| Coach Dan's Lair | |||||||||
| Come On In And Hang Out Awhile. Click On One Of The Bikes Below For More Stories and Photos |
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| This Site Is All About One Of My Passions, Motorcycles. | |||||||||
| Over The Years I have Owned Several Bikes. My First Being A 5 hp Rupp Ryder When I Was 10 Years Old. Not Much Power, But A Lot Of Fun. I Was Always Working On It, Just To Keep It Running. | |||||||||
| I've Had My Motorcycle Drivers License Since 1973. Since That Time I Have Owned Several Triumphs, A Couple Of Harleys, But Most Of Them Have Been CB750's. I Seemed To Get Stuck In That Time And Space Warp. | |||||||||
| One Common Thing With Them All Was, I Was Constantly Working On Them. I Just Couldn't Leave One Alone, Or As My Dad Used To Say, I Just Couldn't Leave Well Enough Alone. | |||||||||
| I Didn't Think I Would Ever Change, But About Two Years Ago That Did Change. A Dog Ran Out In Front Of Me, Causing Me To Roll My 1977 CB750 Over An Embankment. I Broke A Rib On The Back Side, Where It Connects To The Spine. I Think It Was A Toss Up Which Was Going To Break First, My Neck, Or The Rib. My Neck Was Out Of Whack For A Few Months, But Nothing Major. Now My Back, That's Another Story. I was Pretty much Out Of Commision For A Year Over That One. | |||||||||
| I've Crashed Several Bikes Over The Years, But Always Healed Pretty Quick. But This One Has Taken Awhile. Must Be An Old Guy Thing. | |||||||||
| After That One, Kate, My Wife, Tried To Talked Me Into Getting A New Bike That Would Be More Dependable And I Didn't Have To Work On. "Get One You Will Not Have To Work On, Leave It Alone, And Just Ride It". This Haunted Me. What Kind Of Bike Could I Get That I Didn't Need To Change Anything On? | |||||||||
| I Was A Honda Man, But I Researched Different Bikes And Brands. I Knew I Wanted An Air Cooled Bike. I also Didn't Want A Shaft Drive. I Don't Think I Ever Forgave Honda For Coming Out With A Shaft Drive on The CB900. I waited A Long Time For It To Come Out, And To My Horror, A Shaft Drive! | |||||||||
| I Was Quite Taken With The New Yamaha Star Roadliner. I Had Only Owned One Yamaha Before. It Was A 750 Parallel Twin Chopper. It Was A Lot Like The 650 Triumphs I had Owned, Except I didn't Have To Work On It, Unless I Wanted To! It Had 1200 Miles On It When I Bought It. I Never Had To Do Any Thing To It Except Routine Maintenance, And Of Course To Take Off Parts, And Put On Other Parts. I Just Ran The Wheels Off Of That Thing! That Is Until Someone Wanted It Worse Than I Did. STOLEN!!!! Out Of All The Triumphs And Harleys, Really Nice Bikes, They Stole My Stinking Yamaha!!!!!! | |||||||||
| I Couldn't Make Up My Mind. I Had Always Been A Chopper Kinda Guy. I Found A Beautiful Harley FXST. It Had Everything! I Was In Love!! My Wife Said, Honey, (I Hate When She Calls Me That. I Know She's About To Disagree With Me Over Something, And I Can't Remember The Last Time I Won, If There Ever Was A Time), Honey, I Think, (Oh No, Here We Go. I Better Say Something Quick.) --But, Sweetheart---- Honey, (Oh Well, I Tried) I Think You Should Get Something That You Can Carry More Stuff On. Huh! What!! You Mean A Geezer Glide!!?!!?!! ME?!! If That's What They are Called, Then I Think You Should Get One. | |||||||||
| After The Shock, And Panic Had Subsided, I Started Thinking (Yea, I Know. Kinda Surprised Me Too). I Still Wasn't Sure. I Checked Out All The Different Touring Bikes. I just Couldn't Find Exactly What I Wanted. I Quess What I Was Looking For Was A Chopped Bagger. It Seemed That No Matter What I Bought, I Was Going To Be Making Changes. | |||||||||
| I Finally Put A Down Payment on A Roadliner To hold It For Me until The End Of December (While I Made Up My Mind). It Was Nearing The End Of December, And I Decided To Go With The Road Star. Why? Because It Had A Steel Frame (I Can Weld Steel), It Had A Carb (I Can Change Carbs), And They Were Willing To Make A Deal. (Roadliners, They Wouldn't Deal). I Gave $8,000 For The Bike, And With Another $5,000-$6,000 I Can Have Exactly The Bike I Want. It Will Still Be Cheaper Than Any Of The Touring Bikes I Had Looked At. | |||||||||
| Kate Still Doesn't Understand Why I Would Buy A Bike That I Had To Work On. Why I Didn't Just Buy A Bike That Had Everything On It Already. I Told Her That When I'm Finished ( If Only She Knew) It Will Be MY Bike, No One Else's, MINE. She Still Doesn't Understand, But That's Because She Doesn't Have The Passion, That Fire, That Burning. | |||||||||
| You Do Understand, Don't You? Don't You? |
