Here are two Biker Chicks, in their getups. Debbie and Chloe.

Chloe got to fly to Texas from California all by herself. What an adventure for her and a wonderful time for us. We all had lots of fun.

Here is a picture of Debbie and her FXR after we had it repainted. It looks pretty nice I think. The leather bags came from a swap at South Padre Island rally, for $25, of course the frames to which they are attached cost over a $100, and then they had to be custom modified to fit, but it was worth it.

Here is an early picture of my 1996 Virago Special. It was really a fun bike. I bought it new, and eventually sold it some time in 1999, after I got the Road King. I just couldn’t keep the Virago, because Yamaha’s don’t like to site, they tend to gum up their carburetor if you don’t drive them regularly. I couldn’t see my self riding it very much, I liked the Road King too much. So I sold it to a lady from Houston who was very glad to get it. She drove up by her self pulling a trailer, so she could get it home. I like to think of the Virago as good training for a future Harley owner, because Virago’s have a lot of personality, not as much as Harleys, but more than Hondas. I don’t think I would have been happy with a Harley if I hadn’t own a Virago first. There would have been just too many idiosyncracies to get used to.

This is a picture of Debbie’s Dad, Doran with one of his Harleys, it could be his first. It is a Flat Head, we think it is a 1929. Doran is no longer with us, but it is clear that Debbie caught her dad’s love of motorcycling. Doran was an auto mechanic, and Debbie used to help him by cleaning carburators in the shop where he worked. She just loved to get dirty. For the last couple of years, she has been learning to be a Harley mechanic. Not perfessional of course, but she has learned a lot. She is building her second Harley, a 1973 Shovelhead Electroglide. She has stripped it all the way down to a bare frame, and had the frame powder coated. She built it all the way back up to the point it is almost complete, in ony a year and a half. I will post a picture of is later as well.

This is Debbie’s first Harley, a 1991 FXRP, P for Police. It has the 80 CI motor, and a fairly nice paint job, sort of gold and black. We eventually had it repainted to red, after I kind of dented the rear fender, but that is another story. She was mighty proud to own a Harley. When we wnt looking at Harley’s, i looked for one that didn’t leak. It was a challenge to find one that didn’t leak, but we did, so we bought it. Come to find out that almost all harleys leak, I thinkwe got an especially good one. It had around 48,000 miles on it when we got it, and it has around 78,500 now. It was rebuilt at around 65,000, to fix a base gasket leak, which it fairly common, so she had it bored 10 thousands over, and put new pistons and rings in. I will find a newer picture later and post that.