Heard about this forum over on caferacer.net; that place doesn't have much for people who actually want to talk about bikes. (too much drama and too many anonymous people with zero credibility, regardless of how much they know from googling)
Anyway, I've been around the forum circuit with the same username for about 15 years, started on Delphi and have spread out to several Britbike forums, also moderate classic/vintage sections on TriumphRat & TriumphTalk.
I've been into bikes since I was a kid and got to ride on my older brother's bikes in the 60s, finally got my first "real" bike in 1971. I've owned 150 bikes in all that time, I currently have 30, mostly Britbikes including Triumph, Norton & BSA (a half dozen are only projects).
My wyfe and 2 youngest live with me here in Laredo, Texas on the Mexican border at the south end of I-35; I've basically lived here all my life except 4 years in the Navy where I was an Aviation Ground Support Electrician. I've air owned air conditioning and personal computers & networking businesses, done mechanical & electrical engineering (drafting & design), and energy auditing, managed commercial construction (Operations Manager & project scheduling), and presently in surveillance, access, wireless communications and structured cabling systems as a Project Manager.
We've also got 3 older kids and 8 grandkids. Both my older sons are riders, and have been since they were 5.
In between commercial construction and my current gig, I opened Born Again Bikes and did client overhauls, refurbs, restorations and custom builds for 8 years. 95% of that work was Britbikes. Many of you have seen my blue monoshock Norton made with some parts from the original Kenny Dreer new Norton prototype bike that debuted at the New York IMS.
I ride with the local chapter of the Christian Motorcyclists Association, and from time to time make a haul up to the hills with the Texas clan of the Brit Iron Rebels.
I don't use emoticons, and whatever I post, I actually DID.
Anyway, I've been around the forum circuit with the same username for about 15 years, started on Delphi and have spread out to several Britbike forums, also moderate classic/vintage sections on TriumphRat & TriumphTalk.
I've been into bikes since I was a kid and got to ride on my older brother's bikes in the 60s, finally got my first "real" bike in 1971. I've owned 150 bikes in all that time, I currently have 30, mostly Britbikes including Triumph, Norton & BSA (a half dozen are only projects).
My wyfe and 2 youngest live with me here in Laredo, Texas on the Mexican border at the south end of I-35; I've basically lived here all my life except 4 years in the Navy where I was an Aviation Ground Support Electrician. I've air owned air conditioning and personal computers & networking businesses, done mechanical & electrical engineering (drafting & design), and energy auditing, managed commercial construction (Operations Manager & project scheduling), and presently in surveillance, access, wireless communications and structured cabling systems as a Project Manager.
We've also got 3 older kids and 8 grandkids. Both my older sons are riders, and have been since they were 5.
In between commercial construction and my current gig, I opened Born Again Bikes and did client overhauls, refurbs, restorations and custom builds for 8 years. 95% of that work was Britbikes. Many of you have seen my blue monoshock Norton made with some parts from the original Kenny Dreer new Norton prototype bike that debuted at the New York IMS.
I ride with the local chapter of the Christian Motorcyclists Association, and from time to time make a haul up to the hills with the Texas clan of the Brit Iron Rebels.
I don't use emoticons, and whatever I post, I actually DID.