The name originates from a group I spent 10 years riding with during the winters in the New York tri-state area. The adventures of this diverse group can be found here Connecticut Polar Bears. When I joined the group in 2007 they were all riding Harley Davidsons. Being too young, svelte, and lacking tattoos, facial hair or a pony tail I did not feel I had the required attributes to ride a Harley. Nonetheless I was welcomed even though I was on a metric bike, a Moto Guzzi. I was anointed 'Token' by the group as the sole representative of all bikes non-Harley. When I added a second metric bike, a Honda, the name was amended to Token 2. In the spoken word TeeTwo just rolls off the tongue more easily; so there you have it.
Was it a mid-life thing? I dunno...but after a family holiday in Italy and watching all the motorcycles I wanted one. At age 48 I enrolled in the Motorcycle Safety Foundation course, got the 'M' on my license and purchased a 750cc Moto Guzzi. My journey on two wheels had commenced.
Some 200,000+ miles later, purchasing/riding/selling several bikes and after additional training courses I find myself typing this post.
Multi-day long distance touring gave way to week long then multi-week road tours in the Northeast and Atlantic Coast. Then I caught the bug of adventure riding, traveling to less populated and more distant places on lesser traveled and often unmade roads and trails. Like....
Utaaaahhhhhh………..oops.
The Trans Labrador Highway.
Prudhoe bay, Alaska and Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada.
Cheers. T2
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