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ABOUT US
  
13035 US Highway 319-N
Thomasville GA
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
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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. |
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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. Rich once held the Marine Corps record high score for the "fire and movement" course with the service 9mm handgun! 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! |
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Judy P. Lane (Richard, Sr's wife of 34 years) has her own full time career with Woodmen of the World life insurance 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. |
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Jessica C. Lane (Richard, Jr's wife of 3 years) has a full time career with Woodmen of the World life insurance and 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. |
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Jessie, our 8 year old English Springer Spaniel, is Richard, Sr's constant companion. She loves to ride and even flies in the airplanes but officially she serves as office assistant and chief customer greeter (well, mostly she just sleeps on the couch). Jessie keeps unruly dogs at bay and stray cats on the run!! Jessie loves everybody and we have customers that come by just to see her. She is a good dog! |
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The story behind our logo…..
Our logo represents our current business interests which includes both motorcycle and aviation products. The logo has special meaning for us and is more than just a simple graphic design.
The center hub of the wheel shows the initials of the founder and owner of our company, Richard Lane, Sr. The background of the hub is blue which represents Richard, Sr's 20+ years of service to his state and community as a police officer. No surprise blue is his favorite color! The spoked motorcycle wheel represents Richard, Sr’s service as a motor patrol office during his law enforcement days. Really, the wheel was a natural selection for our business logo.
The gold wings of the logo have special meaning. These wings represent not only the freedom of riding and flying (and of course the business we are in) but also the fact that the Lanes are a family of pilots with hard earned pilot's licenses for both Richard, Sr and his late father, James W. Lane. A logo designed for a Lane family business had to include pilot wings of some design!
The gold wings seen in the logo are the same wings that are presented to all US Navy, US Marine Corps, and US Coast Guard aviators (which include the shield and anchor of course). These wings were specifically selected to honor Richard, Sr's late brother Commander Gregory Ben Lane, USN. Gregory Lane was a graduate of the US Naval Academy and a US Navy aviator who proudly wore the Navy wings of gold as a fighter pilot for many years. Commander Lane, killed while in service of his country, now rests at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC.
We would like our wings logo to serve in memory of not only a lost family member and a fine naval officer, but for all Navy aviators and those that currently serve in our armed forces. |
Marine Corps - Law Enforcement Foundation
Our favorite charity
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and all our men & women serving in the military
Please feel free to contact us with all of your questions.
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