Members

	Steve Callan, President, Founding Member Born and raised in the suburban wasteland of Fremont, California, Steve Callan acquired his first motorcycle - a Sears Allstate 50cc - at the tender age of 12. Soon he was hooked on RD 400?s and moved to San Francisco to hone his urban assault tactics. Even though SF is the motorcycle center of the universe, he realized cheaper living could equal more motorcycles and moved to Portland. After meeting Patrick Leyshock and Zach Hull, SFRC was born. A mechanic by trade, Callan has owned, modified, and rebuilt many bikes. His stable of mounts now includes an SV 650, RD 400, CR 125, and a racing CB 160 to name a few. Riding and racing motorcycles is his first love when he?s not chomping on tasty ham hocks. Callan says, "Come ride with us and try to keep up!"
	Andrew Pignataro, Secretary Born and raised in Rhode Island, Andrew moved to Portland in December 2001 with no prior two-wheeled experience. He purchased his first bike a 1969 Vespa 150. Lusting for more, aided by his friend Tom and various SFRC members, Andrew "graduated" to the world of motorcycling. Three years later, an obsession with 2-strokes, one race season on a CB160, and a lot of seat time, Andrew continues to hone his skills. Current machines include an '85 RZ350, CB160, and "others".
	Jeff Foster, Treasurer Jeff Foster's excuse is similar to many other motorcyclists - My dad raced motocross when I was kid. He got me a 1970 Honda XR75 when I was seven and now many years later I've moved on to a 2003 Honda RVT1000R RC51. It's a lot more letters and certainly a bit more bike. What were we talking about again?? Foster's passion for riding has taken him far and wide. On my first major trip, I went through two motors, three tires, say 10 countries and gained a wife and a son. That was a great trip. Since then, Jeff, Irene, and Alex have been joined by Emily who rides a XR as well. It?s not all fun and games though. When Foster?s not riding in the dirt or on the street, he can also be found turning laps with OMRRA on his candy blue 1968 Honda CB160 number 757. "Thanks for the XR, Dad."
	Dan Kerr, Member Dan grew up in Canby, hot off I-5 in the armpit of the Willamette Valley, where the Gypsy Jokers rode their Harleys, thumping through that small town on lazy summers evenings to the nearest biker bar. After a few years of Portland's party and the call of the wild, Dan ended up in San Francisco, where he finally got his Harley and promptly turned it into a cafe racer. He bombed up and down I-5 himself, a man and his hog. This is where the road, a man, and his machine, gets the need to drag a knee or two. Later a lorry crashed him on a rice grinder into a leather mess. Dan got back on the hog upon returning to the States, but it wasn't the same. He's now rides a KTM-aniac in motoradical fashion, except when his pushing the front end of his 160 into turn 3, or driving a mini-van with stars on thars.
	J. Courtney Olive, Member Fascinated with motorcycles from a young age, but forestalled from owning one until 2003, Courtney is making up for lost time. After all, motorcycling can buy time -- time to eliminate distraction, focus on the senses, and enjoy solitude, or, make new friends, discover diversions, and of course take the road less traveled. Whoa there, Mister Sartre. At any rate, the road less traveled was definitely responsible for leading Courtney, born a Hoosier and raised a Tarheel, to Oregon. After living in Eugene and learning the law, Courtney made his way to Portland where he settled within walking distance of a venerable motorcycle shop. Good news, considering his stable of bikes reflects a scrounger lifestyle and fondness for time capsules. His first was an '81 CB750 Super Sport, which he got in trade for a beer. Current bikes in the quiver include a ZR-7, GPZ550, SR500, CB350F chopper, BSA Thunderbolt, IT465 "retro motard," and a CB160 with a pedigree. Watch out for S.C.M.O.D.S.
	Chopper, Member I just wanna go fast . . .
	Zac Christensen, Member Raised on the dusty floors of the family muffler shop in Bend, Oregon, Zac Christensen meandered around Northern California, New Zealand, Mexico, Guatemala, Alaska, and Utah before settling back in Oregon. Presently, Christensen can be found in his FoHo garage or at Cosmos. Turn-ons: Honky Tonks, Portland Timbers, and taquitos. Turn-offs: LIDAR radar, crashing, hippies, and tassels hanging off chrome shit. Bikes: '02 Triumph Sprint-RS, '02 MZ Baghira (soooo motarded!!), '71 Suckzuki TS185 (aka P.O.S.), '82 Suckzuki PE185, and a Honda CB160 racer named "Odie".
	Nate Alvord, Member Born and raised in the mountains of Montana, Nate grew up ski racing and borrowing dirt bikes when he could sneak out without his mother knowing about the adventures. Early on a fascination with speed and motorcycles was established. But it wasn't until an early life crisis occurred after moving to Portland from Vail, Colorado in the late '90s that Nate found himself without steep slopes and snow at his disposal, thus a vacancy of adrenaline was created. Enter motorcycles!! With the support and constant badgering of club president Jeff Foster, Nate bought his first bike (1998 VFR 800), affectionately known as the Red Dragon. Within a few short weeks of riding he found himself on a two-week ride that covered some 4000 miles through Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Colorado and Wyoming with a group of life-long speed-freaks. The obsession has only grown since then, dirt riding is the latest as Nate has gotten his 7 year-old son Max and wife Kate into the dirt bike scene. 4 year-old Delaney is still sidelined as they have not been able to find her a pink dirt bike yet. Looks like we may have to go for a rattle-can pink bike. Turn-ons include any two-wheeled vehicle with the word "TARD" in it!
	Jim Overstreet, Member Jim spent his childhood in Los Altos, California, and credits/blames a ride on a friend’s cafe'd KH400 Kawasaki triple with igniting the two-stroke lust in his impressionable young mind. At the age of 17 he bought his first motorcycle, a 1977 Kawasaki KE175. After a spending a few collegiate years in Santa Cruz, CA Jim found is way to San Francisco, and in possession of a much coveted garage space. A 1975 Yamaha RD350 was acquired, soon followed by a pair of exotic Yamaha two-stroke twins, and a brief fling with a Kawasaki H2. San Francisco proved to be a fun place to live, but a hard place to “grow up”, so in 2001 Jim made his way north to Portland, Oregon where he has developed a healthy addiction to mud and dirtbikes, and hopes to one day own a motorcycle larger than 250cc …… maybe even a four-stroke.
	Zachary Hull, Founding Member Oregon born, Reed College, Portland Adult Soapbox Derby, law school, good friends, and, finally, motorcycles. There's no such thing as a traditional path. Ride safe!
	Patrick Leyshock, Founding Member, Member-at-Large Patrick Leyshock grew up around motorcycles but didn't begin riding until 1996. He's had a constant love affair with two-stroke motorcycles, and his weapon of choice for close-in work remains his 1984 RZ350. "You can take your displacement and shove it up your ass . . . how much power per liter do you make?" After finishing his Master's degree in philosophy in 2000, Leyshock returned to Portland, began a five-year stint with Kenny Dreer's Norton enterprise, and co-founded the Sang-Froid Riding Club. Patrick is currently studying Computer Science in Boston, and waiting for "the call" from HRC to help sort out the fuel injection on the RC212V.