I've been riding since I was 17 raced dirt track for a while in my early twenties on a modified 250 suzuki savage, progressed to a 500 Hagon Jap, but then I got married and the family scene dominated for a while. my next bike was a 250 honda xl, which I just used socially. got out of the bike scene for a few years after being t boned by a learner driver, and nearly losing my leg. got back into the picture a few years back with an 1100 vstar, which I spent about $5000 on, in performance and appearence. I'm a member of Ulysses and recently joined Sydney Motorcycle club, who have a lot of weekends away with a lot of fast backroads riding, so after continually scrapping exhaust pipes I bought a Honda ST1100 sports tourer. hope to be riding across Australia in 2010 for the Ulysses AGM in West Aus