ANNUAL PNW Tech meet #20 July 7th, 2018

[JamesW]

Sigh, what can I say that has not been said many times buy many folks, great day, got to meet and greet some heretofor unmet persons and renew contact with others. Kids are being raised right as the chow was delicious. Thank you, thank you, thank you. See you next year if not sooner.

 

[Niehart]

Sigh, what can I say that has not been said many times buy many folks, great day, got to meet and greet some heretofor unmet persons and renew contact with others. Kids are being raised right as the chow was delicious. Thank you, thank you, thank you. See you next year if not sooner.

What Jim said.

Well putting up with Carver was kind of a chore. I didn't leave any boogers on his bike but maybe left a little blue painters tape.

It was great to see Don & Dave and the rest of you bums to I guess.

 

[escapefjrtist]

Fun day, good to see all the familiar faces for a day of wrenching. Thanks to Auburn and Marissa for opening up their home for the gang...as usual, the food was awesome!

~G

 

[ahchiu]

Great day, I can't believe no forks needed to be done. Thanks to Bryan and Marissa for another great tech meet and yummy food!

I'm thinking of doing the Slipper Clutch conversion on my bike!

 

[Auburn]

Great day, good to see all that were able to make it. Weather was perfect.

 

[samamoto]

Good company, good folks, gooood food, good weather, good day, good tech meet. Damn, it's good to be back around!

Many thanks all!

 

[Panman]

Good day all, Bryan it was nice to see you get to enjoy the company instead of working your tail off. And thanks for the great food to.

 

[dcarver]

Sooo then! Left B&M's place this AM AFTER Marissa fed me one of the best breakfasts I've EVER had. These two are consummate hosts. I enjoyed every moment of Tech Daze and learning about Timber Frame houses (hope I got that right) and simply wonderful company with two wonderful humans alive on planet earth.

Here's my little RR..

https://vimeo.com/278975910

 

[samamoto]

I lunched your video/slide show, my kids come in. Pics go on, I show on one and my son (10) goes: "Dad, you're on YouTube? How awesome!" That's how become a hero these days The show goes on, about 2/3 into it my daughter (12) goes: "Dad, you hang out with a bunch of old people." I guess not so hero anymore...

 

[Harald]

Smaller tech day than past ones, but all the important people showed.

Thanks Bryan and Marissa for hosting again. I finally can put faces to the forum names FastJoyRide, Chazglenn and Dzane while we exterminated some scary spiders (OK - none were scary yet but better to do PM than wait for failure).

 

[chazglenn3]

Another great time spent with great people! Bryan and Marissa thank you for your hospitality and great food/great coffee as always! Marcus, thank you from myself as well for guiding Greg and I through the hydraulic servicing.

 

[FastJoyRide]

What an awesome weekend I just had! I arrived back home safe and sound mid-day Sunday so that I could be involved with my local rider's group's backyard cookout and general "bring the ladies and tell lies session" that we do a couple/few times each year.

Saturday after buttoning up the bike, I rode out 18 to 90, over Snoqualmie and Blewett passes, and spent that night in Cashmere and had a nice supper and a couple of wobbly-pops at the Milepost 111 brewpub in town (highly recommended!)

The crew working with me on my spider-bite harness install was amazing: dzane - a heck of a nice guy (and bus mechanic from Montana) who wanted to see where the spider nests all were on my 06 before ripping into his 07; Harald - a Boeing electronics tech who can apparently dislocate his wrist and finger joints at will to pry spider nests out of their deviously hard to find and inaccessible hiding places; Pops - who not only took off my left-side fairing panels, but reinstalled them before going to work (the horror!) - you are my hero Dave although Sylvia is still mad at you for missing CFR; Marcus - there with encyclopedic knowledge of the location and appearance of every fastener on a Gen2 (and provider of spare push-pins); and a host of others there with helpful comments/encouraging words/sarcastic comments about the number of dead bugs trapped inside my fairings etc. Without you guys I would not have been able to get this harness installed - period - so my undying gratitude and thanks to you all - even Carver.

To Bryan and Marissa and your family - you are indeed wonderful hosts and now you need to start thinking about when you can visit our "FJR safe-house" in the sunny Okanagan - since you had to miss CFR. We have lots of guest space and you are most welcome here any time (as is Hudson and his family - but that's another thank you!)

PS My Escort 8500 has a voltmeter read-out. I know it is a relatively crude meter but I am seeing .5 to .8 higher voltages across the rpm range - a bonus which I did not expect! While the spiders all looked OK before servicing and installing the harness, something that we did is definitely helping!

 

[dzane]

Got home last night after the tech meet and a week of riding the feejmobile (and horses), over in Gifford Pinchot NF in WA, and the wide sandy beach in Nehelem, OR. Thanks to all for the help on getting my spider bites fixed. Dave for sacrificing his '06 so I could see all the spider locations before tearing into mine, Niehart for the knowledge of how to disassemble an FJR fairing without breaking all the important bits, Harald for his extensive knowledge and dexterity and willingness to dive right in, Marcus for the same and for the help on reassembly when my big fat grub hooks would simply not fit in the frame, Panman, "its what we do," for running to the hardware to fetch screws and Loc-Tite, and for reassembly of my lock barrels, to George, for running him to the hardware and to Auburn, Mrs. Auburn, and the whole Auburn family for the hosting and fantastic food, and to everyone else who contributed in any way to the refit of my black cherry '07, you know who you are, a thousand thank-yous. What a great gathering and meeting place. A couple more times and I'll get all the names and faces connected. Oh and to Panman and all who commented on my rear tire...yeah you had it right. It failed on me going down the backside of 410 east of Mount Rainier on the way home. I had just passed a car and made a hard right turn, bike felt squirrelly and hard to "push," into the turn. Turned off immediately and checked out the bike. Found nothing wrong on the front end but then noticed the flat rear tire. Of particular note...the tire was about 2000 degrees!! The edge compound felt soft as a sponge. It had to have been smoking on that turn. I had pulled into a convenience store and they had a compressor. Filled the tire and was able to limp on to Ellensburg. Baby had new shoes next day before noon. Ellensburg Powersports, (A.K.A. Yamaha Jack's), lifted a few hundies off me but got me back on the road just in time to ride through Spokane rush hour in the heat of the day!! Never cared for the slab but I had to get home! Thanks Again to everyone!!

 

[Auburn]

I am putting here since anyone who came to the tech meets over the years got to know Charlie.

It is with great sadness for our family to let you all know that Charlie has attended his last Tech meet.

He got really sick Sunday night. This was the first time in his life that Charlie ever got sick. We took him to the vet on Monday afternoon. Charlie was running a very high temp and was very dehydrated. He did a blood test to figure out what it was. They kept him overnight while giving him some antibiotics and IV fluids to take care of the temperature and dehydration. The vet called us the yesterday morning and said his condition is improving, but the blood test confirmed that Charlie had cancer. The vet asked if he could give Charlie some additional steroids, since he responded better than expected to the shot the night before. He said it might give Charlie a little more time, but it doesn't cause any pain and suffering for the dog.

We said, yes, but made it clear if he is suffering we were not going to put Charlie through that. Then he called back about 7PM last night to tell us Charlie had turned for the worst and we better come down immediately. the whole family gathered at the vets and we facetimed in Alessa so she could be with us too (she is in college at WSU in Pullman). Charlie passed while we were all there.

On thing most of didn't know about Charlie was he loved to sit down by the back fence and talk to the neighbors goats. They talked back too.

Charlie is buried under the cedar tree that he used to sit under and talk to the goats.

RIP Charlie

 

[dcarver]

Oh crap. More tears. In many ways, this has been a tough year. I'll miss Charlie.

 

[Panman]

Sorry to hear Bryan, he was a good dog. I'll miss scratching him behind the ear.

 

[dave k]

Sorry for your loss quite a handsome boy.

 

[Mount Rainier]

I'll always chuckle over the time I made a visit to your home Bryan and as I entered through the front door Charlie charged in behind me and was doing one of those slip n' slide maneuvers trying to negotiate a right-hand turn on the slippery floor with the intent of charging out the sliding door. Regaining traction Charlie barreled forward refusing to be denied. Out he went as pleased as could be tearing the screen right out of the frame...

Good boy Charlie!

Sorry for your loss Bryan, Marissa and Family.

Keep going!

 

[Auburn]

I'll always chuckle over the time I made a visit to your home Bryan and as I entered through the front door Charlie charged in behind me and was doing one of those slip n' slide maneuvers trying to negotiate a right-hand turn on the slippery floor with the intent of charging out the sliding door. Regaining traction Charlie barreled forward refusing to be denied. Out he went as pleased as could be tearing the screen right out of the frame...

Good boy Charlie!

Sorry for your loss Bryan, Marissa and Family.

Keep going!

Oddly enough that is the only time he went through the screen door. We could get very excited. I always liked the look on the substitute UPS or FedEx drivers faces when he jumped into their truck for his cookie that the regular drivers always gave him.

 

[AdamK]

Losing pets is always tough. Sorry for your loss Bryan.....