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The Team "I. thoroughly enjoy every issue of MOTORCYCLIST." -Malcolm Forbes Name: Malcolm Forbes Occupation: Editor-in-chief and chairman of the board, FORBES Magazine; founder and spiritual leader, Capitalist Tools Motorcycle Club. Career highlight: "I suppose it was something that was a disappointment to me at the time, but it turned out to be the best thing that could have happened. I was in the New Jersey State Senate when I ran as the Republican candidate for governor and lost. If I'd won, I'd probably have gone to Washington under Nixon and by now would have been in jail and written a book. The move out of politics was a fortunate one because it's hard to run for election from the saddle of a motorcycle, though I've taken a couple of spills from there, too." Riding preference: "I enjoy all types of riding. In fact, we have more dirt bikes than horses on our ranch in Colorado. But, of course, touring is my favorite. 'Most exciting were the trips through Russia and China. Riding history: "I wasn't ex, Wherever we go in the world we posed to the joys of motorcycling ride Harleys, and they have the ' same mystique everywhere. Our until I was 48 years, old and I have been trying to make up for most recent trip was to Japan, lost time ever since. A man who where we again combined motorworked for me wanted to borrow cycling with hot air ballooning; money to buy a motorcycle, and this time the balloon was in the I told him I didn't want to 'lend shape of the Golden Temple of him money to kill himself. I had Kyoto. Nick lenatsch from the usual attitude of the uninitiMOTORCYCLIST rode along ated toward motorcycles. He conwith us and wrote about the trip. vinced me it was his life and only Next year we're going to Germany (including East Germany), my money, bought a Triumph where the balloon will be shaped and gave me a ride on the back. like a- bust of Beethoven." I liked it so much that I bought a dirt bike the next week and a Views on motorcycling: "I street bike the week after that. like the sense of independence Within a couple of weeks I was and oneness with the elements... buying so many bikes and liked , and the spirit of those ,who are them so much that we bought on bikes, the camaraderie." the shop. For 10 years FORBES Magazine owned Siegers-Forbes Motorcycles owned: "We in New Jersey, the biggest motorcollect a lot of old things, from cycle dealership at the time." autographs to Faberge eggs, but in motorcycles I don't collect the old ones. In fact, the only old one I have is a BMW chopper. All of the bikes I own (about 60) were a turn-on for one reason or another; new models that were somehow different or appealing. Usually the motorcycle I'm on is the one I like best." Magazine: ."1 thoroughly enjoy every issue of MOTORCYCLIST. I invariably tear out articles that I know will be interesting to some or all of the Capitalist Tools motorcycle group. Often, by the time they get my tearouts, they've already read it themselves."