Fairly new guy that I am, I've more hours/miles onna back seat of a Honda ( Mother's'62 CUB ! )than I do up front. For Father's day, last, my wife and son got me an '06 CBR 1000 RR, ( later identified as "MAEVIS" ) in black. I have 2500 miles logged. Been rippin' accross the deserts, flyin' through The Rockies, and went tothe Grand Canyon! Tuesdays at "The Billet" are Albuquerque's Metric-Bike-nites and, thanks to Mr. Nicky Hayden, I got alot of interest in Maevis, and I think we represent well. At the local track ("SANDIA")I met some vintage riders on vintage bikes and I learned that " There areold bikers and bold bikers, but there are no old, bold bikers.".
I took a rider safety course and was the only sportbike in a class of Harley's and so I learned of astoic approach to this lunacy.
I've been made to feel welcome in our small and diversemotorcycle community, waving at each other just so.
Mywife is one fantastic lady, wouldn't you agree ?
Pax, G.

 

Good story, welcome to the site and stick around.
LJ

 

Welcome to the site.

I hope you took some pics of your trips through the desert and to the Grand Canyon. Post em up if you did!

 

Umm, well you see I am an ancient fossil and so I used a camera with "film". I now own a digi-cam and am working towards an understanding of its functions. I've found the tutorials on this board, and will attempt to put together an Avatar, with your help. I was up all night, reading these posts and I had tears in my eyes from laughing so much ! Thanks for that, it's been a long, cold winter.

 

Hello & Welcome!!

 

[sm=welcomesign.gif]Sound like some good riding. I can't wait for it get nice out.

 

[sm=smiley33.gif]Yes, thank y'all, ! Just got in from rippin, through the desert. West, to Grants, & back. Doin' speed-test of new luggage. Nary a flap @ a buck-&-a-quarter. Weather caused VEGAS. (Rain don't hit ground, but energy does.) Bike stable, tho' buffeted. My Flt.Wgt.=195lbs, + 3pc.Pannier=25lbs.
My house to Mc Donalds in Grants Stats.
*Distance Travelled ; 176.3 mi.
*Fuel Consumed ; 4.01 gal.
*Cost ; $11.52
*Total Time ; 2 Hrs.
*Avg. Speed ; 90 mph. (Posted @ 75, slowed by construction zone and sandstorm.)
I'm still workin' on pics, They're worth the wait.
I'm not gonna let my chechered past keep me from the checkered flag !

 

In the name of God, The Vengeful. My ride-buddies made me first compose, then sing, the following "Hip-Hop, R&B", all night long , up at the Jemez! Thanks alot, Y'all !! They said I have to post and print my composition.

Greetings I bid, my name iS QUID,
and I did not do what you think I did.

I ride a moto, I will send you a photo
if you like what you see, then come ride with me.

I'm a picker and a grinner and a toker too,
but please don't ask me what I think of you.

If you like to fight, you're a double-drag fool;
you're not a gearhead, your just a tool!
G.

Now I can stop eating adobe roost.

"Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask instead what you can do for your country."....Pres. John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

 

I keep reading, and I can't get even a hint of where to say what about me or mine.I don't think you really care about me or mine, because this board is about the motorcycles.I can only think to come here (FNG am I). If you want toknow anything, write it here, andI will tell you here. It was all I could do to get a picture of Maevis on here, so I will not have any more pictures. For me, now, is darkness.
Sex: Male
Race: Irish-American. (White guy.)
Date of Birth :15JAN62 (Date also Martin Luther King Day in US)
Hair: Red
Height: 6'-0"
Tattoo of raven on right bicep, Scar across face on right side.
Weight: 180 lbs.
As to my personal opinions, I swear they mirror the rules of this forum (and the 21st century world I'm in) and thet can stay in this little box forever.
The Sun rises and sets for me around my family, they are my world. Thanks.
Peace, Gray.

 

where did you get those rear bags I am going on a 3000 mile trip this summer and i could really use something like that