KGB here, number 902.
The 2024 Hoka Hey challenge will be my fourth Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge.
I have been a licensed motorcycle rider for 55 years now. Since riding my first Hoka Hey in 2018, my long-distance riding trips have increased. So, although my riding style may not have changed much, my attention to detail has sharpened. Packing only essentials and keeping weight to a minimum while also keeping my center of gravity as low helps keep handling as nimble as possible with a 1000 lb. bike.
I’d say my confidence level is as high as it will ever be after finishing my first two Hoka Hey rides. I’d caution the new riders to take care of their bikes, watch the gas level and get rest when it’s needed, bring a road atlas and know how to use it.
My charity of choice is the Mile Monsters Inc. 1-K, helping to make life better for Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy boys is personal for me as I have a grandson with the disease.
I look forward to the 2024 Hoka Hey because of the challenge. After retiring from the Army in 1994 and spending the next twenty years doing contract explosive and chemical weapons disposal jobs from Florida to Alaska as well as years spent in Afghanistan and Iraq, I miss the challenge of overcoming hardship.
Fortune smiled on me during my first two runs and I avoided the many opportunities to prematurely end the ride. Others were not as fortunate, and I joined those ranks when I had a deer strike on the 2022 HHMC. My 2024 goal is simply to avoid deer and finish the challenge.
My wife, Kathy, is my biggest supporter. Be it the Hoka Hey challenge, and Ride to Eat scavenger hunt groups or a ride from Florida to Alaska. I can always count on her to have my back.
V/R
Kenneth G. Brooks
Kenneth G. Brooks,
CW3, USA (Ret.)
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