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Welcome to our web site! As you can probably tell, one of our interests is motorcycles. American-Made V-Twin motorcycles to be exact. We live in the state of Texas, but have close family members in New Mexico as well as Michigan. The bike on the opening page of this site is mine. It is my baby. An Ultra Groundpounder ST. Yes it's fast and no you can't ride it! Kat (wife, ol' lady, ball & chain....I'll stop there as she will more than likely read this) rides a Harley-Davidson Sportster.

We take in a rally or two whenever we get the chance.

Last year (2001) I had the opportunity of a lifetime. To meet and ride with other members of the Wagner clan in Sturgis, South Dakota. I'd like to say that Sturgis was really cool, but actually it was hotter than friggin' hell. The triple-digit temperatures during the first half of the week really sucked. We had a really good time though regardless. It did cool off some on Thursday. The riding was great and the beer was cold! It all goes to prove that with good buddies, a half-million hawgs and plenty of Coronas (and a bunch of limes) a good time is just around the corner. By the way, I'm still looking for that picnic table that kicked my ass, broke my Wiley-X sunglasses and then laughed at me. I didn't spill my beer though! Riding in the Black Hills is something you have to do to understand. If you have to ask, you probably wouldn't understand. Sturgis was great! RAW (the old man of the family), my cousins Carl and Chuck and Carl's buddy Kube camped at the Lonestar campground near Bear Butte. During our week in Sturgis, I saw Mount Rushmore, the Devils Tower, a really lame hill climb sponsored by Dodge Trucks, Hulett Wyoming home of the "Ham 'n Jam" and "No Panty Wednesday", Sturgis Main Street, Rapid City, Spearfish Canyon and rode 800+ miles in the Black Hills. I don't know exactly how far 'cause my speedo cratered on day four. Next year Kat and I are going come hell or high water.

Kat and I attended several other rallies this year (2002), but didn't make it to Sturgis. The rallies we did attend were: The Gypsy Rally in Del Rio, The Laughlin River Run in Nevada, and The Republic of Texas Rally in Austin. Add to that a few local runs and the damn year is almost over.

The Laughlin River Run in April was a good time. We checked out the Grand Canyon and Northern Arizona on the trip out . One word sums up the Grand Canyon, spec-friggin-tacular! You have to see it with your own eyes to really understand the beauty and scope involved here. Our first day in Laughlin we decided to ride in to Las Vegas. Up and down the Vegas Strip on bikes is really cool. Actually again, it was really f#%@in' hot! We headed over to Las Vegas H-D to purchase t-shirts and then back to the Harley Cafe on the strip. The wait to get in to the cafe was too long so we left and rode over to the Rio. The bikes were getting really heating up by this time, so we decided to stay at the Rio for a few hours and gamble. I think we drank a few cold ones there as well but who's keeping track. Day two of the River Run we rode out to Lake Havasu City to see the London Bridge. Now that's an interesting landmark to visit. On the ride back from Lake Havasu, we headed over the state line into Needles, California. My first time in California. Now I suppose I can say I've been to California. We hauled ass from there back to Laughlin as my clutch was overheating and making some really obnoxious noises. That evening we cooled off with a few cold ones and ate at the buffet at the hotel. They have beer and wine on the buffet in Laughlin! If you ever have the chance to visit Laughlin though, you have to check out the little town of Oatman, Arizona. Oatman is a small mining town a few miles from Laughlin/Bullhead City. It is up in the mountains and wild donkeys actually roam the streets. It's an old west mining town to be sure. You can walk down in an old mine or just chill out and watch the bikes and the people. We found out you can buy t-shirts there as well. One of the cool things about visiting Laughlin is that it is all casinos. We stayed at the Flamingo. We found a little time to gamble in the evenings and drink a few cold ones, but again who's keeping track. We took in a Rat Pack show with Dave from TorC and his family which was cool. We left Laughlin before the shooting started on Friday. While we were there the people were really cool. We didn't have any problems. On the trip home we spent the night in Tucson and the next morning hit the famous wild west town of Tombstone. If you're ever in Arizona, you gotta check it out. Wyatt Earp, the O.K. Corral and all that good stuff you know. Some cool history in that little town. Seems like we bought another t-shirt there as well. That evening we stopped off in New Mexico at Uncle RAW and Aunt Mifs for one night and the headed for home.

The ROT Rally in Austin this summer was a good time as well. We took AJ (Amanda Jean), our 10yr old daughter. It was her first rally. I think she enjoyed most of the trip. Most specifically the motel swimming pool. She liked the freestyle MX guys and vendor alley. The parade to downtown 6th street was killer though. Long accordian lines of bikes (20,000+ we heard). I think the oil in my oil tank was actually boiling at one point. It sure felt like it on my leg from time to time. Once that was over the rally was all good. The 85mph ride back to the motel after the parade served to cool us and the bikes down some. The next day we hit the rally grounds early. Lots of bikes, a decent vendor midway and we got to eat lunch at Pappadeaux Seafood House. All and all a good time in Austin. We didn't stay to see The Charlie Daniel's Band or the Penthouse Pet Wet T-Shirt contest. I suppose with AJ there that wouldn't have been cool. The next day we stopped off and visited the Longhorn Caverns on the trip home and the weekend was over.