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MONTHLY FEATURES BIKER OF THE MONTH Motorcycle’s Michelangelo Craig McGlothlen and Precision Motorcycle Painting By Mike Brown “Motorcycles have always been a big part of my life, “ Biker of the Month Craig McGlothlen said. “ I started out on a mini bike and by fourteen I was restoring motorcycles out of my dad’s garage.” Today, some 40 years later, Craig owns Precision Motorcycle Painting, a company rapidly garnering a national reputation for topnotch motorcycle paintwork and one Craig plans to expand soon into a fullscale restoration business. Like many in the professional motorcyBiker TR6C cle community, Craig has a passion for all paintedof the Month Craig McGlothlen is shownabehind thearticles.he for Motorcycle Classics and featured in series of things two-wheeled and has owned many Also shown is Craig’s daughter Mindy and granddaughter Alyssa. motorcycles, but he expressed a special Craig knows a bit about speed too. After a fondness for Italian motorcycles, especially progression of old bikes he restored himself the Ducati. that included a number of small Hondas, he “Ducatis are a work of art,” Craig worked up to a 1959 Triumph 650 flat track explained. “If you want speed alone, buy a racer he converted into a street screamer. The Japanese motorcycle. “If you want speed, Triumph still wasn’t fast enough, so as a senhandling, and stopping power, go buy a ior in high school Craig went for the ultimate Ducati.” big gun of the time, a brand new 1972 Kawasaki H2 that many began calling “The Widow Maker” for its eyeball pealing acceleration that, unfortunately, left a bit to be desired in the handling department. “I came up through the ranks, so I wasn’t afraid of it,” Craig said of the H2 that sparked his new outlaw hobby, out running the local constabulary. After a taunting wheelie demonstration conveniently set in front of the local police station, Craig took off at triple digits, killed his lights, and then took a quick turn down his street and into his own driveway. Craig’s folks inquired about all of the police lights flashing through the neighborhood. Craig politely reassured them he had absolutely Precision Motorcycle Painting applied its magic to this now beautiful AJS tank. It belongs to none other than our very own Buzz Walneck. 16 March 2009 | WALNECK’S CLASSIC CYCLE TRADER® I WALNECKS.COM http://www.WALNECKS.COM

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