New here. I started riding back in 1967 like TrialsRider above on a Tempo Sport 125, quickly illegally converted to a 175 with 13HP. Today I ride a GSX-R1000 with 180HP, quite a change. I am a Norwegian now living in the US and in the Motorcycle country of the Ozark Mountains.
My wife is actively involved pre-crash Motorcycle Accident Scene Trauma/Training (MAST), over 3,000 trained so far so they know what to do comping upon a MC accident. This includes 1st responders, police, riders, EMTs and bikers, even State Police’s training instructors. I am also an instructor and also an MSF rider couch, training here (AR/MO). We have also spent many days on tracks in EU and US with my racing license.
We do lots of 2Up riding with plenty of long runs like Newfoundland 2007 over 9,000 miles in 4 weeks on the Gixxer 2Up. I guess that’s not that common over here, but in EU it sure is.
Here’s my list:
1967 Tempo Sport 125/175
1969 Triumph Bonneville – later rebuilt to a Dunstall Triumph (cafe racer)
1972 Honda CB750
1973 Norton Commando Fastback
1973 Yamaha TX750 (!)
1973 Honda CB400 4 cylinder sweet machine
1974 Dunstall Honda 900 – World’s first (Cafe Racer)
1976 Suzuki 750 2 stroke water buffalo (borrowed in the season)
1978 Suzuki GS100E
1983 Suzuki GS1100E
1986 Suzuki GSX-R1100 … 84,000 miles
1996 Honda CBR900RR
2000 Honda CBR929RR … 36,000 miles
2002 Suzuki DR360
2005 Suzuki GSX-R1000 … 54,000 miles
2006 Honda CBR1000RR
2007 Suzuki SV650
So there, we love, ride, think, breathe, dream motorcycles as members of HRCA, Bubbas, ABATE AR, MSF, SRT and maybe some I forgot.
Ride Safe!
