My Dad is bound to be in the garage if you can’t find him. You will find him hard at work. He is very creative in the way that he uses custom motorcycle parts. Yes his bikes look different but they are part of his personality.

My very first memory is of my Dad working on a bike. I must have been about 3 or 4 years old. He was working and trying to fit his custom motorcycle parts and I would be pretending to fix my little bike. I wasn’t actually accomplishing much but it was good to be working with my Dad.

I am sure that I am interested in them because of my Dad and him introducing me to them at such a young age. My friend though had never shown an interest in them up until the age of about 25. He saw a film call ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’ which feature Che Guevara travelling around South Amercia on a motorbike. I think he was insprired.

He decided to buy his first bike from Ebay. If I were you and you have no experience of bikes then buy a new one or one that is relatively new. He took the gamble and bid for one on Ebay. You should’ve seen his face when it arrived. It had to be dropped off because it didn’t run!

I didn’t see my mate for the next month or so. He was trying to find out as much as he could about how motorbikes worked. He also spent a fortune on custom motorcycle parts. He had the determination to see it through. It was a very difficult project for him as he had no experience. I believe he was finding it fun.

He was trying for a long time but then decided to get some professional advice on the custom motorcycle parts. Unfortunately the mechanic told him that nothing would get the bike going again.

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