Custom ride has been decades in the making for Wear

Lampasas native David Wear poses at W.M. Brook Park with his custom ride ‘Addiction,’ built by Wear himself. MONIQUE BRAND | DISPATCH RECORD
Lampasas native David Wear poses at W.M. Brook Park with his custom ride ‘Addiction,’ built by Wear himself. MONIQUE BRAND | DISPATCH RECORD

David Wear loves motorcycles and just completed his very own custom-made bike, 20 years in the making. But this bike is unique in more than one way.

Wear, a Lampasas native, was three days from his 18th birthday. He had been riding since sixth grade. He had just graduated from high school, where he played football, and had a new car. He was driving to and from Fort Hood from Lampasas for work.

Then,…