AMCA inc. Evergreen Chapter Newsletter / Onions Roadside Chat

Let me take this time to introduce myself.
David Cibulka a.k.a. "Onions". Why?
My last name means Onions in Czech. Why?
Why not? OK, on with the show. Born and raised in Seattle. I have been riding   motorcycles for 26 years and have enjoyed the thrills and spills of the sport ever since my first ride. Which was a Honda 70 at about 14 years old. A short time later   at 15 ½, just a smart assed teenager with a nose to find just the thing that I was not supposed to. The keys to my brother in-laws 68 Triumph Tiger 650 that he had stored in my dad's garage. The bike was the bait (fast lil' bugger) and the first ride was the hook. I bit hard and have loved riding a motorcycle since. Rode dirt bikes for a couple of years. Bought a brand new Triumph Bonneville 750 at 19,Great bike and I still got her. We've done about 80,000 miles together. A lot of us started on British bikes, Damn fine machines. It was AL Kapone that got me into the Flathead Harley trip. What a love for the old stuff he had. AL could look into a box of parts at a swap meet and come up with the only stock old part there and he could Make,
Model and Date it too. My 45 WLD Sport Solo and 34 VLD Sport solo that I am restoring now are remotorcycled like they are because of old Garlic AL. I learned a lot from the old boy.

Things like this. When I was young and in my prime, I'd chop my Harley all the time. But now I'm older and got more smarts, I restore My Harley with original parts.

It hits home when you get the old bike together and it rides like a new bike. The feeling of the old steel and the ride of yesterday ,Today! I say that because Bill Reed gave me a compliment that said it all when he rode my 45, He said "That's the newest old motorcycle I have ever ridden”. Let me tell you the old 45 really does ride sweet. You can butt cheek the Little Onion down the road with the grace of a dancer for miles. I built that 45 out of a pile of stock parts so I know what it takes to get a machine going from the ground up. None of those parts were scraped, their back on the road where they should be. Now you may have some other make of bike but the feeling is all the same. Road, Dirt, Trials, Motocross, Hillclimbing, Flat tracking
or just out for the Sunday cruise. Ride what Ya got and enjoy it! Indian Jeff has the right idea and the last part of his story in this issue says it all. Ride them now, because you can’t when your dead. I ain't rich, I work for a living and collect what I can. While all the people around me are buying new bikes I am buying old ones. It’s addicting and the best part it’s FUN! There will be a lot of Evo's out there to be had. How many stock VLD’s are there still on the road. Mine will be one of them. Hope to see you on the road on your old machine whatever make or model. If it runs let's go for a ride!

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16-Apr-2000