50 Years Rolling

Conversations with lifelong motorcyclists typically begin as others explain how they got into motocross at age three or so, eventually graduating to street bikes in their late teens. Some played ball and stick sports, but many didn’t care for anything but twisting throttles.

Growing up the son of an athlete, coach and sports fan in Green Bay, Wisconsin during the ‘70s and ‘80s, it was inevitable that I followed suit. The Packers had lost their late-’60s Super Bowl luster, but Lambeau Field was always sold out. Soccer became my chosen sport after Dad volunteered to coach the fledgling Allouez Anchors when I was seven or so, and my dedication to one of the greatest sports on the planet carried through with a decent high school career on defense at Abbot Pennings and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater until October 1985.