Real Wes Cooley here

[Guest]

Hello all,
I'm new to this site.
Yes, it's really me.
Next Thursday I'm hosting a "Ask Me Anything" session on reddit.com/r/motorcycles.
Would love to hear and answer any questions you may have as I get back into motorcycling!

[bccap]

Welcome to the site Wes. I regret I didn't make it over and meet you and hear some stories from your past when you were visiting Trev........

[nvr2old]

It's an honor having you as a member of the site. Let me be one of the first to welcome you, and to thank you for the many years of enjoying watching you race. Your battles with Freddie, and Eddie in the late 70's and early 80's are fond memories of pure racing pleasure. The 1000S was the first non-Honda I ever bought, and love it to death.

IMGP0054-001 by Larry Pearson, on Flickr

[yank]

Welcome Wes, How do we know that it is really you, when I spoke to you at Barber you said you could hardly work a phone! LOL To bad the event got rained out I was looking forward to talking to you again. Welcome to the site.

[2BRacing]

Hello and welcome Wes, from an admirer on another continent!

Looking forward to reading your stories here!

[RealWesCooley34]

Ha Ha! right. Well, it's me. I met a guy in New Zealand last month and he's helping me get back out there. Slowly though.
want to add to this. I had a great weekend last month at Levels in Timaru. Except for when the battery died mid-ride and I had to be towed back in. Croz built a nice bike for me to ride and Simon was so gracious to let me use it..
The weather was perfect all weekend. So were the people and the racing.

[Steve]

Welcome Wes.

Have never had the pleasure of meeting you, but I did meet your dad. Saw a LARGE picture on the wall behind his desk of two bikes racing through a corner and commented that he must like motorcycle racing. His comment was simply "yeah, that's my son". Then I took another look at the name plate on his desk.

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[Spyder]

Welcome Wes, very cool that you are a part of our dedicated forum here. Many of us have been following your adventures with our friend Trevor. Many of us miss him around here. I think you will find this forum your kind of place...

[bwringer]

Awesome!

I was wondering if and when you'd ever show up here.


What time is the Reddit AMA scheduled? Do you have a link?

Broadly speaking (it can wait until the AMA if you prefer) I'm most interested in what you've been up to since retiring from racing. I know you have a different career now, but do you still ride motorcycles for fun, or are you still involved in motorcycling in any way? Any cool mementos of your racing career?

[RealWesCooley34]

hello. thank you all for the warm reception.
I'm doing the AMA thing at 10:00 in the morning on thursday, jan 4.
Here's a link to a conversation I had over there: https://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycles...s_cooley_here/

I'm learning all this social media with the help of another rider so be patient please.
I don't ride on the street any more but I do get to events like Barber, MidOhio, Timaru and in March, I'm headed out with Freddie to another one.
thanks again.

[allojohn]

What a great way to start the New Year! Welcome Wes, we are honored to have you among us!

[chuck hahn]

Welcome Wes. Ive been busy as usual resurrecting barn finds for customers. Hope someday to be able to meet you face to face. I have a idea maybe we can chat about over on facebook some time...if our time ever syncs up.

[sharpy]

Been awhile since you been called a Newbie im sure and welcome to this forum

[Vmass]

Hey Wes,

It's an honor to have you here!

I have resurrected a few of your namesake bikes, as they are high on my like list.

Welcome and we hope to see you frequent the GSR!

[Agemax]

Hi Wes