Don Quixote's
On The Road - Motorcycle Stories
SOME OF MY BIKES OVER THE YEARS
Below was my 2019 BMW R1250 GS. I bought it new on June 1, 2019. I now have 102,000+ miles on it. Love this bike for touring and travel. I just sold it in early 2025 for a new motorcycle, my new 2025 Indian Scout 101. Pix coming soon!
Below is a picture of my 2017 Indian Springfield with Stage 1 cams and pipes! I put ~27,000 happy miles on that bike! Indian's are great machines. I got it new in Albuquerque's Indian Dealership. I am privileged to have owned a new one manufactured by the newest iteration of the American Indian Company. Parent company Polaris. Rock solid and dependable motorcycles!
Below is a 1991 picture of me with my custom 1984 Harley Davidson (HD) FXRS with a 110 cubic inch S&S EVO hot rod racing motor that I built.
Below is a picture of me on my 2010 BMW R1200R while visiting Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada on my recent 2016 cross-country trip.
Below is a 2003 picture of me with my 2000 Kawasaki KLR650 in the West Texas desert.
Below is a 1993 photo of me with my custom hard tail 105 cu S&S Evo II motor I built on a pecos hard tail frame.
A 2007 picture of my 1998 BMW R1200C (the only cruiser style bike BMW ever made).
A 2010 picture of my 2004 Honda ST1300 ABS I put over 100K miles on.
A Picture of my 2000 BMW K1200RS I put over 140K miles on.
Picture of my Enduro-Touring Business and building I had for 2 years in West Texas, with all my bikes out front!
Picture of some of my happy customers during a tour of Big Bend National Park, when I owned the touring business!
Picture of me with my 1995 Honda ST1100 ABS that I put more than 150K miles on. I friend of mine made me the T-Shirt!
Picture of me with my 1983 Honda V65 Magna that I put more than 250K miles on. This bike is a real muscle bike from the early 1980s. It would do a 9.9-10.1 second quarter mile - out of the box. Didn't handle well by today's standards, but put it in a straight line and it would get up and go! It was actually illegal to sell in 3 states due to people flipping it all the way over (trying to pop a wheelie!) and getting hurt - it was THAT strong!
The only remaining picture I have of my 1972 Triumph Bonneville 650. I put over 200K+ miles on this bike and rebuilt the motor a couple of times. This was one of my first street bikes!
This is a picture of my Honda CT70 I had as a kid.
This is a picture of my Honda QA50 I had at a really young age, maybe 7 or 8!
This is a picture of my brother's 1977 Suzuki TS 185. He never drove it, and I made a copy of the key and rode it a lot! I told him 40 years later what I had done. He knew all along!
Below are some of the other bikes I had ranging from a Honda 305 Scrambler to Bultaco 2 Cycle dirt bikes...
