When my Father-in-Law passed away two years ago, I inherited his 1976 Goldwing.  I remember one day I was with him in his garage and I looked over and saw the old bike and said "I can't believe you still have that old Honda."  He said, "would you like to have it?"  "It would be easy to restore."  It had only been driven a few times in the last 25 years and mostly sat in his garage collecting dust.  I said I would love to have it, however, It would probably not go over with his daughter and so the bike stayed in its place to continue collecting dust.  Sometime later after Bernie had left to be with the Lord, I had found out that he had designated for his Goldwing to go to me.

I have always wanted to have a motorcycle, however, out of keeping harmony in the household, I  never pushed the issue too far.  My own father was an avid motorcyclist and as a youngster he had taken me on several real long trips with him.  My Father-in-Law was a motorcycle cop for 20 years in Phoenix.

Bernie received great joy out of doing things for others.  Here he is with my son Cameron, and daughter Hannah, sitting atop one of two hope chests that he just finished building for my daughters Jenna and Delaine.

As for the old Honda,

I have done a fair amount of restoration to it, replacing fluids, fuses, battery, starter/ throttle, removed the fairing and saddle bags and added a new headlamp assembly and wallah it started right up.  I drive it around the block every now and then as is still has some work to be done, i.e. new tires, replace or sandblast the rust out of fuel tank, replace the fuel pump, and finally to rebuild the carburators.  

I look forward to your comments.

D.