Ok - so this is a secret blog. A secret blog about my new secret girlfriend! My wife must not find out about this or I will probably be emasculated - or worse - divorced. You know - divorce - is where "he" gets nothing and "she" gets all the assets...
My beautiful long-suffering wife is living in New Zealand where she has a great job. Me - I'm living in Hawaii where I have a great job. Not an ideal situation for either of us. So ... what do I do when Nelia is not around? In the past, I've engaged in "impure" activities. Not the best choice on my part. This time I have found a secret girlfriend. She's expensive, always want presents, always wants money - in short, a high maintenance relationship. Is it worth it? Probably not, but hec, I'm in love.
So, why call her ganda-girl? Ganda means "pretty" in Tagalog - the national language of the Philippines. I, since my very first ride at age 12, have always wanted one of these. What is it? Well, there is no way of telling from the photos, but it was once a 1974 BMW R90/6. This was BMW at the top of its game! An iconic bike. And, gonna be expensive to restore. Any motorcycle you buy in cardboard boxes is gonna cost big dollars. You will be told "It was running when I pulled it into tiny little bits". Translation - "There was something wrong with the bike. I messed with it, and to hide my mistake, pulled it down and stuck it in cardboard boxes..." You will also hear - "Its all there, just bolt it back together". Neither will be true. Rubber rots away, rust eats away at other bits and always, the bits you are missing are mysteriously expensive to buy...
Making it worse, is that on the Big Island of Hawaii, there are no BMW mechanics - even the painters do not want to paint your fenders. This means YOU have to do EVERYTHING!
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