[Seruzawa]

Heh heh. My uncle fought at Tarawa, was a long time Triumph fan and hated Harleys. I guess he wasn’t American enough for you, eh?

[philled]

I haven't been to the rally for a decade and a half. My first time was in the early 1980s as a 17 year old on a Yamaha Virago with a handful of friends on other ricers. My last time was on my lovingly-restored Triumph Trident that was as old as I was.

My Trident was well received (I found some others and Rocket3s) and there were plenty of people who just plain loved bikes. Yes, there were gangs (notably the Banditos) but you were just as likely to run into a band of Hell's Accountants... I don't go any longer but my dentist and my attorney both do!

I have friends that live in the area and go on vacation during the rally. The main reason for their timing is they rent their house out to rally goers. It rents through an agency for several thousand dollars and they only throuble they've ever had was a couple of years ago their gas grill tank was empty...