>> We ride every Tuesday.
[motor revs]
We start out at eight o'clock
We usually have a whistle.
[three short whistle tweets]
And everybody knows then to
start getting on their bikes.
Just go as fast as you can go.
Ride 'em wide open.
*
The club started--
Well, it was a quite a few of us
that snowmobiled together,
and this was back in '82.
And we wanted something to do
during the summertime.
It's an Urban Express.
This is what they was selling
at the time, and they
put them on sale.
They only made them two years,
'82 and '83.
I bought one for $289.
And then a bunch of us rode
together every Tuesday.
We've been doing this since '82.
>> Well, I knew these guys
were in Richland Center
and I says, I gotta hook
up with 'em.
>> You just gotta have
an Urban Express.
>> It's a great bunch of guys
and they're all
always friendly
and everybody's just
having a great time.
>> My best friend is
a mopeder, and he said,
Jerry, why don't you come ride?
I'm not a golfer and
I don't fish,
I guess it's one of those deals
that's a hobby that I
was satisfied.
And we just have
good fellowship.
>> I heard about it
and I bought a bike,
and I joined 'em.
Whether they wanted me or not,
I was in there.
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We have a lot of fun.
We tear around the country,
terrorize the country.
*
>> We was riding always
the back roads
'cause the traffic
was terrible.
Then somebody come up with
the idea,
Backroad Express Riders.
>> You're only going about
25, 28 miles and hour.
And it's peaceful.
Nobody bothers you.
We go 30 miles and hour,
down hill,
with tail wind,
and a 150 pound man.
>> 'Bout the only thing we can
pass is when we go down to
the Amish.
We can pass a horse
once in a while.
[laughter]
Yeah.
Probably 95 miles a gallon.
So you've got to save about
$3 to ride on Tuesday.
We use to go from bar to bar,
now we go from
restaurant to restaurant.
[motor buzzes]
>> Monday you play golf
and Tuesday on the scooter.
>> Well, it's a holiday.
I don't take appointments
on Tuesday, doctors or dentist
or anything else,
unless it's an emergency,
because it's a holiday.
>> It's being with your buddies.
We ride--
I rode to Superior with
the guys, up and back.
We've rode to Door County
and Hayward.
>> They know who we are,
those Backroad Express Riders.
And we've got the shirts,
we've got the hats,
we've got the jackets.
>> It's kind of a badge.
*
Just for riding in.
And of course at funerals.
If somebody dies in our group,
why we go to the funeral
and we wear our jackets in.
>> We've lost a lot of
good friends, but the club
has stayed pretty well the same.
>> I'm 79 going on 80.
>> Louie is 88.
>> 88.
>> I'm 71 years old.
I'm the young guy, yeah.
>> I was in the hospital
earlier this month,
and I got out of there
as soon as I could,
and I going here again.
>> I had a stroke in January.
And I felt, do I sit down and do
nothing or do I get up
and get going.
So I came back and got
on my feet and start riding,
and get along just fine.
>> I think it makes you
feel younger.
I really do.
It's something you
look forward to.
You've got something,
and you know you're going to
see your friends.