[smbc] smbc rookie

[HOTSHOE5M@aol.com]

Hi Folks, 
 I came across you guys on the net. My girlfriend & I are looking  to expand 
our circle of riding friends. We're both 50. I've been riding  year-round 
since 1966, she started 5 yrs. ago, mostly when the weather is nice.  We ride 
H-D's ( 490 Maico in the dirt ). She rides a ' 01 Dyna, I'm building a  
street-legal, supermoto style , nitrous oxide injected , Ohlins 8 1/2 " travel  
suspension , 64" wheelbase Sportster. 
 I started racing in 1976, turned pro in 1978, I was also recruited by  the 
Campbell M/C as a member that year. Being a native of Hollister, I was  a 
charter member of that club in 1994. I'm tired of strict rules. I'm building a  
bike for the first time in my life, without having to look at a AMA rule book or  
by club Ok. I can't wait to go riding with the ol' lady and friends and  just 
go for a nice easy ride somewhere. It'll be a couple months  before the bikes 
done. Do you think you folks might let us tag along on one of  your rides? We 
now live in Concord.
Thanks for your time  
Ride Safe
Cons
ps. I read about your Boot award being given to the person that led you  from 
Picachuo  through Clear Creek, over the peak, past the  mines to New Idria. 
In 1971, I was 13. I was riding a striped 1966 Honda CB  160 cc. My ol' man was 
on his 40 " Bonnieville. Dear ol' dad  thought it would be a good idea to 
take this loop for my first " Road Ride  ".  We left his Texaco Station on Main 
St. Hollister, rode south on  hwy 25, turned left on Panoche Rd. to New Idrea, 
over to Clear Creek and back to  the station. Yes, I fell off once. Knock on 
wood, that was the last time  that I fell off a bike on a road ride. The 
Sportster I'm building  is designed with this act road in  mind.