Mark “Tiger” Edmonds was as excited as his dog, Lucy, was sleepy.

“Take a look out there,” he said, nodding toward his garage.

I went out the door. Lucy lifted an eyelid – barely.

There it was, gleaming white and dangerous-looking to the untrained eye: Edmonds’ newest 1984 BMW motorcycle. This one had less than 42,000 miles on it. His other two ’84 BMWs literally have been ridden all over North America. He found the bargain last weekend through a seller in New Port Richey.

This week, Edmonds waxes nostalgically, yet briefly, about his favorite riding places in Pasco, most of them in the north part of the county, where there are still orange groves, lakes and (some) roads unburdened by heavy construction traffic.

A retired English professor at Saint Leo University and author of several books, including “Longrider,” “The Ghost of Scootertrash Past” and “Hard Scrabble,” Edmonds also pens and reads “The Curmudgeon Chronicles” on an Orlando radio station every weekend. He doesn’t know the call letters, but information about his work can be found at http://www.drmarktigeredmonds.com.