Power Sport Models - We are Riders of the Road

Sunday, August 30, 2009


Power Sport Models is a family run business owned and operated by Motorcycle Riders!

We provide our customers with Highly Detailed Die Cast Motorcycle Model Replicas of their favorite rides; most notably Harley-Davidson motorcycles. While we do offer other products, our specialty is the HIGH QUALITY motorcycle replicas prized by collectors and riders.

But enough about the business, let's talk bikes. I inherited my first bike, a Suzuki 80 from my older brother for the unheard of price of $1.00 in 1968. He was serving in Vietnam and I was 13 and living in Texas. I was so excited, I immediately wrote him back and included that dollar. What my brother still doesn't know was that I had to borrow the dollar from Dad, hey, I was a kid, I didn't have any money!

A few years later Dad helped out again by co-signing a loan so I could buy another used bike, a Suzuki 50cc. We kept that bike for years until I finally ran it into the ground, literally! The forks were bent and the bike was dead. I still think about the time my girlfriend (now my wife of almost 34 years) tried to ride it and landed in a cactus, Ouch! She'll only ride on the back to this day.

After marrying and moving to Chicago, we bought our first brand new bike, a Honda 400cc, talk about excited. We used that bike for everything from cummuting to work to riding as much as we could, even in the Chicago winters. We sold that bike after moving back to Texas in order to help pay for the down payment on our first house. I kept my license though and 20+ years later helped my oldest son buy his first bike, a Suzuki Katana 600cc. Now I know why my mom worried about me on that little 50cc.

Ten or so years later, I finally bought another bike for me, a Suzuki Intruder 800cc, nice bike but not comfortable enough for the long rides I wanted to take...so, I went to the shop to buy a battery and came home with a beautiful 2002 Suzuki Intruder 1500LC. The 800cc got shipped to California to our son's home in Lake Tahoe. He sold it to his roommate and it's now back in Austin. Seems fitting that it would return home to Texas.

Three years ago we opened Power Sport Models (http://www.powersportmodels.com/) specializing in providing highly detailed scale replicas to help old guys like me relive their youth.

Please visit us some time. Send a picture of you and your bike and we'll post it on our blog and on the Power Sport Models site. We love seeing the bikes that make you happy!

Until next time - Safe Riding