Sooo my love for riding started many many years ago. In the 1950s with my mothers grandparents. Thought i would share a few photos who else has old photos of family riding heritage. The 2 guys in the first photo are both my great grandpas. They were best friends and went to ww2 together. When The one on the left Jesse had three daughters. The one on the right Donalds had all sons. Well donalds son Jimmie married Jesse's daughter maxine. (https://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1194.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa366%2Fjesse10886%2Fnull_zps88fd64d5.png&hash=225305df9e5b5fd8114bdded804971b22be3b04a) (http://s1194.photobucket.com/user/jesse10886/media/null_zps88fd64d5.png.html)
Those two had my mother toni (https://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1194.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa366%2Fjesse10886%2Fnull_zpsafd9b0ec.png&hash=97b7fcd1fbf45422603ca2594f2b2113a6edb4e8) (http://s1194.photobucket.com/user/jesse10886/media/null_zpsafd9b0ec.png.html) she had me lol
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my second bike was ninja 250
From left to right my sister stephanie my niece bobbie mother toni an jesse's daughter maxine my grandma (https://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1194.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa366%2Fjesse10886%2Fnull_zps6492713c.jpg&hash=c235fbc5dabaf5fe507fa5f8d0781f64caf1e964) (http://s1194.photobucket.com/user/jesse10886/media/null_zps6492713c.jpg.html)
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This is a pizcture of my grandpa jimmie before the final race of harley davidson nation wide flat dirt track series i believe in 1961. I know it is at ontario raceway in ontario california wich no longer exist and he won this race giving him the points to win the series that year. His sponsors covered his all his bills an race team dues an he retired. He won this race with a broken back an collar bone he passed out during his victory lap so I'm told by my grandma (https://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1194.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa366%2Fjesse10886%2Fnull_zps504ad3ac.png&hash=e75d42e2741f802f0baa6b1b269810845150dc38) (http://s1194.photobucket.com/user/jesse10886/media/null_zps504ad3ac.png.html)
When i bought my blue ninja 250 it was in a group bundle purchase with 2 friends my buddy amd his wife we all 3 bought 1 in every color mine blue eli black amd megan red. After i purchased mine a great friend of mine who is 4 years younger than me wemt and bought one too. His dad and my dad an me an kyle all had matching bikes. Me and kyle on matching 06 blue ninja 250s and our dads on a pair of 06 shadow 650s an holy shit did we wear those tiny motors out in 1 year i out 30k miles on ky ninja and cooked it (https://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1194.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa366%2Fjesse10886%2Fnull_zps4588c000.png&hash=3fbe6bfdf80b30ff3287d17879ad4c296e24ffd9) (http://s1194.photobucket.com/user/jesse10886/media/null_zps4588c000.png.html).
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so after cooking the engine in my 250. Rings shot no compression overheating like crazy. We drained all the coolant poured lucas down the cylinders and let it sit for 2 days put the plugs back in fired it up ran great. Trailer it 2 blocks from the kawi dealer an got a full pay off trade in value on it towards a ninja 650. Bike cant overheat an throw coolant everywhere if it had no coolant. Haha
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Ok so meet panhead billy my father in law he owns panhead billys bar an bbq in kingdom city mo best bbq food on the planet!!! (https://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1194.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa366%2Fjesse10886%2Fnull_zps98b2ffbd.png&hash=198fbca9484cea750da2edcd7502ea250ceec09f) (http://s1194.photobucket.com/user/jesse10886/media/null_zps98b2ffbd.png.html).
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In high school me an his daughter dated an had a very fast very intense relationship then we split she moved back to cali with her mother i went to college in indiana she went in boston. After college i moved back to mo where getting drunk at her dads bar was my second favorite thing to do. Riding was my first. She came to visit her dad we hung out an she wanted me to teach her to ride a bike...... i tought her on a 1975 honda 125 (https://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1194.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa366%2Fjesse10886%2Fnull_zpsa8de9395.png&hash=d78f2d45ed66286b166c1ebefce6578b4e29f2ce) (http://s1194.photobucket.com/user/jesse10886/media/null_zpsa8de9395.png.html) aftwr that she road my mother hyosung aquilla 250 a no name japanese heritage softail knock off (https://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1194.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa366%2Fjesse10886%2Fnull_zps7ce6decc.png&hash=b24c262f19a0befe28a8bbe672d8a41e373d5677) (http://s1194.photobucket.com/user/jesse10886/media/null_zps7ce6decc.png.html)
During this time my dad upgraded to a vulcan 900 and i traded in the bike full of memorys of the evil donkey cunt ex for a big 600 4 cylinder zzr600 ninja the most powerful carbueratted croch rocket made man did i fucking love that thing!!! And of coarse kyle bought one too! !! Mine metallic aqua blue his some douchebag color no one notices (https://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1194.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa366%2Fjesse10886%2Fnull_zpsb9954405.png&hash=c99dc881df1c9692627cedd36f5a338afc620cd5) (http://s1194.photobucket.com/user/jesse10886/media/null_zpsb9954405.png.html)
And many more bikes till i got to my current drifter. Long story short as soon as my son starts walking he is getting a bike an he has a long history of motorcycling on both side of the family including his mom aunts grandma great grandma and greatx2 grandma jesse or duckie as ratman refers to him as is named after my great grandpa jesse family man motorcycle enthusiasts and ww2 hero god bless all our service men &women! Now you guys know who an what ill have on my mind while doing the honor flight ride this tuesday
That's pretty cool!
As for me, I have 2 Uncles and Aunts that ride, and that's it for mine and my wife's families.
Do you love close enough to ride with them? My whole family is back in missourah but i make a point to go ridinf with my brothers and sisters every summer
Not really.....one set is in Wyoming and the other set is in Maine, while I'm in Indiana.
I lived in Indianapolis for 2 years thats where i was when i bought the ninja 250 i LOVED it there absolutely wonderful place to live
Quotei LOVED it there absolutely wonderful place to live
no hockey team........
Yeah, I'm about 20-30 minutes north east of Indianapolis.
And we have Hockey too! https://www.indyfuelhockey.com/
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
See? All is right in the world again, huh? ;D
Quote from: CDNRatMan on November 07, 2014, 12:30:38 PM
no hockey team........
No but there is only one city with a real hockey team any way and Everyone cant be from anaheim :-P
******Covers mouth in disbelief and then quickly steps out of the way........******
**takes his silence to be an admission of the ducks true greatness above all other teams****** :rofl:
*****Puts on bullet proof vest.*****
**aims for the leg laughs at your vest* bwahaha
****limps to hospital****
Lol no need for that unless your a brain washed degenerate red wings fan
Actually, I don't follow hockey at all. If anything, I lean towards vintage road racing or endurance racing.
Indy cars are fun too, but then that's the part of the country I'm in, huh?
One of my fav things about living there was race City usa Indianapolis there is race tracks everywhere. I really enjoyed the b-mod figure 8 races. I never was a big hockey fan till i moved here. I do know that in motorcross we have kx450 champion kx 250 champion, kfx 450 champion(quad) then the zx10 ninja worldwide bad ass the ninja 650 when it first launched in 07 badass champion the zx6r world champion i like kawasaki and i have owned sooo many of them they really are the best in any class you get one in AND watching them race is always fun. The only other jap bike i would spend money on is yamaha but i can see your point that racing especially in your part of the country is a more enjoyable sport with much more year round coverage
Yeah, besides all the smaller local tracks, you have the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Indianapolis Raceway Park for all the short track roundy-rounds and the all out drag racing speed freaks. Then there's the dirt tracks with the open wheel winged warriors and the Super Modifieds. We have a ton of bike racing here too, with everything from high backed and flat track dirt, to twisty technical road courses at IMS and IRP. Indy truly is a racing town!
Irp is a great track almost any day of the year there is something going on there i love it. I watched snow mobiles fly around that track one weekend it was FREEZING cold horrible wind but those guys were flying fast racing snow mobiles
I love going to Road America. It's only about 180 miles away, so it's just a 3 hr. ride. Before I retired from teaching, I used to do classes there. One of the perks of teaching at the track is taking the students out for a few laps at the end of the class....
That will.make you a popular teacher lol