ionbeam
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On Sunday, 4/2/06, Helen and I met three New England area FJR owners plus a perpetual waiter for the first ever group meeting. NE area riders tend to be pretty much solo riders because our fickle weather wrecks plans and personal schedules interfere so this was a momentous occasion :lol: We met at a local seafood restaurant where we got our monthly dose of fat and salt to go with the seafood, but it was good. We spent quite a while going over all the farkles, tweaks and additions before the meal. We then took a meandering ride through the country side to get Chris to a road that is actually on the map so he could find his way home.
It was interesting to note how far from stock everyone’s bikes were. What was striking is how well the farkles were performed and integrated. Guess that happens when you have long cold winters <_< My FJR has a bunch of electro & mechanical doodads for long, cold ride comfort. Dwayne' FJR has appearance, sound & GPS, as well as a cool air pump install and a yet to be populated BlueSea power distribution block to list a few items. His sound system wiring is a marvel. I regret not getting pixs of his helmet locks by his license plate. Russ too has long, cold ride equipment but implemented using different manufacturers and different types of items including a barn door size Cee Bailey. Russ is also the developer of the helmet lock hook. Chris’s FJR is in the final recovery state after getting center punched by a car last year, now he can move on with the farkles. Chris has a really nice set of Two Brothers pipes curtsey of the cage encounter. One of his Wild Bill brackets and peg took a licking, I wonder if it help prevent engine damage??? Bill, the eternal waiter, former ’05 owner and now ’06 waiter was looking over the things he may do to his ’06 above and beyond the factory improvements. Bill’s dealer claims the wait will end on April 10, hmmm, we’ll see
Dwayne's helmet locks as shown at Cycle Gadgets:
Left to right: Speedfreak (Bill) the waiter; Ionbeam (Alan) and Banditat1200 (Dwayne) checking out Dwayne’s most excellent BlueSea install. Yes he blew a suspender but no, didn't loose his pants :bad:
The two bikes on the right side, the rider in the leather coat with gray hat is FJReady (Russ) and blue hat is ChrisInNH (Chris)
FJR hat, pretty in pink Bill and reverse hat Chris
Dwayne in red, Russ in blue. Dwayne just discovered that out of the whole group he is the only one that actually makes things. At the end of the day he has something to show for his efforts.
After the meal Speedfreak was sent home in his new Hemi painted almost galaxy blue(!) and we saddled up. I took the group for ride-about on some local roads. Hopefully they enjoyed a bit of scenery and some winding roads. We ended up at a local lake near actually named roads. Funny, every time Ionbeam leads a ride he hears two things as soon as the helmets come off: “WHERE THE HELL ARE WE???” and “How the HECK did we get HERE?” :blink: Chris left for home from here as the sun was setting and the temps were falling.
Chris
Dwayne
After a few miles through familiar roads Dwayne left to meet with his cousins that we coincidentally flew past a bit earlier. Helen and I rode back almost to the coast with Russ before calling it a day.
When the weather gets a bit better we will do this again, only focus more on the ride. If anyone in the region wants to be notified for the next meeting/ride contact me via Forum email and I will add you to our contact list.
Alan (Ionbeam)
It was interesting to note how far from stock everyone’s bikes were. What was striking is how well the farkles were performed and integrated. Guess that happens when you have long cold winters <_< My FJR has a bunch of electro & mechanical doodads for long, cold ride comfort. Dwayne' FJR has appearance, sound & GPS, as well as a cool air pump install and a yet to be populated BlueSea power distribution block to list a few items. His sound system wiring is a marvel. I regret not getting pixs of his helmet locks by his license plate. Russ too has long, cold ride equipment but implemented using different manufacturers and different types of items including a barn door size Cee Bailey. Russ is also the developer of the helmet lock hook. Chris’s FJR is in the final recovery state after getting center punched by a car last year, now he can move on with the farkles. Chris has a really nice set of Two Brothers pipes curtsey of the cage encounter. One of his Wild Bill brackets and peg took a licking, I wonder if it help prevent engine damage??? Bill, the eternal waiter, former ’05 owner and now ’06 waiter was looking over the things he may do to his ’06 above and beyond the factory improvements. Bill’s dealer claims the wait will end on April 10, hmmm, we’ll see
Dwayne's helmet locks as shown at Cycle Gadgets:
Left to right: Speedfreak (Bill) the waiter; Ionbeam (Alan) and Banditat1200 (Dwayne) checking out Dwayne’s most excellent BlueSea install. Yes he blew a suspender but no, didn't loose his pants :bad:
The two bikes on the right side, the rider in the leather coat with gray hat is FJReady (Russ) and blue hat is ChrisInNH (Chris)
FJR hat, pretty in pink Bill and reverse hat Chris
Dwayne in red, Russ in blue. Dwayne just discovered that out of the whole group he is the only one that actually makes things. At the end of the day he has something to show for his efforts.
After the meal Speedfreak was sent home in his new Hemi painted almost galaxy blue(!) and we saddled up. I took the group for ride-about on some local roads. Hopefully they enjoyed a bit of scenery and some winding roads. We ended up at a local lake near actually named roads. Funny, every time Ionbeam leads a ride he hears two things as soon as the helmets come off: “WHERE THE HELL ARE WE???” and “How the HECK did we get HERE?” :blink: Chris left for home from here as the sun was setting and the temps were falling.
Chris
Dwayne
After a few miles through familiar roads Dwayne left to meet with his cousins that we coincidentally flew past a bit earlier. Helen and I rode back almost to the coast with Russ before calling it a day.
When the weather gets a bit better we will do this again, only focus more on the ride. If anyone in the region wants to be notified for the next meeting/ride contact me via Forum email and I will add you to our contact list.
Alan (Ionbeam)
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