I have never been accused of having a boring life and over the years I have had many different interests / careers / hobbies that have included singer / song writer, sports car building and racing for 22 years, riding bare back and saddle bronc in college rodeo, ranch hand cowboy and hunting guide in Montana and Texas and Oregon, a licensed farrier and race plater, and building a really sweet‘ 37 Ford hot-rod truck( wish I had that one back!).
Of course my hobbies have included various motorcycles dating back to high school in the late 60’ s. My rides at various times included a‘ 63 Triumph Bonneville 750, a beat-you-to death Norton Commando 850, Honda CB 500- F, a Honda CB750-Four( much too civilized), 1971 Harley Sportster XLCH 883, and a Honda Goldwing tike. And now
Photographer: Wayne Madison Bike Owner: Bill & Holly Clayton
our latest ride is the 2012 HD Triglide. None of them stayed stock for long, but none were modified to the degree of the 2012 triglide build.
When Holly, my beautiful wife of 8 years, and I decided to sell our ATV’ s and look into getting another motorcycle, we looked at trikes. Holly had more than one bad experience in her history on a motorcycle and was not particularly comfortable getting on another two-wheel machine. We had both ridden ATV’ s for years so driving method required for a trike was not unfamiliar to us. I figured I would rather ride 3 wheels than none, and I had to admit I am not as young as I was and a big 2-up touring bike was not the place to relearn to ride after many years away from bikes. We did our research and we bought the 2008 Goldwing trike. After only a few months, I discovered I could not
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