I don't ride my own Harley yet... still sit behind the boyfriend... however I do sometimes steal his or my sister's Honda Aero (750) and ride. I love it. I would have to agree w/y'all... wish I'd learned to ride long ago. I also will be at Sturgis this year again... course... the fact that I live in South Dakota helps... it's only a 6 hour ride (or so). I'll just be getting started on my weight loss... but I'm sure I'll enjoy it more this summer than any in the past!!

Hi everyone I just came across this board and wanted to say HELLO It is nice to see a Harley board so all of us riders have a place to post no matter what kind of ride we have. I ride a 99 Softail Custom that I have purchased right after my surgery. I was to big to ride it when I first got it but it was my goal to become thinner so I can ride it. I am a little over two years out since I started this journey and have lost 215lbs so far and still drop a pound or two but I am not trying to lose anymore. I already have had my Plastic Surgery and had 15 1/2lbs of skin removed so riding my Harley is so much nicer now. I started out at 420 and I am now at 205lbs. My next goal is to go to one of the bike weeks somewhere but where I live in upstate NY there are not a lot of people to ride with so I would have to go to one of these by myself which would be kind of hard. Anyway enough about me and I hope everyone has a safe ride this summer and also a safe journey no matter where they are with there WLS. If you would like to see a picture of my ride just click on the WWW under my post and you can see my bike as well as a few other pictures of me throughout my journey. Tony

Congratulations! I got my '04 1200 custom last summer and love it. I now have (almost) all the extra stuff on it that I want, and it's so much fun. I'm a short woman so was worried about holding it up, etc. Took the motorcycle through our local vo-tech and passed and got my license. What a blast - have fun and be safe! Jenni

Thanks Rodger, I haven't been able to ride much lately because of knee problems. I have had 2 surgeries on my right knee and this extra weight I'm carrying is not helping. Any weight down will be a definite motivator!

Well, I rode for about an hour on Wednesday, and again today for about an hour and a half. No problem at all. I'll take another short one tomorrow. After I wash today's bugs off. My op was lap, and it has been a breeze so far. Figuring out what, how, and when to eat has been a bit of an experiment, and my eyes are waaayyyyy bigger than my stomach. Gotta figure out a good way to carry some water on the bike. Saw an old timer today that has a bicycle water bottle on each fork leg. I don't know about that...... --Rodger