Meet The New Returning Rider # 1209 David Resmo

 

 

David Resmo (Fatso) here, rider #1209, and I’m not really a returning rider. 

 

I am from Colorado and tried to be a rider in the 2024 Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge but did not make the start line in time. I was riding from Colorado to Daytona when I had an issue. Had my hotel reserved in Daytona and was anxious, nervous and excited to start the challenge, but when refueling in Macon Geargia, I noticed a weird sound coming from (Betty) my bike. Fortunately, there was Harley Davidson of Macon within a mile of me, so I rode it over and then discovered my exhaust header had split into almost 2 pieces. They had no replacements there or anyone else within 150 miles so I found a local welder, that worked out of his mother’s garage, but he did not have tools to remove it to weld it properly so we cobbled it together the best we could with some tack welds but, by then, I knew I would not make the starting line in time and had to tell Beth. After some more McGivering with JB Weld, hose clamps and aluminum flashing, the next day, I headed back to our cabin in Westcliffe CO. 

 

I did get to meet fellow rider Charlie “Kilroy” while at Harley of Macon, where his bike was up on the lift having his clutch replaced, if I remember correctly. It was fun to track him, and the others in the lead, into Homer. 

 

I am a Colorado native and started riding when I bought my first bike, a Seca 750, in 1980. Then I got into dirt bikes. Got a YZ250 to play in the dirt, and then in 1994 I finally bought my fist Harley, a 1991 custom Fat Boy, which I still have. Have had a few since then and now am riding a 2018 Road Glide. 

 

 

I am riding for an awesome charity called “Cobbled Streets”. My wife and I are foster certified and have mentored foster kids for many years now and now have helped 2 of the kiddo’s get placed with their forever families. While doing this, we have learned what a messed-up system we have for our foster youth and see the need for support from organizations like Cobbled Streets which provides children in foster and kinship care with individualized experiences and enriching opportunities so they can thrive and feel a little more normalcy.

From Cobbled Streets: “Children end up in foster care through no fault of their own, often as a result of abuse or neglect. They carry emotional trauma that is exacerbated by multiple moves, transient relationships, and a fractured and overburdened foster care system. All foster children have been exposed to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), which are strongly linked to a higher risk of negative health and behavioral outcomes later in life. The state is obligated to ensure their healthy development and a path to success, yet only 30% of foster teens graduate high school and 33% of youth who leave the system are homeless by their 21st birthday.”

Think of that! 33% of kiddo’s that age out of the foster system end up homeless by their 21st birthday.

My donation link: Cobbled Streets Colorado Charity 

 I am riding for  Cobbled Streets

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