My name is Mike. I'm a 36 yr old bike builder from Marion Indiana. I've been building motorcycles for 6 years. Prior to motorcycles I built and/or installed custom frames & suspension for pretty much anything mobile.

I joined this forum about 4 years ago when I picked up a 54 3100 but time and money was limited so I parted it out a little at a time until all that was left was the "historical documents". Now, my daughter is well in to college and all of my "ends" are met. Every year there is a big car show here and every year during that show I whine to my wife about having sold that 54. I guess she finally got sick of hearing me whine. This year she suggested I just buy another one and I didn't let that statement go to waste.

I am now the proud owner of a 53 although I won't receive the truck until later this week (and it's killing me).

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l194/reactivecustoms/shop%20truck/IMG_2643.jpg

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l194/reactivecustoms/shop%20truck/IMG_2644.jpg

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I don't have any big plans other than using it as my shop truck. I want to lower it a bit but that's it other than making a few small changes to make it a good driver.

This forum seems to have a wealth of info so I'll spend some time browsing around before I start asking questions.

Thanks for having me.

Last edited by mreed; 10/08/2012 6:15 AM.