I bought a 2004 V-Star 1100 Classic in Dec 2004 as a X-mass gift to myself. It was my frist new bike in almost 20 years.

I became a member of Cruiser Customizing back in Feb 2005, after searching for a set of pipes for my new bike. 

I went to work at Cruiser Customizing in March 2005, as Customer Service, Showroom Rep and IT Tech. It was a great job that I was able to use my skills with computer and my love of motorcycles.

Also in 2005 I bought a New 02 Honda VFR 800, it was one of the hold backs that did not sell in 02. 

In late 05 Heather started talking about wanting to go on rides with me. So we found a New 05 Ural Tourist with a sidecar January 2006.

In 2007 I decided we needed a bike bike for the sidecar, So I got a 06 Goldwing, and I solded the VFR and the Ural but we keep the sidecar.

In late 07 I was laid off from Cruiser Customizing, But was able to find work at 4Wheelparts within the month, but was laid off again in March 08 just 2 days before my birthday.

I still ride and 4 wheel when ever I can.

You all know Kyle (manybikes) is a die hard rider, he has rode with a broken leg and a broken foot, He rides year round in all kinds of weather. But this morning I passed Kyle while he was driving his Blazer, my guess is he could not get the glove over the cast he has on his arm he is wearing this week. For the broken wrist he got dirt biking on Sunday.  Get well soon Kyle!  Check out Kyles Sunday Ride

Before last week I would say, sometimes. But my mind was changed Monday, June 22,2009 at 8:57pm. I got a call that is and always has been the most feared of any parent. That your child has been in an accident! Now let me start from the beginning. my oldest son & daughter-inlaw  decided to take her fathers "Harley" for an evening "cruise" and had left thier two daughters with the wife & me to watch. I was to meet them at thier house to drop off the grandkids on my way to work at 9. After arriving at almost 9pm and finding no one home I get "the call". It's my son telling me he & his wife have just had a wreck! Instinctively, I ask if they are alright? He says no. I ask: Where are you guys? I don't know, it just happened. By this time I'm frantic, Iask if the police or ambulance are there" No, he says, but as I stand there "speechless" I hear voices over the phone asking: "Are you alright? Is anyone hurt? Afterwards my son says he's on County road 259 & then hangs up. Here I stand with my two grand-daughters in the car, thinking what I should do! My mind is blurred with terrible images & thoughts. I fianally take grip and decide to take the grandkids back to my house and have my wife care for them while try to find my son and D-inlaw. As I search the countryside looking for the "crash site" I recieve a phone call from my brother-inlaw saying he heard of the accident and was there and gave me directions. By the time I arrived, everyone, I mean son, daughter-inlaw, police, fire-rescue, & motorcycle were gone. I then get a phone call from my wife saying her brother had called and said the "kids" were on thier way to the hospital.When I got there I found my son in one "emergency room" covered from head to toe with the worst case of "ROAD RASH" i had ever saw. My daughter-inlaw wasn't so lucky. See, neither one had on helmets, it's not cool! But they did have on thier "Okley's(sunglasses) When my daughter-inlaw's head hit the pavement her sunglass frames broke and drove the earpiece through the side of her cheek just under and behind her left eye. Luckly; she didn't loose her site! But she will have to have plastic surgery! Now the rest of her life, my "beautiful" daughter-inlaw will be reminded of that night the rest of her life each time she looks into a mirror! As for my son, he too; learned a valuable lesson. He told me that when he lost control in "loose gravel" and layed the bike over, he started rolling over & over toward a Road Sign. ANd all he could think of, was "what will become of my two little girls"? And then he hit the sign. My son is 6ft2 & wieghs around 245lbs and played defensive back in highschool & was "county all-star" player. He told me he had never tackled anybody that hurt as much as that sign did when he hit it "dead on".(bent road sign over with force of his body hitting it)! I'll end this story on a "happy note" both are out of hospital (still very sore) and say they will never ride without protective equipment again and I don't mean Okley's! As for me and my wife, we never ride without Helmets and the wife, since the kids accident, wears "chaps".