Introductions thread...Introduce yourself to the group !

[roy]

 roy brock
 age 73
 retired, 3 times
 two dogs, two goats
 1989 cali 111 FF
 1994 V 65 ex cop
 1996 cali 1100
 
 motorcyles and taking care of the "back 40"
 mt olive, nc

[twhitaker]

Terry Whitaker
54
Mechanical Engineer (prostitute  ;D) for a company that rebuilds and retrofits machine tools.
Dayton OH
Married. Third time's a charm.

Guzzis, ralies, waterskiing, and snow skiing.

[vkennedy]

Victor Kennedy
53
English professor
Slovenia

[VeteranRider]

John J. Cerilli

Working in Fremont, CA; living in Pleasanton, CA

Age: 52    

Vice President Global Sales and Marketing
AXT, Inc.

Riding motorcycles >38 years, married, no kids, one "senior-citizen" cat

1993 Moto Guzzi SP1000-III
1993 Triumph Trident 900

[elvisboy77]

John Kramer
47
Mechanical Engineer
Chapel Hill NC

[paul in rochester]

paul drotar; 46; rochester, new york

Y2K jackal, '83 GL650, '80 CM200T (don't ask), '66 dodge charger (the REAL one)

no kids, six cats

riding, wrenching, volunteer paramedic

[Dilliw]

George Westbury

43

Work for the French....

Rural South Carolina.

Married to the farmer's daughter (Kim)

We have horses, kids (3), and not much else!

Got my first Guzzi back in May (thanks John Z), an '03 EVT

My first bike was a Herter's minibike  with a big fat rear tire....

[Two Checks]

STL Metro area

Assemble/repair film/digital photographic systems 40 hrs a week, going broke the rest

Age 50, act 10, look 50, feel 90

Deevorced a long, long time

One son, US Navy avionics/radar/guidance tech 10 yrs (Matt, if your'e in Norfolk you and he may have crossed paths)

Beer, bikes, beer, airplanes, beer, sippin' whiskey (Bourbon), beer, real BBQ, beer firearms, beer, (there's a pattern forming here)

1990 Cal III F/F
1987 1000 SP II

[SeattleVet]

Mike Pearson
52
Network Administrator
Seattle, WA
Married - very happily, 11 years.

Hobbies: model and high-power rocketry, SCUBA, photography, growing & showing orchids.

[Will Creedon]

Victor Kennedy
53
English professor
Slovenia

Hello Victor!

A Slovenian participant on Wildgoose Chase!   Cool!  Are you a member of the Slovenian Guzzi Club?

I tried my best this summer to get to Slovenia to visti my friends from 2002,  but I did not succeed.   In a way it was a good thing because the motorcycle broke and by my calculations I would have been in Croatia on my way to Ljubjana if I hadn't gone north by ferry instead.  Otherwise, I was sorry I didn't make it!

Slovenian Guzzi Club Dinner, 2002....  Nice people.



Will

[John Peters]

John Peters
Age: 51
Occupation: Transition/Vocational Coordinator for Special Education students
Interests: Besides Guzzis (75 T-3 LAPD), sailplane pilot, firearms, fishing
My wife says the Guzzi cures her backaches much better than any meds or chiropractor ever has!

[hws]

Hi; Hank Sheddan
59
half retired  ;D  Louise supports me

 retired from Unison ind--no not the pill people--aerospace ignition

 did everything from machinist-tool maker to engineering designer, finally gave it up in 03

 like motorcycles, still fly a bit, guns, a little farming.

wish I had the coin to have a stable full of guzzis

 never tire of seeing how interesting the people on this board are.

and how helpfull when one of us needs a helping hand--thanks to all of you.

Hank  :)

[vkennedy]

Hi Will. I wasn't aware that there was a Slovenian Guzzi Club until you mentioned it, but now that I know, I'll look it up. I just got back into biking after 25 years. I sold my last bike to pay for college tuition in 1982, and hadn't ridden anything until this last summer, when my daughter and I rented a scooter on our holidays in Bled and Bohinj. She enjoyed it so much she took a scooter riding course when we got back home (kids over 14 can get a licence to drive a scooter under 50 c.c. here). I've been futzing around with local bureaucracy trying to get my Slovenian motorycle driving licence (ever read Kafka?), but it appears that everything is taken care of now, and I expect to pick up my new Nevada tomorrow.  ;D

[Porterhouse]

Steve Daley
41
Medical Science Liaison
Seattle, WA

[ogsurf]

Tom Pritchard
52 Yrs.
Married
Old Land Rovers, Alfa Romeos, Fishing, Surfing

Ocean Grove NJ

[Vince in Milwaukee]

Vince Ammendola
43yo
Customer Service Rep.
Can you guess where I live?
I enjoy riding my LeMans III and camping at rallies. 

[Will Creedon]

Hi Will. I wasn't aware that there was a Slovenian Guzzi Club until you mentioned it, but now that I know, I'll look it up. I just got back into biking after 25 years. I sold my last bike to pay for college tuition in 1982, and hadn't ridden anything until this last summer, when my daughter and I rented a scooter on our holidays in Bled and Bohinj. She enjoyed it so much she took a scooter riding course when we got back home (kids over 14 can get a licence to drive a scooter under 50 c.c. here). I've been futzing around with local bureaucracy trying to get my Slovenian motorycle driving licence (ever read Kafka?), but it appears that everything is taken care of now, and I expect to pick up my new Nevada tomorrow.  ;D

http://www.motoguzzi-si.com/club_about.html

My experience with them in 2002 was truly a pleasure.  They are great people, I met them in Mandello del Lario and then rode to Slovenia and took part in a ride around the country over a weekend.  We had a party at some huge ex-communist era golf facility that was available for rent.  So the whole club could stay there, out in the country.   Man, it was crazy.   

You no doubt recognize this place....



I am on the right with Barbara Susnik, a Centauro rider now in Canada with the Slovenian embassy, and Tomaz Moravec on the left.



Here we are having fixed the loose battery cables on the ST2 I was riding, Matteo Turturro is the other guy (from Italy).   The party started right afterwards!

Will

 

[wil b.]

Bill Beck

51 years young
Broadview, IL
No wife, no kids, no debt, 2 cats
Office Manager
Camping, Hiking, Road Trips, Bicycling, Jazz, Big Band, Movies, MST3K, T.O.P.
'71 Guzzi Ambassador, '75 Guzzi 850T, '91 Honda Nighthawk 750, '04 Kymco Super 9
'05 Scion xB

Daily lurker on this site!

[vkennedy]

Bled castle. What do I win?

I've never met Barbara, but I've talked to her on the phone (I'm originally from Canada, and am in touch with the consulate in Ljubljana quite often). We live at the other end of the country, in Maribor.

Thanks for the link. I'll get in touch with the club.

[Will Creedon]

Bled castle. What do I win?

I've never met Barbara, but I've talked to her on the phone (I'm originally from Canada, and am in touch with the consulate in Ljubljana quite often). We live at the other end of the country, in Maribor.

Thanks for the link. I'll get in touch with the club.

That's a coincidence!

They're a good bunch.

Will

PS You win a ride to Bled :-))))

PPS If you do get in touch with the Slovenian Guzzi club in person, give them my regards, and let me know how it goes!   

[Cam Lay]

I always enjoy these. 

I'm an entomologist.  Probably the only one here. (?)  I've been educated well beyond my abilities and am living proof that if you don't live a virtuous life in the field you'll go to Management. 

My specialty is structural and household pests, particularly termites and beetles.  In my "day job" I fly a desk for SC's pesticide regulatory agency.  It's a little science, a little crime-fighting, a good bit of consumer protection, and a whole lot of bureaucracy.  And every other Tuesday at noon I do a call-in radio show about insects.  My 15 minutes of fame ought to be about up by now...

Outside of the day job I do a good bit of consulting as an expert witness.  (Lawyers, make a note.  Consulting pays for the Guzzi, you know.)  Every now and then I get invited to come out and put on some training for some group of pest-control guys, or another regulatory program.  I'm going to have to start taking more leave for these and riding the bike.  I've passed up chances to ride out to Arizona and Oregon recently.  I did have a nice ride up to Indianapolis this year, though.  (Hi, Dave!)

Three kids.  Two German Shorthairs.  One argumentative woman.  House in the country.  Moderate carpentry skills.  Wiring efforts usually pass the "lick two fingers..." test.  Not good at tire-changing.  Will hunt for food. 

Regards,
C

[vkennedy]

Bled castle. What do I win?

I've never met Barbara, but I've talked to her on the phone (I'm originally from Canada, and am in touch with the consulate in Ljubljana quite often). We live at the other end of the country, in Maribor.

Thanks for the link. I'll get in touch with the club.

That's a coincidence!

They're a good bunch.

Will

PS You win a ride to Bled :-))))

PPS If you do get in touch with the Slovenian Guzzi club in person, give them my regards, and let me know how it goes!   

Hvala lipa, Will!

Jaz bom, seveda.

Lep pozdrav in srecno pot!

[Will Creedon]

Bled castle. What do I win?

I've never met Barbara, but I've talked to her on the phone (I'm originally from Canada, and am in touch with the consulate in Ljubljana quite often). We live at the other end of the country, in Maribor.

Thanks for the link. I'll get in touch with the club.

That's a coincidence!

They're a good bunch.

Will

PS You win a ride to Bled :-))))

PPS If you do get in touch with the Slovenian Guzzi club in person, give them my regards, and let me know how it goes!   

Hvala lipa, Will!

Jaz bom, seveda.

Lep pozdrav in srecno pot!

Oh my God, now I'm going to go crazy wondering what that means...  :-)

Since I've now hijacked this thread...

Will Creedon
42
San Diego, CA, USA
Engineering Research Manager
Some time EFI Tuner
Guzzis and anything Italian including the girls
Finding twisty roads wherever they are
Flying marginally powered old airplanes

Will

[theecricket]

Bill Beck

 ...MST3K...

Yeah!  Now I feel like I'm sitting around a campfire! 

[wil b.]

<MST3K>

Threw that in just in case!

BILL

[Wayne Orwig]

Wayne Orwig
I follow Bill around with tools.  ;D
Live in Hog Mountain Georgia. The upitty yankees moving in don't like that name.
My hobby is brewing beer. My other hobby is drinking it.
To fund my hobbies, I write manufacturing test software and design barcode readers.

[SeanF]

Sean Flanagan

35 years old

Computer geek

I live in a motorhome...actuall y a school bus that's been converted to a motorhome.

Currently at Mormon Lake Lodge in northern Arizona.  Fixin to move to a warmer climate in about 3 weeks.

[Zerhackermann]

Age: Old. But not so old I wont bust you into kindling
Location: Close enought to Moto International that I buy over the counter. Far enough away that Bigfoot is renting the spare room
Occupation: Cricket bat Samurai
Hobbies: Re-enacting 3 Stooges films in my living room

[jreagan]

John Reagan

46yo, divorced, no kids, live-in GF who loves to ride

Nashua NH

Software Engineer for Hewlett-Packard

Hobbies: Photography, motorcycles, woodworking

I have lots of photos from an around-the-world trip I took last year at

http://www.pbase.com/jreagan/worldtrip

for those of you might be interested.  Plus a few of my Breva and Bonneville at

http://www.pbase.com/jreagan/motorcycles

[guzzilady]

Lori Daeuber
33
Elementary school teacher
Moorhead, MN ("across the ditch from Fargo, ND" as Eric from this board says - and yes, he's my wonderful Guzzi riding husband  :))