My introduction to motorcycles started when I was five years young, in Iowa in 1968 when a family friend would go motorcycle riding on the weekends along with his family and many other friends. He invited our family to go along one weekend and “I was hooked”. Our families life was liken to the movie, “On any Sunday”, except it was every Sunday we would load the bikes, coolers, grills and go to Salorville, IA and ride all day long. It has pretty much been a love of mine ever since my Dad put me on his 1969 Yamaha DT 125 and I would ride in a circle on a flat track, till I was exhausted.

My first bike was a 1971 Yamaha JT 60 and I could not get enough of motorcycle riding. I was on cloud nine. After a move to Nebraska and then Illinois in 1972 my riding time was cut way down, unfortunately there are not to many places to ride when you are seven years old and live on Oak Park Avenue in Berwyn, IL. In 1973 we moved to Villa Park IL, and three miles away there was a place I could go riding as long as I pushed my bike to get there.

Since I could not get enough of motorcycles and they do need maintinace and repair and I could not afford to have the dealer fix my bike at the age of 10, I had to be my own mechanic. I became self-taught from trial and error how to repair and maintain motorcycles; it did help that my Dad and Uncles were mechanics but I mostly learned on my own.

In 1979 I had out grown the riding area three miles away. I got a job as an Auto Mechanic and purchased a 1979 Suzuki RM 125 and tried my hand at Motocross. My hand was very shaky; I had a lot to learn about the world of Motocross. I kept up with it because of my love of motorcycles and any thing to do with them and I slowly improved. Thought, I could work my way up to racing at the Nationals but a bad accident involving a tree really slowed me down. I had the desire and the will to become a “A” Class rider but my remembrance of that faithful day would not let me ride as easily as I could before. I remember when I was a kid and seeing Malcolm Smith riding his Montesa trials bike in the movie “On any Sunday” and I was very impressed. I also saw a trials rider practicing on his 1974 ty 250 and I told myself, “I will try riding trials someday”.

When I was at the local motorcycle shop MCC I saw a poster for Sven Bley’s trial event in an industrial park (IndusTrial) in 1989. I made a few phone calls and learned that it is not so much the bike as it is the rider that makes the difference in trials. So I scouted out a trials bike to ride at the IndusTrial. I found two 1974 Yamaha ty 250 and a Hosclaw trailer for $400 and that started my involvement with Observed trials to this day.

After working as a mechanic on cars and then airplanes for many years. I finally had a chance to work as a Motorcycle Mechanic for a  Suzkui dealership I could not pass it up. I can tell you ever since that day I started working on motorcycles as a career I have never worked a day in my life due to the fact I do what I love and love what I do.

I have always wanted to own my own dealership but never thought I could. . It was just kept in the back of my mind. Then stepped into my life my true-life partner. She encouraged me to live life to it’s fullest and do the things that make you happy in life and I can tell you that since she has been in my life I feel I am truly living life on the right path.

Now, I am riding, fixing, selling and promoting GAS GAS motorcycles and couldn’t be happier