RL Motorcycles & Aviation, LLC is a full time motorcycle & aviation business owned and operated by Richard Lane, Sr and family who are all native to South Georgia. Family members include Richard Lane, Sr., his wife Judy, Richard Lane, Jr., his wife Jessica, and Richard, Sr's daughter Brooke. All of our family members work in our business in some capacity and strive to give you a better buying experience.
Richard Lane, Sr. is the president & founder of our business and is responsible for web programming, E-mail communication, marketing, finances and shipping. In addition, Sr. handles all motorcycle accessory installations/service at the store and takes our show/vendor set up on the road at select shows and air shows.If you need technical advice for our products, Richard, Sr. is who you will need to ask for.
Richard, Sr. founded our business in 1999 following a cereer as a municipal policeman with training and duty assignments in all aspects of law enforcement. Career highlights include graduation from the FBI National Academy 149th session, 2 years as motor patrol officer, 5 years K-9 officer, 14 years uniform division watch commander, and 3 years narcotics division commander. Much of these specialized duties were in addition to regular duty. Last official duty was that of investigator & administrative officer for the Chief of Police office.
Richard, Sr. is also a licensed pilot (having learned to fly in 1972) with many hours in high wing, low wing, and STOL high performance aircraft. Richard, Sr. is a member of the Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association, Experimental Aircraft Association, and the American Motorcyclist Association.
Richard Jr. (Rich) joined the United States Marine Corps immediately after graduating from high school and served over 4 years in 1st BTN, 8th Marines-2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, NC. Rich was in a sniper/scout platoon and has many decorations for marksmanship and performance. Having served his country and the Marine Corps, Rich has returned home to work in our family business. We are proud of Rich's service and contribution to the security of our country. We are very happy he decided to return home to further the success of the family business.
Rich is our office & operations manager. He greets our store customers and handles telephone calls and sales. He completes all our daily billing and shipping documents which is no easy task! Rich is easy going, a pleasure to deal with and has very good product knowledge. If you need help with your order or other customer service, ask for Rich. He knows how to solve problems quickly!
Judy P. Lane (Richard, Sr's wife of 36 years) has her own full time career but still finds time to help out at our offices when needed. Judy can also be found working at our vendor display when we go to a motorcycle or air show. Judy is truly a valuable asset and can handle any of the many tasks that our business requires. Best of all, she is the most pleasant person you would ever want to meet.
Jessica C. Lane (Richard, Jr's wife of 5 years) has a full time career works with us part time during the year and is frequently in our offices helping out. During our peak season she helps with anything needing done including daily shipping, receiving, inventory, and customer services. It is nice having the wife around!
