up to speed

basketball player, played hoops at the College of Southern Idaho for Hall of Fame coach Eddie Sutton. No stranger to success and hard work, Deuel said his background aided him in sticking with and accomplishing his motorcycling goals.

“I usually set goals and try to achieve them as hard as I can,” Deuel said.

What made all the hard work and long journeys worth it? For Deuel, it was the people he met along the way.

“All the scenery and different things are awesome,” Deuel said, “but it’s the people that make me want to keep going. Just meeting different people.”

Like his abundance in miles traveled, Deuel has met his fair share of people during his journeys around the contiguous United States, Alaska, Canada and Mexico.

“The people are so friendly to motorcycle people when you visit their towns,” Deuel added. “They want to look at your bike and know where you’ve been.”

Despite decades of experiences and an 80th birthday in May fast approaching, Deuel’s taste for adventure is as strong as ever, and he plans to ride on two wheels as long as possible.

“I started out with a bucket list,” Deuel said. “I think it was probably around 100. I think it’s over 100 now. Every time I go out I add more things that I haven’t seen, or I see something or somebody tells me about it.”

Onto the next million? Could be.