Guys, I hope you'll cut me some slack for this posting. My father-in-law was not a motorcyclist but he had all the qualities we admire - strong willed and independent, self-sufficient, generous, gregarious and full of life. Truly he never met a stranger. A poor country boy (for real) he rose to the rank of District Chief of a major metropolitan fire department. What he may have lacked in education he more than made up for in charisma and 'people skills.'
I was privileged to have him live with us the last eight months of his 97years, 7 months and 23 days of life. He outlived three wives. He truly was a 'character' and we miss him terribly already even though he passed only yesterday. God Bless!