ROMEO LABOR DAY RIDE 2025
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2025 12:01 pm
ROMEO LABOR DAY RIDE
FOR NEIL LOGBACK
ROMEO RIDER Neil Logback passed Friday June 27, 2025 at home. Neil probably rode with all of our Romeo Rider groups throughout eastern Kansas & western Missouri. He started his riding with the very first charter with the Salina Romeo riders and loved riding backroads.
Family members are planning to have a celebration of life this coming “Labor Day” (September 1st) where Neil went to school near Roxbury, Ks. He originally rode with the Romeo Rider group in the Salina area.
There has been an invitation for all Romeos to come and join them in this celebration. We’ll meet near Lindsborg, at the "Mount Hope Schoolhouse." The century old schoolhouse he attended is 9 miles West of Roxbury on Smoky Valley Road and 6/10-mile on a gravel road South on 18th Ave to the schoolhouse.
Neil’s family enthusiastically invite friends, colleagues, and all ROMEO riders to stop in for Cold Drinks, Bierochs, Sandwiches & Dessert from 12:00 to 2 p.m.
ROMEO LABOR DAY RIDE FOR NEIL LOGBACK 9/1/25
Click on link for map: https://tinyurl.com/wd4hsez
FAMILY’S SUMMARY OF NEIL’S INTEREST IN MOTORCYCLES
Neil Logback’s enduring fascination with motorcycles originated at the age of
five, when he realized how much he preferred it to riding a horse. His brother
Duane’s Honda dealership was one of the initial 10 in the entire U.S. Through
the 1960-70’s Neil raced Enduro, Hare & Hound, and Motocross.
Neil worked at Jim’s Imports during 1961 and most of 1971. One highlight was
when he serviced Evil Knievel’s motorcycle before a successful jump of 10
Kenworth truck cabs at the Kansas State Fair.
Neil stayed involved with motorcycles summer family camping trips and
pulling sleds during winter playtime. They would spend days riding together
at local, state and national motorcycle areas, such as Milford and Chadwick,
with other families. On these adventures each family member had their own
dirt bike to participate in the daily rides on the off-road trails. During
retirement, he returned for enduro riding at Chadwick and took several multi-
state motorcycle trips.
After joining the original ROMEO chapter in the late 90’s, Neil would spend 2-
3 days a week going on ROMEO lunch rides for over 20 years. He relished
swapping bikes for the ride back to Salina with Lou Bigler. Neil also rode off-
road frequently on his KLR and XR200R.
Neil’s 80th birthday present to himself was a vibrant yellow Yamaha FZ 09 850
sport bike. He enjoyed eyeing eager muscle car owners from stop lights and
leaving them in the dust. On his 83rd birthday he popped a wheelie on his fifty-
year-old Honda XR200XR.
Most motorcycle enthusiasts can maintain their bikes, a few are capable of a
complete overhaul. Neil, though, often took extra steps to coax remarkable
improvements out of his bikes’ performance. Included in these were making
small vibration reductions and advanced engine modifications by using
professional machining tools to shear away material from the cylinder heads,
thus, increasing compression to expand torque bandwidth. Over the years,
Neil made after-market improvements on many of the more than one
hundred motorcycles he owned.
Neil’s final two years battling cancer prohibited him from the one thing he
longed for, to ride his Honda NT 700 to see his brother in McPherson.
FOR NEIL LOGBACK
ROMEO RIDER Neil Logback passed Friday June 27, 2025 at home. Neil probably rode with all of our Romeo Rider groups throughout eastern Kansas & western Missouri. He started his riding with the very first charter with the Salina Romeo riders and loved riding backroads.
Family members are planning to have a celebration of life this coming “Labor Day” (September 1st) where Neil went to school near Roxbury, Ks. He originally rode with the Romeo Rider group in the Salina area.
There has been an invitation for all Romeos to come and join them in this celebration. We’ll meet near Lindsborg, at the "Mount Hope Schoolhouse." The century old schoolhouse he attended is 9 miles West of Roxbury on Smoky Valley Road and 6/10-mile on a gravel road South on 18th Ave to the schoolhouse.
Neil’s family enthusiastically invite friends, colleagues, and all ROMEO riders to stop in for Cold Drinks, Bierochs, Sandwiches & Dessert from 12:00 to 2 p.m.
ROMEO LABOR DAY RIDE FOR NEIL LOGBACK 9/1/25
Click on link for map: https://tinyurl.com/wd4hsez
FAMILY’S SUMMARY OF NEIL’S INTEREST IN MOTORCYCLES
Neil Logback’s enduring fascination with motorcycles originated at the age of
five, when he realized how much he preferred it to riding a horse. His brother
Duane’s Honda dealership was one of the initial 10 in the entire U.S. Through
the 1960-70’s Neil raced Enduro, Hare & Hound, and Motocross.
Neil worked at Jim’s Imports during 1961 and most of 1971. One highlight was
when he serviced Evil Knievel’s motorcycle before a successful jump of 10
Kenworth truck cabs at the Kansas State Fair.
Neil stayed involved with motorcycles summer family camping trips and
pulling sleds during winter playtime. They would spend days riding together
at local, state and national motorcycle areas, such as Milford and Chadwick,
with other families. On these adventures each family member had their own
dirt bike to participate in the daily rides on the off-road trails. During
retirement, he returned for enduro riding at Chadwick and took several multi-
state motorcycle trips.
After joining the original ROMEO chapter in the late 90’s, Neil would spend 2-
3 days a week going on ROMEO lunch rides for over 20 years. He relished
swapping bikes for the ride back to Salina with Lou Bigler. Neil also rode off-
road frequently on his KLR and XR200R.
Neil’s 80th birthday present to himself was a vibrant yellow Yamaha FZ 09 850
sport bike. He enjoyed eyeing eager muscle car owners from stop lights and
leaving them in the dust. On his 83rd birthday he popped a wheelie on his fifty-
year-old Honda XR200XR.
Most motorcycle enthusiasts can maintain their bikes, a few are capable of a
complete overhaul. Neil, though, often took extra steps to coax remarkable
improvements out of his bikes’ performance. Included in these were making
small vibration reductions and advanced engine modifications by using
professional machining tools to shear away material from the cylinder heads,
thus, increasing compression to expand torque bandwidth. Over the years,
Neil made after-market improvements on many of the more than one
hundred motorcycles he owned.
Neil’s final two years battling cancer prohibited him from the one thing he
longed for, to ride his Honda NT 700 to see his brother in McPherson.