Welcome to the Two Wheeled Texans community! 
Feel free to hang out and lurk as long as you like. However, we would like to encourage you to Hello all, I'm not a Texan, but I do come from the biggest state in Oz, West Australia, although, I no longer live there, I now live in Adelaide South Australia.
I'm an ex serviceman, I served a life sentence (25 years) in the RAAF as a police dog handler/trainer/instructor. My first 8-9 years in the workforce I worked as a welder/fabricator, then moved on to various jobs: bricklayer, pipelayer, truck driver, timberman and salesman at which I truly sucked. Despite quitting the welding trade after my five years I retained it as a hobby and I build all manner of things: recumbent bikes and trikes, machinery, tools, knives, furniture, but my true love is building bikes.
I'm 72, but I've been retired for 23 years, working out of my workshop. I do everything in my workshop: welding, machining, fabricating, painting, metal polishing, mechanical, electrical, anodising, wheel building, et al.
I do work slow though, I have reumatoid disease and have had multiple joint fusions and replacements: fingers toes, hips and so on. As well as that I was diagnosed with lung cancer five years ago and I've undergone many treatment plans all to no avail. But Doc says I should get another few years yet, so that'll take me through to around 75, not a bad innings.
This is my latest project which I've just finished, a 74 TX650 custom. It's taken three years to get to this stage, I can't ride anymore, due to the reumatoid, so, it'll just sit in my garage.
I'm an ex serviceman, I served a life sentence (25 years) in the RAAF as a police dog handler/trainer/instructor. My first 8-9 years in the workforce I worked as a welder/fabricator, then moved on to various jobs: bricklayer, pipelayer, truck driver, timberman and salesman at which I truly sucked. Despite quitting the welding trade after my five years I retained it as a hobby and I build all manner of things: recumbent bikes and trikes, machinery, tools, knives, furniture, but my true love is building bikes.
I'm 72, but I've been retired for 23 years, working out of my workshop. I do everything in my workshop: welding, machining, fabricating, painting, metal polishing, mechanical, electrical, anodising, wheel building, et al.
I do work slow though, I have reumatoid disease and have had multiple joint fusions and replacements: fingers toes, hips and so on. As well as that I was diagnosed with lung cancer five years ago and I've undergone many treatment plans all to no avail. But Doc says I should get another few years yet, so that'll take me through to around 75, not a bad innings.
This is my latest project which I've just finished, a 74 TX650 custom. It's taken three years to get to this stage, I can't ride anymore, due to the reumatoid, so, it'll just sit in my garage.
& enjoy!
