Walneck's Classic Cycle Trader - February 2009 - (Page 114) MONTHLY FEATURES BIKER OF THE MONTH The Best Typographical Error Ever: Randakk’s Cycle Shakk and Your Honda GL By Mike Brown iker of the Month Randakk Washington started… No, wait a minute, Randalk Washington… Dang! Randall Washington, yeah now we got it. Believe it or not, this is how Randakk’s Cycle Shakk got its name, the result of the letter ‘l” being adjacent to “k” that Randall Washington’s wife Lynn kept hitting when she typed his name. Fortunately Randakk and Lynn are shown at a rest stop during one of their favorite rides on the scenic Randakk (we’ll just go with the flow Blue Ridge Parkway. from here) and Lynn aren’t teaching Shakk grew into what is now a flourishing secretarial science. Of even greater fortune, business by beginning as one man’s passion, in vintage motorcyclists of all stripes, but most this case Randakk’s interest in mechanics and especially Honda GL 1000 owners, can now go motorcycles that began at an early age and grew to an outstanding web site HYPERLINK exponentially. "http://www.randakks.com" www.randakks.com “I think I was about seven or eight,” Randakk where they will be promptly immersed into a recalled of his first true repair job, a lawnmower vast pool of technical knowledge and way cool photos. Plan to spend some time. You will not be engine his dad had given up for dead. “In the course of a day or two I got the thing running. disappointed. Everybody thought that was pretty amazing.” Like many things in life, Randakk’s Cycle It’s possible onlookers were equally impressed when Randakk bought his first really fast motorcycle at 17, a 1972 Yamaha R5C. While the bike is well known for its performance, Randakk’s quick application merits review. “It was brutally fast for its time,” Randakk said. “I remember leaving the dealership on a cold winter day with no safety gear other than a helmet that they threw in. I had on some sort of army jacket, a hand-me-down from my brother. It was sleeting and snowing. I wasn’t intending to, but I did a pretty impressive wheelie out of the parking lot.” Elevation probably wasn’t much of a concern either because by this time Randakk was also a Randakk’s supercharged GL may well be both the fastest and best handling student pilot. “I learned to fly, drive, and ride all GL on the planet in about the same week,” he said, noting that although he enjoyed flying a great deal it was 114 February 2009 | WALNECK’S CLASSIC CYCLE TRADER® B I WALNECKS.COM http://www.randakks.com http://www.randakks.com http://www.WALNECKS.COM
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