hi all..i'm Alan and my wife is kate(spiderlady)
like a lot of folks on here i started riding in my teens although due to her maj i wasn't able to take my bike or car test until i was nearly 20..i rode allsorts back then including scooters,passed my test on a suzuki A100,which then got stolen..had a few years break to to family and finance then 7 years ago got a gpz500s which i still have(undergoing restoration),i also have a GPZ1100,VZ800,ER5 and a CX500 trike which i bought a year ago so that my increasingly disabled wife could continue to enjoy biking(she still goes pillion on the 1100 but not very often)
the trike as some may know has been undergoing a revamp but will hopefully be back on the road this weekend to kate's delight.
i am a mechanic by trade(cars)but enjoy tinkering with bikes almost as much as i enjoy riding them.
hopefully i will be going on a few weekends away this year and will definately be on rideouts on either the 1100 or the 800(usually backmarking)
