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About Dan
About Me:
I purchased my first motorcycle in the late 1960s…a small
used Honda of some kind. I got out of
motorcycling for a while in the late 1970s while in college and during my early
work career and marriage and kids. I
slid in and out of motorcycle possession for several years – Hondas, Harleys,
Kawasakis. At the time I was a law
enforcement officer in Larimer County Colorado and took an offer to move to a
law enforcement position in the Denver metro area.
In concert with the new job we moved to the mountains southwest
of Denver. In 1985 I left full time law
enforcement to start my CPA practice.
Eventually I scraped up enough money to purchase a
Harley-Davidson Springer. I traded for
an SVO Road King, then moved up to a 2005 H-D SVO black and purple Ultra
Classic that I still own. During this
Harley Davidson love fest, I spent two years at 14 + track days with Mike
Pettiford of Go-4-It Racing Schools (www.go4itservices.com/) in Denver on my Ducati 999. Later, in a different venue, I attended
training with a friend, Jack Arnold, a police motorcycle instructor. I had joined the Blue Knights Law Enforcement
Motorcycle Club where I had met Jack. He
had recently retired from the Littleton Police Department in Littleton CO. I worked with him one summer on my Harley
skills.
I seriously got back into the game in the 1990s. I rode the 999 and my Ducati ST4S for a few
years until I acquired an interest in dual sport riding. I sold the ST4S and purchased a BMW 1150 GS. I met Dr. Greg Frazier, the noted author
(search for him on Amazon.com) and world motorcycle traveler while riding my GS
in Copper Mountain, CO. Greg and I
became friends. I joined his Big Dog
Motorcycle Adventure group for the annual Big Dog Ride in early August of each
year on my 1150 GS and later on the 1200 model.
(Go to www.horizonsunlimited.com/bigdog/ for information.) My most recent Big Dog Ride was on the then
new BMW X-Country.
I sold the 1150 GS
and upgraded to the new 1200 GS for my later off-road travels. At the same time I acquired a few Honda dirt
bikes to ride on our ranch trails.
I went through a
litany of purchases and trades. My
evening rides after work up the canyon west of our home are usually on my
Ducati Hypermotard S or a performance chipped and custom painted Kawasaki ZX14…
or my wife, Mary, and I will ride dirt bikes on our ranch.
My most recent
acquisitions are a BMW RT Authority model to replace my old RT and a 2012 KTM
Adventure 990 to replace the 1200 GS. I
do miss the GS and may purchase the latest iteration….not that I will sell the
great KTM!
I am a member of
the Blue Knights Motorcycle Club, the Big Dog Adventure Riders, the Castle
Pines Motorcycle Club ( http://castlepinesmc.com ) and now a loosely knit group of dual sport riders
associated with the RawHyde Adventure Motorcycling (http://www.rawhyde-offroad.com ).
I have learned much
from every one of the above-mentioned motorcycles, groups and riders. I hope to learn much more from future rides.
Go to www.RampartTraining.com for more on my biography.
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