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Finally decided to register here, soo many forums and so little time. Seems this place is perhaps not so stick up the backside worried about what people say or do (within reason and the rules of course). Not to mention having an A.B.A.T.E. forum.

I've been riding since the late 70's, started in the dirt and when I was 15 I picked up a motorcycle for $100 in various boxes (1967 Suzuki T20), put it together got a motorcycle license (motorcycle only, weird but true.. this was California though) and motorcycles were my only transpo until I hit 20 or so. I've owned dozens of bikes over the years, many came in boxes or serious disrepair.. Kinda regret selling some of them (1967 Triumph T100SR mostly).

This year my wife started learning to ride (on an XT-225) so we've been riding a lot of back roads (less traffic) and man are some of them nasty. I don't mind riding my ZRX1200 on dirt roads so much, but it's sure not fun... So a few weeks back I picked up a KLR650.

Now all we do is look for back roads, using the GPS to find the smallest most backwater areas. Much nicer views and more interesting places.. as long as you don't mind dodging horse poop..

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You didn't used to post on thefiringline.com did you?

If so, then I believe we've had dinner and shot together on 1 or 2 occasions.

Indeed I did, moved to the highroad after TFL shutdown for a while...then just pretty much stopped hanging around there... too darned many hobbies. You do any shooting with GTA? I was pretty much the first club Secretary, passed that on... still webmaster and I'm down there every now and again.
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Indeed I did, moved to the highroad after TFL shutdown for a while...then just pretty much stopped hanging around there... too darned many hobbies. You do any shooting with GTA? I was pretty much the first club Secretary, passed that on... still webmaster and I'm down there every now and again.

I ran a few shoots with Bulletcamp. There are some swell people at GTA, but I don't fit in with a lot of them. Too much politics and trying to look the part.

I think the last time I saw you was either Tusco or the fairwell dinner we did for TFL with Mark and Dave.

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I ran a few shoots with Bulletcamp. There are some swell people at GTA, but I don't fit in with a lot of them. Too much politics and trying to look the part.

I think the last time I saw you was either Tusco or the fairwell dinner we did for TFL with Mark and Dave.

Yeah, kinda the same reason I left GTA, I still hang out with Bill and visit down there on occasion. I think the farewell dinner may have been the last one, you probably knew my practice wife, a few years back I imported a proper wife from California (knew her for a long time)...way improved in all respects...well.. and much younger too...bwahahahaha!!! :thefinger:
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Yeah, kinda the same reason I left GTA, I still hang out with Bill and visit down there on occasion. I think the farewell dinner may have been the last one, you probably knew my practice wife, a few years back I imported a proper wife from California (knew her for a long time)...way improved in all respects...well.. and much younger too...bwahahahaha!!! :thefinger:

I was going to mention the wife, but I recall you mentioning a bad divorce or something so I didn't want to bring it up.

Wow, a right wing kinda guy like yourself importing a wife from Cali, didn't see that one coming.

We definately need to get together for some riding or trigger time here soon.

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I was going to mention the wife, but I recall you mentioning a bad divorce or something so I didn't want to bring it up.

Wow, a right wing kinda guy like yourself importing a wife from Cali, didn't see that one coming.

We definately need to get together for some riding or trigger time here soon.

It wasn't that bad, she did try to fleece me.. but she failed. Kinda hard when SHE has a bachelors degree and I've got a puny A.S. from a Jr. College... Sure I make 3 times what she does, but that's because I'm not lazy. I did the paper work myself so the whole thing cost mostly hassle.

I'm not very right wing or left wing. If I had to be labeled with any political association it would be free market anarchist. She didn't fit in there either... of course neither of us fit in here either... but we're used to making due...

One of these days we'll get out to a ride of some sort, Poxodd (my wife) is still learning and isn't very comfortable on crowded roads/highways and the like. Maybe when they open up that Quaker Steak and Lube (I think november?) perhaps we'll get up there for a bike night.

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