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Rocky Patel 1990 Vintage has been my go to for a number of years. https://www.rockypatel.com/cigar/1990-vintage/ It's my Sunday afternoon tradition. Walk with the dog, nice cigar; like hitting the reset button. A heads up, if you sign up w JR Plus, they have a special on right now for free...

I used to work munitions recovery and remote sensing, and Arctic engineering. These days, in my third career, I work nuclear. Reinventing ourselves keeps us young!

I have to be in Poulsbo on Oct 21st. I could always deliver ... Of course, you'd miss the amazing riding down here, but just for this year. CO Route 141 is the best motorcycle road ever conceived, and half way between Delta and Naturita is the best automobile museum ever assembled. And it's...

Bumpity bump. The heat here is finally backing off!

And replied to. Very close - XTerra. Pretty much ubiquitous in Moab. Like an FJ Cruiser or a 4Runner, but about an FJR or two nice dirt bikes cheaper.

SOLD!

Bump for lowering the price again.

Bump for a lower price! Thanks for looking.

Ah well, there are certainly worse places to have an FJR than Moab! Maybe I'll ride down to 4 corners this weekend.

Of course, everything is negotiable!

Lowered the price. And here are a couple of videos of the bike on Independence Pass in Colorado this summer. I'm the slow poke in front of the camera. (I'd love to know how to post a youtube as a screen and not a link.) Going down the Pass:

Don't you need to know a motorcycle nut in Moab? The kind with a house, a garage, and tools? Here is a great opportunity for the ultimate Fly and Buy, because there is no better time to ride the Southwest than the fall. 2012 Yamaha FJR 1300 ABS. Barely ridden, better than excellent...

Wow, it's tough to beat those suggestions. And I've been to most of those restaurants and agree. If you are a science and engineering type, you'll really like the new museum of industry and history on lake union, plus the wooden boat museum. Chandlers Crab House is right there. Great place for...

Washing is hopeless for me. I live in the rainforest on an unpaved road. Maybe someday when it quits raining and the mud turns to dirt and gravel ... Side note: The mud all over the bike didn't bother me with the DR650 or the VStrom. The FJR is a whole different story.

I'm 5'9" with a 31 inch inseam. I think the size of one's belly is likely also a factor. I find the bike just right in it's stock form. Foot pegs is a different story. On my previous street bike, a VStrom 650, the bars were too high. On the two before that, both FZ1s, I actually lowered the...