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MY LIFE ON TWO WHEELS...

Yes, I ride!

Current Bikes: 2001 Ducati 750 SS, 1999 Honda VTR1000 Superhawk, 2005 Kawi ZX636
Past Bikes: 1996 & 1992 VFR 750, 1984 Honda Nighthawk 700, 1986 Honda Rebel

I've been riding street since 1993 when I started by taking the Motorcycle RiderCourse.
If you're thinking about riding, you have to start here!

My first bike was a Honda Rebel 250 which I rode for about a month, and then moved up to an '84 Honda Nighthawk 700S. The 'hawk kept me happy for about a year until my brother begged me to sell it to him.

That was when I submitted to the call of the VFR, and bought '92 for my birthday (I like to spoil myself...) I loved this bike, even though at 5'4 I could barely touch one toe down.

After about 53,000 miles on the '92, I sold it to my brother too and upgraded to another VFR (a 1996). Immediately after buying it (I don't really like red sport bikes...) I took it all apart and had it painted black and put custom silver graphics on it. It was one of a kind, and remarkable enough that people would recognize the Super Sarah VFR at events.

The miles were getting up there again (~45K) but Honda just kept making the VFR bigger and bulkier and I was itching for something lighter and simpler. After lusting after the Superhawk for a while, I stumbled across a 2001 Duc 750 SSport Dark in a dealership and could not stop drooling over it - I *had* to have it! This bike is Su-weeeet!! It's got the killer v-twin, is light and quick and wants to lean over forever. However, it was the wicked matte black paint that sold me!
About a year after I bought it, I was parked at a coffee shop and someone backed over it in a truck, flattening it and ruining the bodywork on both sides, ugh! Instead of replacing the bodywork I had it repaired and repainted R1 silver. It was almost like having a brand new bike, and the amore continued.

But you know how fickle we bikers are... A short time later, I was perusing motorcycles on eBay and stumbled upon a perfect specimen. Super low miles, aftermarket pipes, black... with no intention to actually bid on it, I contacted the seller to find out why on earth he would sell such a perfect bike for so little. Turned out he was a college age kid who was about to get married and move to a condo with not enough room to park both car and bike. The bike, it seems, had been pawned off on him by his boss and he wasn't really into it - hard to imagine a 1000cc V-twin endearing itself as a rider's first bike... We emailed back and forth a bit and I couldn't believe the low price and the fact that there was only one bidder - so naturaly I got lured into the adventure and placed a bid for what I would pay for it. An adventure it turned out to be! I won the bike which I came to find out was located in Virginia. So I took some time off work, and flew out to pick it up. The seller and his wife-to-be picked me up at the airport, took me to DMV to do the registration and then bid the bike and me adieu as I rolled out of the driveway to embark on a 4000+ mile ride back to CA. One of the most epic 2 weeks of my life! And I love the bike even more than I imagined.

It was the Kawasaki ZX636 press intro at Infineon that finally broke me of my stubborn anti-in-line-4 attitude. The bike was so smooth and quick and comfortable, expecially on the track. I had to have one.