Gene Kimbley

Gene's been a HOG member since 2003. He rides a 2003 Road King Classic, Anniversary Edition.

Gene started riding motorcycles in his teen years, mostly enduro, aka, dual sport. His riding was limited pretty much to when he was with friends... Later, he got involved in various other hobbies and motorcycle riding was placed on the back burner.

After High School, Gene went to college, where he received a AAS. He worked in that trade for several years and his hobbies, more or less, was around the automotive field. In 1982 work was slow so Gene enlisted in the Navy, where he Studied and worked in Aviation Electronics, later in the calibration of test equipment. At the time Gene's enlistment was up, in 1987, he purchased a 1977 Kawasaki KZ1000, which he rode until 1991.

In about 1993 Gene purchased a 1978 Honda GL1000 Gold Wing, and rode into the 2000's... In January of 2003, Gene purchased his current ride, where he's put an average of 5,000 miles a year on this bike, for several years. In the fall of 2003 Gene became the Secretary of the Northwest Passage Chapter, out of Lewiston Idaho, and held that position for about four years. Then he was nominated and elected to the position of Assistant Director. He held that position for a couple of years, until the dealership closed for a short time.

When the dealership sold and was re-opened again, the Chapter changed their name to Hell's Canyon to match the dealership name and which corresponded with the Locale. At the end of December, 2013, Gene moved to Oregon and rode solo until he joined the Willamette Valley HOG Chapter, in fall of 2016. In January of 2017, he was appointed to the position of Assistant Director of the Willamette Valley HOG Chapter. In March of 2017, Gene was elected to the position of Director of the Willamette Valley HOG chapter.