May 2025 - Neil King

Hometown/State?
Clarkesville, Georgia

First motorcycle?
1982 Yamaha YZ50

Current motorcycle(s)?
2015 Kawasaki KLR650, 2018 Honda Africa Twin Adventure Sports, 2023 BMW 1250GS

All-time favorite motorcycle?
If it's an adventure motorcycle its for me!

How long have you been riding?
Since 1982 (8 years old)

Why did you first start to ride?
It looked fun.

What makes you most excited about motorcycling?
Seeing new things on two wheels that most people are to afraid to see.

How did you first learn about Aerostich?
I bought a Roadcrafter Suit second hand in in 1998.

Favorite Aerostich gear?
My current 2023 model Roadcrafter Suit

Who or what was your biggest influence in motorcycling?
My dad

Where are your favorite places to ride?
Off road, fire roads. North Georgia is a great place to ride adventure motorcycles. But, I've also done the Iron Butt, the Trans America Trail out to Telluride Colorado in 2021 and will be finishing it from Telluride to Port Orford Oregon in June this year.

Describe a memorable motorcycle adventure?
In 2002 i rode a 1999 KLR650 from Georgia to Fort Ware British Columbia (image shown, right).

What is the best motorcycle advice or tip you’ve received?
Be careful, everyone on the road is trying to kill you.

What are your hobbies and interests outside of motorcycling?
Spending quality time with my beautiful wife of 26 years.

Aerostich-related or Aerostich-specific stories?
Aerostich kept me from freezing to death in the snow country in North British colombia in 2002. Last year it my new suit kept me from eating asphault when a car blinded sided me.

Any other thoughts?
Day in day out, I've had an Aerostich suit for more than 23 years and it is by far the best suit out there.