For me there is only one thing as satisfying as riding a motorcycle and that is taking care of it. I love to spend the day in the garage cleaning and detailing the motorcycles. It’s very pleasing to get the paint and chrome to shine like new.

I could spend the entire day doing this (and have). For me, it’s a sense of pride, I wasn’t always one to keep my bikes this clean (ask my father) but over the years I have learned to keep them looking as much like new as possible.

I usually have people standing in line to buy one of my dirtbikes because they know how anal I am about taking care of it.

I actually became this way because of my younger brother Don Jr. Everything he has is always clean and neat. This goes for his entire household. The kids are taught to keep their rooms clean and to help keep the house clean. Thanks Don, bet you never thought you could inspire me did you?

Motorcycles are all pieces of rolling art and each one deserves to be preserved for the next lucky owner. Cool old bikes don’t just belong in a museum you know! They deserve to be ridden, again and again…

MM