Hello guys,
I ride a 2005 1200 Custom Sportster (when I actually get home) but have decided that I am going to upgrade to a low-rider or soft-tail in the new year,
Best wishes to all the riders for '07,
Shane

What some folks don't know about Charles is that he is a genuine motorcycle diehard.
A couple of years ago I was in his office at about 2 or 3 in the afertnoon.  It was mid April, I think, and had been raining all day.  Here in Maine, April rain is heavy and about 2 degrees above freezing.
I noticed Charles' bike in the parking lot and thought "This guy is nuts- riding a bike on a day like this."  It turns out that his wife's car was in the shop and had his truck, leaving him only the bike.  Charles has about an hour to hour and a half ride to work (one way) each day and to do that in an April rain ... well sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.  Then he told me that he had a meeting to go to that evening about 175 miles away (going further away from his home), would get out of the meeting around 10 PM, and planned to ride home that night.  It never let up raining that whole night and some places had sleet and snow.

I saw him about a week later, asked how his trip was.  He had obviously enjoyed it - he remarked that he had discovered a small hole in his goretex jacket but other than that the ride was no big deal.  (I would have rented a car).

Denny,
  We lost water injection upon takeoff and went nose down. Our KC-135 was full of jet fuel going out to refuel the B-52's over the sea at Viet Nam. Killed 2 and put  me and another in intensive care for a few months. We were only about 300 feet high and landed in a rice field. That saved us from being a total disaster.

  My back is to the point where I can't ride mine over a few minutes and have to get off and recover..LOL..Should have never sold my wife's Heritage Springer. My wife likes to ride, but not pilot, so we've been just thinking (I don't know how serious she is) about maybe looking into a trike. 2 years ago at Sturgis I trailered both bikes, my hardtail and her Heritage and  rode hers on the rides and I took mine when just cruising town. As you probably know, the "main drag" is only a short few blocks long but with 300,000 bikes there, it can take a good hour or more to make one lap. My wife had rather shop than sit on a hot scooter and look good...LOL...Anyway, I'm doing an all day Stainless Steel presentation next month in Spokane, Washington and one of the guys up there rides and he has a Fat Boy (2005, I think) and might be willing to part with it. This guy in Dallas has been trying to buy mine for over 2 years...Might sell it and get something with shocks and a nice big butt seat.

  Good luck on your chopper project. That's the only way to go. Design it yourself. It took me nearly 6 months to design mine and finalize all the parts, but it was worth it. Cost me an arm and a leg, but it is one of a kind. Took a master harley builder 66 days working 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, but it turned out exactly how I wanted it. Anyway, good luck Bro.

Chuck    

Hey Henry,
WOW!!! Those are magnificent photos....The beauty on our world is breathtaking. I do envy you if you've been there and absorbed that sight. THANK YOU for sharing.

BTW....I'm 7 miles north of Greensburg in Delmont. Straight shot up the Amos Hutchinson Bypass to Rt.66 into Delmont. I'm 2 blocks west of Rt.66. Love to have a visit sometime.......Denny

Henry,
  You're killing me !!! Killing me with envy..Beautiful, my friend.

Hey Henry,

We went to Cuzco and rode through the Sacred Valley and over the Andes to Quillabamba.  Didnt go to Machu Picchu though, it was expensive and we got the bikes instead.  It was wonderful!  Except for the food--I got touristica (food poisoning) the third day there.  My husband's a little vomit squeamish or there would be great photos of me spewing bile from under my helmet--talk about a great honeymoon.
Anyways, I will try to post some pictures (no vomit, I promise)  The 7th picture you posted looks like the road we took out of Ollaytaytambo, is it?  If it is the pavement stops at the top and there is a church there that all the local buses stop to let the locals out to pray before descending the mud road on the other side. 
The road we took was pretty awesome, lots of water crossings, getting stuck in mud, rain, hail, hair pin curves, cliffs, no asphalt, mudslides, but like I said before, the views made it all worth it.  And the memories!
We would love to go back one day and spend months there!

Rebekah

Here's some photos from my trip to Peru.  I am not as great a photographer as you Henry and they are mainly of the road and the view.

The photo of the construction workers with the bulldozer, that was the road--they were removing a mudslide.

The photo of the  family has a story behind it.  They took us in to warm up at the top of the mountain where they lived by taking donations from the people who stop to pray before heading down the mountain.  We had been trying to warm up in the church but it wasn't working.  The mother felt my husbands feet, clucked her tongue and ran and got a empty Penzoil bottle to put on the fire!  We got as warm as we could but as soon as we left, got caught in a hailstorm.

The one with the truck stopped by the water running over the road--they moved the truck using a couple of  bottle jacks, some wood and some boulders--third world ingenuity is something to be marveled at!  We crossed tons of those water crossings.  I am a pavement rider so this was my first dirt bike and to cross rushing water full of rocks and ruts was an experience every time. 

Point it in the right direction, hold on tight and gun it!!

Cheers.

ok officially im just WISHING here....

I use to race crotchrockets in wera when I thought I was bulletprooof.  25g$ in knee surgury and five kids later I am more sedate.

I want a yamaha warrior and I want to stretch the tank, chop the ass end, and do some mods to the aluminum frame around the steering head.  Wife promises as soon as she graduates colledge   I can go buy the stocker and start.........live for the dreams baby...