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Hi guys and gals, my name is Uwe (pronounced oo-vay) Druckenmueller, CEO and founder of Cruiser Customizing.

I'm an import from Germany, came to the US to study computer science in Baton Rouge. Afterwards I went to work for an e-commerce company in San Francisco, right at the start of the dot-com boom. We built web sites day and night for a few years until the "hype" was gone.

I decided to combine my passion for motorcycles with the Internet and turn it into a business ...
I used to ride sport bikes in Germany, discovered my love for cruisers in the US and got a beautiful Honda 1100 Aero in 2000 and a 1800 Wing in 2002.
In 2002 I rode over 30,000 miles on my Aero and Goldwing when I visited all the major bike rallies to promote the CruiserCustomizing.com website. You can read some of the stories in our newsletters from 2002.

In 2005 I got a 750 Aero to test out all the new accessories for that bike, we later sold it to a CC member. The same year I also got a green American Ironhorse Texas Chopper and rode it to Colorado with my buddy Machine.

I haven't owned a car in 10 years and ride every day, rain or shine, 30 degrees or 120 degrees, it doesn't make a difference to me. There is no bad weather, only bad riding gear.

I can't remember when exactly I picked up the motorcycle disease but I definitely got it. I was also diagnosed with MBS (multiple bike syndrome). I was in denial about it for years but now I have 7 bikes in my garage and learned how to live with that disease ... ;-)
I have an 07 HD Roadglide, 03 Aprilia Futura (Vtwin), 08 Aprilia 450 RXV dirtbike (also Vtwin) and an 08 Victory Vision ...
... ok, ok, one more: on Christmas Eve 2008 I picked up my new Aprilia Caponord dual sport bike, now I can go pretty much anywhwere.

CruiserCustomizing supports biker clubs and their charity events and poker runs. See for more details.

I'm very excited to share my passion for the motorcycle lifestyle with all of you.

Ride Safe - Ride Often

BIG UWE

My Bikes 

Last year Kyle changed the tires on my Goldwing for me - after we made sure the rear was properly worn down:

at about the same time I started to get a noise from the transmission at idle. I thought we burned the clutch but since the bike was still running fine I didn't do anything about it. 

I finally dropped the Wing off for service a few weeks ago. Turns out that the alternator is fried, it only puts out 8V.

Here is the kicker: I bought the bike in 2002 with a 3 year factory warranty, bought a 4 year extended warranty on top of that. That one expired 6/9/09, not even a week after I dropped it off for service. The repair is now covered 

I don't buy extended warranties for my other bikes anymore. Bikes are so reliable these days that it's not a good investment in my opinion.

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".

Im back..thanks for the video comment`.

Take care be good

Olli

Hey Uwe, thanks, I've taked the idea from your profile page about the weather widget and I've added some similar to mine.

Yep... there is room yet

Your profile is fibbing! You are riding the Victory today!

Hi Uwe..i`m using Go Pro Hero i bought from CC..and editing tool is WindowsMovieMaker..i used "automatic" movie builder and "alkuun 0/vierailijat0" dont know where they appeared to my movie??? I have just made so few movies with these new toys, that dont know the technique so well yet

Take care be good

Olli

I`m back Thanks for the messages!

Uwe..Thanks for the tips

Have a great week

Olli

Your profile set up looks great babe!

Founder & CEO of my favorite website is my fan? Pah, no way! I'm your fan! Thank you for your comments, and most of all your awesome website. I originally became a member back oh I dunno, years ago when I got a V-Star. I buy 90% of my parts and accessories from CC, and recommend the website to everyone I ride with. Thank Uwe!!!