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After some urging from a friend, here is the story of me and Lola.

On May 5, 2007 I adopted Lola into my family as my only child. I immediately replaced the seat with a solo seat and removed the passenger pegs at her request so she could show her loyalty to just me! I added a rack on the fender, switched out the mirrors for tear drops, added a windscreen and an alarm to keep her safe. I fitted her with quick release Kawasaki bags that run the same line as her fender and the shocks. Here she is on one of our first trips up to my cabin in Northern Saskatchewan.



I eventually found a nice aftermarket exhaust that I liked and for a decent price! So in 2009, she got a beautiful new set of pipes. I also put a little Triumph tank bag on her for my phone and lip balm...which is about all that fits in that pocket! Here we are on our way to Mission BC in 2010 where we stopped just on the other side of Jasper National Park for a photo opportunity!



In 2011 I didn’t change too much. I purchased smaller signal lights for both the front and back and a relocator kit for the front to move my signals to my forks. For those of you thinking about this, note that this bike in particular is wired for single filament bulbs. The lights I purchased that I was advised were compliant, had dual filament bulbs. Thankfully I have a couple savvy guys in my BOG Standards group and they were able to rewire the front so that my lights worked properly. Anyone who rode with me in Nelson in 2011 would have noticed I did not once use my signal lights as we just put them on and figured we would get the issue sorted out when we got back. Here we are on our way back from Nelson at a stop in Radium, BC.



That brings us to 2012 where after 5 full seasons and 56,000km, Lola got a facelift in the form of new paint, new mirrors and a union jack battery cover. The decision was an easy one because as far back as I can remember, even when I day dreamed about owning my own bike, silver was what she should be. I’m telling you, she is exactly how she needs to be right now. I never imagined the silver would make her pop as well as it has and the blue pin-striping was a nice small touch. The original phantom black is still there in the form of a stripe down the center. I wanted a part of the original paint still visible. The little tear drops actually do work despite what anyone thinks. It took a lot of adjustments to get them just right but they do work. The battery cover was just one tiny last touch along with my BOG Standards decal on the side cover. Here she is fresh out of getting painted!



Here we are on a bridge on the Icefields Parkway heading in to Jasper from the Athabasca Falls.



Not sure what is in store next for Lola...but if we decide to change anything else up, I'll be sure to let you all know.

Thanks for checking her out!

awesome px...& new paint looking real good..

Awesome. She looks great Liane! I've got to get my bike repainted. My paint is really looking shabby. Looking forward to seeing her back in Nelson. Is it almost time yet?

Very very beautiful, Liane but I tell you what... she looks even better in person. I sure like seeing you and Lola around these parts!!

Looks fantastic!

I dig it, looks real nice!

Look at you... a whole 8 posts now eh!

I was wondering whose bike that was! Nice!

Thanks everyone...even you Z, you smartass!

Brent - can't be soon enough! I am dying to get back on the Kootenay roads and see everyone again!

Keith - stop...you are making me blush!

OK, so here is me with Lola...this was one of our first trips to the lake in Northern Saskatchewan. I was going to steal my mom's dog! It was my first long solo trip. My cabin is about 7 hours away and in the next province over. I refuse to go long distances without my bike now unless of course it is winter and well, snow tends to get in the way up here in northern Alberta! It ended up being the most peaceful trip up there though...just me and Lola on the open road.



And for Keith - since you miss me so much in those parts, here is a far more recent and on the Kootenay ferry. This will have to do for now until I get back there next July!



Have a wonderful day my friends!

Liane where did that sweet smile hide during this photo. Looks like you mean business in this one. Saw this in the Edmonton paper and just had to save it. It's good to see someone standing up for my rights. Thx
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P.S. Keith or Z will you please enlarge this for me. After all these years and I still don't know how to post properly.
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That took some doing, Kit but I got it.



(PS. Tough chick... wouldn't want to mess with her! )

Oh good lord! LOL How did this end up here? The photographer asked me to cross my arms and look unimpressed! I actually like the shot. My mom said she loves this face cause it makes her smile!

For those of you not familiar with why this photo came to light, I have been fighting or bikers rights in Edmonton, Alberta since the enactment of a discriminatory noise bylaw that solely targets motorcycles back in June of 2010. I staged a peaceful awareness campaign near the end of August this year on Whyte Avenue, a trendy and busy street, on a Saturday where we occupied all parking spaces and sat all day. We talked to many people and received mostly a lot of support. If you are interested in learning more, please visit www.modeledmonton.com. It is my hope that having this site might assist other communities as well.

I can't believe this photo showed up here! Hilarious!

Thx Keith.

Z, you know I will remember all of this come Nelson next summer right? LOL

Your bike looks nice, I really dig the paint job!

Hmmm Z...you know me to well!

And thank you KaiserSoze! It came out better than I thought and I dig it too!

LOLA ? LOLA ? Hey ! I affectionately donned my ride with that name (from the Sarah Vaughn song from Damn Yankees) back in 2005!

OK , I 'spose you can keep that name.

Lola has been the name of my inner me struggling to get out and finally did 16 years ago when I took a stand to take my life back and be happy. Given riding is my only true happy place, it fits. There is of course more to it but it's a tad to heavy for a fun forum like this and hardly worth it now!

Sadly it looks like there is snow in the near future here. But it's all good as Lola needs some TLC in her transmission.

Liane, that 82 ave picture is just sexy! LOL

LOL...thanks Mike!

Liane, Your paint job is striking. Well done!

Love the stripe - I want to put a white stripe on mine.

Great looking bike, and owner!

Thanks Moe! One of my BOG Standards guys did it. He does such a great job with his Bonneville every year, I figured I could trust him.

Sayantsi, the stripe is actually the original paint. We masked it off, did the silver then put on the blue pinstripe. That way when people say what was it before, I point to the black.

Bell22, thank you...I'm now blushing and a few of these guys know that's a hard thing to do!

Wait! You're sayin' you painted this YOURSELF, Liane???

WOW! From what I can tell in these pics, you did one great job there, young lady!

(...btw, NO sexism was either suggested nor implied there...I would've said the very thing thing even if you were some ugly guy and not a pretty gal!)

Welcome to the site Liane,where did ya find my hoodie.Think I might name my bike Sible cas of all her personalities.

excellent paint job, i honestly thought it was a photochop mockup at first.

Dwight, I should clarify...I came up with the scheme and my co-founder of BOG Standards, my Triumph Twins crew, painted it in his garage. Sorry if I confused anyone.

Thanks for the compliment Steve. I was getting update photos over the week it was done in April...it didn't seem real to me either. When I got her home, I was in love.