my ride of choice, a '76 Harley FLH Shovelhead 74". I bought it in '04 from the second owner and rode it from July into the winter of '04 then in February of '05 tore it down to the frame and redid the entire bike. I had the frame and other black hard parts powder coated and the original blue tins were painted black metallic and gold.

This is the wife and I in the summer of '05 waiting for the ferry boat to take us from MO into IL for an afternoon or riding the Mississippi Rive Road.



This picture was from last fall after I had to have the left tank repainted because of a slight leak under the center gold when the painter ground the emblem brackets off a bit too thin in the metal. I couldn't find the decals any more so I had to go with emblems. But that meant that the right tank had to be sanded down and the decal removed and then repainted and clear coated. I think the emblems look good too.



I custom modified some stock Road King stainless windshield brackets so I can use the stock Road King windshield. So now I also have a 10 second quick release windshield for a bit more smoother ride in the wind.



And then my quick to build, but is taking me more than 8 years to build, Boardtrack Racer V-Twin 113", 6 speed rigid frame bar hopper. I just can't get motivated to get it finished. I've got so little yet to complete it's disgusting that it's not done yet...







The mirrors on the Boardtrack also function as the gauges. They show up through the glass. The exhaust, shift linkage and brake linkage alone with the oil tank and gas tanks are all fabbed up in my garage.



So that's what I have currently for 2-wheel rides. By the way, the '76 might be for sale for the right price.

Look forward to seeing other rides as well. I'm not a Harley snob. I've had around 60+ bikes over my riding life. Even had a AJS/Matchless 500cc single back in my youthful days. You had to be a youth and stupid to try to kick start that beast. I did better running and bumping to get it started...

If anyone is interested in seeing some other shots of any of these bikes, just click my signature link to my Picture Trail album account.

Thanks.