Hi everyone!,
Looks like I finally found a fellow group of bikers with the same love I have for this gentle, graceful member of the airhead family. Before I got here I lived in Brazil, Colombia, Canada and the USA. I am an engineer by training and have been involved in a career in International Finance for two decades. I speak several languages. I eat everything except organs. I can't stand loud bikes! My personal interests are fishing (worldwide and with everything except dynamite), travel (74 countries in 26 years), reading economic and political history, photography and of course bikes.
I am here because of bikes. Bikes is a broad topic. The type you pedal, I began with Raleigh 3-speeds, then Schwinn 10-speed, Colnago, Kestrel, Waterford and Dean Titanium. The bikes with motors overlapped the ones with pedals. After playing around with a Vespa, a Yamaha Big Bear Scrambler, Montessa Scorpion, Ducati 250 Desmo, Bultaco Pursang, Honda 750 Interceptor and a BMW R80G/S I finally arrived to my fair R65.
I prefer simpler technology - bikes with V-4s, with computers, injectors, where you can't push a pencil up to the eraser in the engine bay because there are so many pipes, cables, finned metal, frame and bodywork in the way don't appeal. The R-series gives me the pleasure of being able to do something for myself. All of the basic maintenance is achievable - and the wrenching part of bike ownership is every bit as pleasurable as the riding.
I also find the camaraderie of the Airhead crowd healthy and something to look forward to.
I look forward to getting to know you all better.
