My entire
family has rode motorcycles for as long as I can remember. My great
grandfather, both of my grandfathers, my grandmother and my dad have all rode
motorcycles, and because of this, my dad and his dad would go out for weekend
rides every other weekend. One weekend when I was ten, my dad and grandpa went
out for a ride, but only my dad came back. This is the day that my entire
family stopped riding motorcycles. This is when the tradition had ended. This
is why I decided to build my own motorcycle. In hope to bring my family back
into a tradition that I want to be a part of.
This is why I started making this work. I want to bring my family together by using motorcycle building and tradition as a form of family therapy. But much more so as a way for me to move into a new lifestyle and a style of art that I have yet to master.