This is just a quick intro to offer a little background on who I am relative to motorcycling.....the rest of me isn't involved here.
Got the first bike a while ago in 1968 and rode for several years. I joined the Navy a little after that, got married, turned civilian, we raised a coupla kids, got back into bikes in 1994 and never looked back. Been riding ever since.
After several other brands, I bought a new Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 Classic in 1996. Hooked up with some other Vulcan riders via the internet, we formed a small group called the Vulcan Riders and Owners Club (VROC) and established a relationship with Kawasaki. Fast-forward ten years and although we have no formal structure, no officers, no elections, no politics to deal with, we were the club that shouldn't survive without ORGANIZATION, we now have over 25,000 members world-wide. Kawasaki supports several of our rallies each year, we have representation at their bigger events and shows, and we're viewed as a strong marketing and research tool. In short, VROC is a success and I'm proud to be a part of that. Check it out your self at www.vroc.org.
I sold that Vulcan 1500 Classic with 107,000 great miles on the clock and bought a 2004 Vulcan 2000 as soon as it was available. I'd been invited to the AMA ProStar National Drag races at Gainesville, FL to take a ride on a soon-to-be introduced Vulcan and it was both love and lust at first ride. Big for sure but strong as an ox and faster than anything else called "crusier", it was the bike I'd been waiting for. Recognizing the name "VN2000" was just a little too pedestrian for a machine like that, I decided it was a "Rogue" bike and that's now the semi-official somewhat recognized nickname....and it does fit. That scooter now has 54,000 miles on it and it'll stay mine for the foreseeable future. An offshoot group called the Rogue Owners Group (ROG) formed and is well on its way to fame without fortune at www.rogueownersgroup.com.
