Hello all!

My name is Brady, I'm 37 years old and I live in Southern California, in the Mojave Desert just outside of Edwards Air Force Base (where the Space Shuttle lands in CA). I currently work on Edwards Air Force Base for a contractor that has a government contract at NASA/DFRC. I have worked on Edwards for just over 10 years. I'm an Electronics Technician. I work on Radar and Telemetry systems, I basically track the test aircraft, collect the data and ship it off to the Engineers.

I grew up in South Dakota, right outside of Sturgis. I remember all the bikes coming to town in the summers for the Sturgis Bike Week in the late 70's. I thought that seeing all those bikes roar up and down the freeway was so cool! I wanted a motorcycle ever since then.

We moved to So. Cal in the late spring of 1984. My father was in the Air Force, so we had to pack up and leave. When my father retired from the AF in 1992, I stayed here and my parents left the area. Growing up in the desert, was not all dirt bikes and ATC. We got our first and only dirt in 1986, it was a 1978 RM250. My father bought it from this guy that told him was a great bike and that he never had any problems with it... My Father was not a bike guy but a good Aircraft mechanic, he good never get that bike running right and he sold it!

So, I'm here in the desert no bikes, I graduated high school, got a job and meet my wonderful, loving wife. We married and we had 1 son together. My wife already had 2 kids from another marriage that went south. I became a Dad of three wonderful kids!

Fast forward to 2005! I bought my first bike since that RM250... I bought a 2005 Honda XR650L! I thought, why not have a dual sport in the desert! The best of both worlds. The bike was good for a few years and then I just out grew it. I bought my 2007 ZX14 in the summer of 2008. Since then I have put over 23,000 miles on it and a whole lot of fun. At the same time I bought my ZX14 my oldest son bought a 2008 GSXR750. He enjoyed it for a few months and about 2000 miles. Then he really didn't like it anymore and was going to sell it. The wife and I talked, and we bought the bike from him and it's now the wife's ride. We ride as much as we can together on the weekends!

Here is a pictures of the wife and I back in late January 2010,

Hey bearsZX72; GEE CAN U belive it I just reposted my profile the other day did u read it ??if not my dad was in the RAF airforce AND CAME out to Australia IN 1957 FOR THE NUCLEAR BOMB TEST(Task force Buffelo 56-57) he went back to the UK then met and married my mum,he was a Air Frame mechanic,he later became a plate maker, here in OZ (Boilermaker)anyhow as I stated in my post I met my wife in Hospital with her 2 sons, now 24years on we now have 4 sons,and hell guess what !!!! The oldest Aaron has a 09 GSX600R, small world buddy,BY the way Brady G'day im Stephen

* Last updated by: bean07 on 9/16/2010 @ 10:56 PM *

BearsZX72:

Thanks for posting this. You are very fortunate to have a wife who rides. I wish mine did. She had a bad experience when she was young, on the back of a bike with her first husband. She's just now getting to the point where she's THINKING about getting on the back of my 14 for a ride. She says she'd feel much safer on a touring bike, though, with a back rest and all that good stuff. We'll see... -bg

bg I didn't want to but in here but just go to yer profile for my 2 bobs worth please

It's great to have a spouse that rides! My fiance has two bikes currently and rode my 14 by herself for the first time tonight!

Thanks to all for the comments.

G'day to you bean07, I mean Stephen. And yes I read your post and what a small world it is. Different people in different parts of the world, but yet similar paths in life. Very strange, in a good way.

bg, hang in there! At least she is thinking of riding with you. Buy the back rest and bags, maybe that's all she'll need. What a nice gift from your sons! Congrats!

Jeff01ss, very nice that she rides too and has 2 bikes. My wife has rode my 14 only once and she liked the feel and size of it compared to her GSXR750. She wants 1 down the road, after she is down with her "little" bike.

I love those GSXR750's a lot. As soon as I'm money ahead, I'll be getting one solely for the purpose of track days. Post pics of yours and hers when you get a chance. Me loves the pics!

loadedmind, here you go!

This is the only picture I have handy of the bikes...

Here is the wife riding...

HEY bearsZX72 the SUZI is a differant colour to out my lads 09 GSX600 is the same as the Daves GSX 750 here as well WISH MY BUBBY WOULD RIDE LIKE YOURS

* Last updated by: bean07 on 10/19/2010 @ 10:57 PM *

Hey there bean07! I like the blue/white GSXR paint combo with the white rims, but the all black GSXR is very nice too! Ride on, be safe!

Hey Bears...saw your quote on your signature and made me think of this...interesting read for some.

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fed_46.html

Very interesting indeed! Got to love our founding fathers and what they believed in. Our founding fathers would not like the current state of this country and some of the figure heads running this great country! Thanks!