Howdy, I'm Billy, I've been riding since 1975 and I'm new around here. Over the years I've owned Harleys and Honda's but I've currently got a thing for old vertical twin XS650 Yamahas from the late 60s to mid 80s. I'm currently riding an '83 Yamaha XS650 Heritage Special behind my very first fairing, a Rifle Superbike Fairing, and I'm loving it. I have 12 of these bikes in various stages of construction and deconstruction as they're the closest things to the old Brit bikes that I could get my hands on. There's something about a twin that triples and 4 cylnder engines just don't have.

If I could have any bike in the world it would probably be an upgraded and somewhat modernized pre-unit Triumph 650 like those that used to be everywhere when I was a kid.

I recently retired due to medical mental reasons and I'm a co-founder of StolenMotorcycle.net where we hope to help others get their stolen bikes back.

I also have my own motorcycle blog but don't want to look too spammy and won't link to it tonight.

If you're ever in Greensboro then look me up.

Hello from another North Carolinian.