I was up there in Massachusetts in December and had taken the bike in for its 10,000 mile service. “I just got a new one two weeks ago,” he said. Mr Burgess originally had a Harley 1200 Sportster and now he has a Harley Road King - a monster of a bike with 107hp. Now as we have become a bit older we have more wives’ rides - they get on the back and love it!” Originally we would do a foliage ride in October, a Spring ride, and guys ride, and a wives’ ride. We all bought Harleys and we have gone up there several times a year. We have been going since 1994 and have been riding together since 1997. In the end they based their bikes in Florida “because they were more visitor friendly”. “We had to find a dealer to sell to us and get insurance which we eventually did.” “After the first time we went to the Laconia Bike Week we were hooked and then we got our Harleys, but at first it was a bit difficult because none of us had US licenses,” Mr Burgess said. At first we rented a minivan and camped out at Jellystone National Park in New Hampshire - it was five guys in one tent.”Īfter witnessing the Laconia Bike Week where hundreds of thousands of bikers get together, they were sold on the idea. “Then one year we decided to go to a rally and since it was a quick trip to Boston we went to the Laconia Bike Week. We were all bike enthusiasts to start with,” Mr Burgess said. “It all started here as we all had Triumph Tiger Cubs. Mr Burgess first fell in love with motorcycles in Bermuda with the Triumph Tiger Cubs - those beautiful 150cc bikes from years ago. For motorcycle enthusiast Wayne Burgess there is nothing better than hopping on his Harley-Davidson Road King and riding with other Bermudian friends up to New Hampshire for the Laconia Bike Week in the early summer, and then perhaps returning to the area in October to ride through the hills which are ablaze with that state’s famous Fall colours.
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