I currently own two motorcycles, a 1998 Honda Shadow ACE Tourer, and 2002 Honda Nighthawk 750. I generally ride 10,000 to 11,000 miles per year and love to take motorcycle trips. I've been on about 40 overnight motorcycle trips totalling 35,000 miles including that first long weekend trip of 900 miles on my CB175 back in 1974, a five week trip covering 3000 miles with my CB360T in 1976, fourteen trips across the Everglades to visit my grandparents when they lived in Naples, FL and lot of trips to rallies including Bike Weeks in Daytona (1977, 1978 & 2003) and Myrtle Beach (2006 & 2007), the Honda Hoot (6 times), Americade (2 times), Vintage Motorcycle Days at Mid-Ohio Race Track (once), the Honda Homecoming (twice) and ACE Tourer Forum Rallies (the last five years).

I have a Mechanical Engineering degree from Virginia Tech (1976) and currently work for the largest manufacturer of industrial motors in the USA. In the past I have worked in jet engine design, analysis and testing, on heating/air conditioning design for commercial buildings, and for other companies developing or producing electric motors/generators. During my career I have gotten to opportunity to work on other interesting projects such as for doing stress and thermal analysis on nuclear reactor control rods, and on the development of drivetrains for hybrid electric vehicles. I currently hold 11 U.S. patents.

motorcycling, bicycling, roller blading, golfing, reading, travelling (visited 47 of 50 States so far & been to Europe 3 times), and especially walking with the wife and dog daily in the neighborhood and in local or non-local city/state/national parks on the weekends

My Two Bikes - 1998 Honda Shadow ACE Tourer
2002 Honda Nighthawk CB750

My Favorite Kind of Road
- Isolated & Winding Through the Mountains
Smoky Mountain National Park, June 2000

At the Old Point Lighthouse & Mackinac Bridge,
Mackinaw City, Michigan 1st Annual T Rally

The Minne Ha Ha
Returning from a Dinner Cruise
during Americade in 2004
Lake George, New York