Billy Aller (billyaller.tumblr.com) on a CBR929RR, upper left, and CBR600RR, upper right, doing track time at Parumph Nevada. The DL650 rider, middle left and middle right, is also Billy Aller getting his V-Strom dirty in the Utah desert. Billy Aller is the supermoto racer, lower right, too. Billy Aller, friend, skilled rider and salesman at Davis Service Center Montrose Colorado, personifies the slogan, "We ride what we sell." I've bought many motorcycles from Billy, including four DL650 V-Stroms not because any of my V-Stroms broke or needed repairs (in fact I never had a problem with any of them) but because my needs keep changing. I bought my V-Stroms from Billy Aller because he is intelligent, knowledgeable, honest and rides a V-Strom himself. There are many intelligent, knowledgeable, honest people at Davis Service Center but Billy has been a frequent riding companion both on pavement and off. Billy and I share an appreciation for riding big, adventure-touring type motorcycles on long, fast off-pavement rides in western Colorado and eastern Utah. As these pictures indicate, Billy can convincingly demonstrate a motorcycle's capabilities and especially the Suzuki DL650 V-Strom's suitability for aggressive off-pavement riding. No surprise that Billy is one of the top V-Strom salespeople in the western U.S.

Big Dog Ride Many people will say with certainty that the Suzuki DL650 V-Strom is unsuitable for venturing far off pavement. What better way for Billy Aller, lower left, to demonstrate the inaccuracy of such statements but to ride his DL650 V-Strom with the Big Dogs. Originally limited to BMW GS owners but now open to other big adventure motorcycles, this challenging yearly invitational ride in the heart of the Colorado Rocky Mountains has become a legend among an elite few. Billy Aller tells about his 2007 Big Dog Ride.

Camp Maynard Motorcyclist, racer and skilled rider Jason Maynard of Montrose Colorado rode up the slickrock face of a rugged sandstone bluff in the Utah desert and found a most unusual camp site.

Friends Ernie (left) and Christopher (right) of Chattanooga, Tennessee are racing Penton motorcycles in AHRMA and AMA vintage motorcycle events. Nobody tells about these experiences better than Ernie himself:

Riders in flight Montrose, Colorado riders Eric Rhoten (left), Joey Hamilton and Craig Hasto jumping a distance of around 100 feet with a max altitude of approximately 30 feet.

Chance Encounters Motorcyclists can share an easy camaraderie. It occasionally happens that motorcyclists who have never met before chance to meet on the road, exchange introductions, ride together for an hour or two, share their enjoyment in conversation and perhaps never meet again.

Stephen Sunkel In the brief history of the 141 Diner in Gateway Colorado, a number of motorcyclists crossed paths, made new acquaintances. One young man, an employee of Gateway Canyons and a passionate motorcyclist who was resurrecting a tired old KZ1000 Kawasaki, impressed me with his knowledge and enthusiasm. We span about three generations, he and I, but motorcycles speak the same language to both of us. Stephen's bike projects may be on hold for a while as he devotes his attention to a new daughter, Isabelle Sky Sunkel, born May 17th, 2008. Congratulations Stephen!