SCOOTERING, Wild Turkey 101, vintage Vespa & Lambretta scooters, Ducatis, cafe racers, SAILING, old Fords Mercurys Cadillacs & Buicks, a good bottle of wine, snowboarding, skateboarding, cycling, TATTOOS, building 2-stroke motors, taking apart stuff, time outdoors with my dog, going to scooter rallys, donning alter-egos
Music
Mostly Ska, and Punk (street punk), balanced out by Northern Soul, 60's Reggae and Blue Note Jazz
"if it sounds good it is good" - Duke Ellington
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Movies
CAPTAIN RON, Grand Prix, Niagara, The Maltese Falcon, Rock-n-Roll High School, Smokey & the Bandit, Spies Like Us, Stripes, Caddyshack, Scent of a Woman, Sexy Beast, any James Bond movie, Quadraphenia, A Bronx Tale, Faster
Television
M*A*S*H*, Magnum PI, Miami Vice, The Daily Show, Law & Order, The Family Guy, The Colbert Report, Cheers
Books
On the Road, Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Attack Of The Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons, The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
Heroes
My Father, Charles Heidsieck, Bob Hope, and this dude
Really cool people know me as 'Crazy Ryan' or Agent Mayhem, some of them have even met Captain Mayhem, or have had the pleasure of partying with El Wappo.
For me, life is about the experience. I’m the type of person who believes that taking risks to achieve something great is worth the sacrifice and potential consequences - nothing significant comes out of accepting the conventional and norm. I take interest in people who have exceptional character and unique perspectives, which has led me to meet some of the most incredible friends over the years.
Chicago is home to me, and there is no place I'd rather be because I love this town. I live in Lincoln Park and work in the Loop. Chicago has it all and with something always going on, it’s easy to be out almost every night - and the good times had just keep on getting better!
I have an awesome lab named Dillinger. He's my buddy - he'll catch frisbees all day long if someone keeps throwing them.
My boy Dillinger
Dillinger checkin' out the surf
I'm obsessed with vintage scooters, old bicycles and Ducatis. I take pride in a small workshop that I have and in my free time, I can most likely can be found messing with something mechanical or making something faster.
With my scoots, there is always a side project in the works - my '61 Vespa means more to me than a mechanical object should to one's life, but I do love it and occasionally talk to it or read it a story when I sense that it is lonely - currently she is in pieces. God put me on this earth to build a certain number of scooters, at this rate I'm never going to die . . .
I've spent most of my money on scooters, drinking, and women... the rest I just wasted
scooters & pin-up girls, what else would I want on me for life?!?
scootering, what i love
I'm a huge Ducati enthusiast - the design, the feel, the sound! My last Ducati was a Monster 900, how I do miss that bike . . .
On my tombstone they will carve, "IT NEVER GOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME."
My first car and my first love when I was 16 , fully restored her in my early teens.
When I was little I would always jump in the puddles and play in the mud - some things don't change
For more off-roading check out AGEnT NAYhEM Playin in the Mud
VEEEGAS! Haha, I was going through those pictures ages and ages ago, but they were on a work laptop that I had to give back when I quit. An old coworker is getting them back to me, but taking his time. :D
But of course I could hand deliver them at BAND CAMP BAND CAMP BAND CAMP.
Very cool! Post up some pics if u haven't already! I gotta check it out! Bike season was going well...had a NASTY highside at the track last sat. so im recovering from that right now physically and economically LOL
Bikes pretty messed up, but I should have it back to new in a week or so, I have to, I have another trackday on the 21st to crash at..errr I mean be at!
