I'm not a fan of new threads rehashing old topics so I used that wonderful search button and bumped this one up from the dead...
Aside from motorcycles, I have a BS. ED. Social Studies with a history concentration (but I don't use it). I really like to travel and get a visceral feel for history. Been to Normandy, France as well as most of the Civil War Battlefields within a couple hundred miles. England a few times, seen some awesome history there. A lot of times my love of mechanical things and history are intertwined. When I bought a handgun, it was a 1911, not a Glock. I bought a '79 XS650 to turn into a style that would be a rolling piece of motorcycle history instead of a new sport bike like so many my age.
I shoot and hunt. Haven't gotten to in a while with being busy and lack of funds. Hopefully I can get to the range soon, my 1911 and PPS haven't been fired in about a year, maybe more.
I've been a fan of motorized things since I was a tot, instead of "Goodnight Moon", I had my Mom reading me books about engines. I try and get to as many car and bikes shows as possible (Carlisle Euro-Import and Kit this weekend!) A buddy of mine races NASA, 944 Cup and more recently behind the wheel of a tube chassis 240Z with a TT LSx under the hood. I don't get to touch that monster but I'm often fixing 944 bits broken by his spirited driving habits.
I dabble in photography but I'm by no means good at it. I picked up a 70-300 lens for this years racing and car shows, so hopefully I can begin to master that.
I would like to get my old R/C cars out and possibly get into R/C flight but my play money is just going to other hobbies.
~ Derek