First "bikes" were a couple of Vespa scoots that I ran on trail until I got my license and as soon as I got that ran all 200cc of it
into the tarmac from RI to Fla. In the mid 70's I bought used XS 650's and took 'em around the country because I didn't have the bucks for CB
750's. So I am good with old twins but now that I am older I've got enough bucks to afford these 30 yr old bikes. Lo and behold I have discovered that
I like a nice smooth powerband. And ol skool sohc chops is what always seemed really cool to me. I've got a bobber with a 75 motor and a 78F stocker that
my wife doesn't mind being carted around on.
My Occupation
Been a lot of things, from a pseudo academic to a writer and newspaperman. Had a fruit farm & deep sea fishing in Costa Rica for 4 years.
But I paid the real bills working in printing, copying & graphics. Always worked on my own rides also, though I can not weld for shit. Only slightly better
with electronics, sad to say.
My Hobbies
Collect antiquarian (i.e. "old") books, grow fruit trees (I kid you not), hang with good friends and my wife and work on my rides. In
addition to the sohc's I have an XS 650 I bobbed.