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Had a chance to take a ride to the top of Mt. Washington, NH with my oldest son. I am riding a '04 FJR while he is on a '08 Super Tenere. The weather was beautiful and we had a great weekend riding together. Hope you enjoy the video.

This past weekend I took a short ride to Fort Edgecomb a the mouth of the Kennebec River in Edgecomb, Maine. It is a favorite destination of mine when I want a quick, quiet get away. I took the opportunity to play with the Insta360 X3 camera and Movo Mini wireless microphone some more. I...

My son is getting married in the fall, which means that he will have less time than usual to take off from work for extended motorcycle rides this year. Just before Memorial Day Weekend, he hatched the idea of riding to P.E.I. - a place we had not visited in about 10 years - and back then, he...

Well, after ~18 years of riding with a Laminar Lip on my Gen1, a stiff gust of wind (and perhaps exuberant traveling velocity) ripped it off my windscreen yesterday on the highway. I searched for a place to double back, but in the northern reaches of I-95 in Northern Maine, those opportunities...

It is has been a while since I have posted, but I thought I would share this new farkle.  Last night I installed a new "dash cam" - a Vsysto E2F motorcycle dash cam.  Picked it up on Amazon along with a 128 GB micro SD all for around $200 USD.  The dash cam comes with two 1080p cameras - one...

This past weekend, on Labor Day in fact, I decided to take a solo ride to Moosehead Lake. This would be a 6 hr (+/-) round trip and it is a ride I hadn't done in many years. I made sure the FJR was ready to go - checked the tires, made sure I had my travel tools, first aid kit, rain gear, etc...

This past Saturday, with the very rare open day on my calendar, I decided that a trip to the top of Mt. Washington, NH was in order. I hadn't been to the top since I was a kid, and I have long wanted to take the motorcycle to the top, so with my youngest son riding pillion, we set out for a day...

Just looking to see if there is someone on this board who crossed from Calais, ME to St. Stephen, NB about 4:00 PM (EST) this afternoon (8/7/12). There was a couple that was in the line going through customs just behind me and my riding buddy (I was on a black FJR, my buddy on a blue ST1300)...

About once each year for the past several years, a friend and I attempt to escape for a week or so. Being that we are both engineers, we have adopted the moniker "Outlaw Geeks". We set our sights on Gettysburg, PA this year. We could only afford to be away for a little more than a long...

A few weeks ago, my long time riding partner and I ventured back to the Great Lakes. We had circumnavigated the 5 ponds back in 1997, but it had been a while. We had a more restrictive time schedule for this trip but we still wanted a 'goal' to shoot for, and that ended up being the Great...

I purchased my '04 from Woody's new (received it late in '03 - remember the pre-order days?). These guys have been stellar on everything I have asked of them. They claim to be the largest Yamaha dealer in Maine, and if they treat their other customers the way I have been treated, they deserve...

We've all had them - those times when you realized you just did something really stupid and you smack your forehead with the palm of your hands and let out your best Homer Simpson DOH!!! My most recent one came this morning. I rode the FJR to the shop (typically 1/2 hr. away, but with...

After a bunch of research into bluetooth helmet headsets, I settled on the SENA SMH10. I purchased the dual set in anticipation for an upcoming ride with a buddy of mine. He'll get a chance to test it out and may purchase a set of his own if he likes it. After that ride, the intention is that...

I received this via e-mail. Can't take credit for it, but it is a pretty creative writing piece describing something we all dread: _________ I called my friend Andy Sable, a gastroenterologist, to make an appointment for a colonoscopy. A few days later, in his office, Andy showed me a color...

Beginning to plan to visit the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point, MI starting from a friend's house in Ogdensburg, NY. Looking for suggestions of other places worth visiting in southern Ontario, northern Michigan, and points nearby. TIA Bob from Maine

I have been using a pair of Oxtar boots for several years now and they have served me well. Very comfortable on and off the bike. They have leather uppers (they probably go about 1/2 way up my shin) and GoreTex liners. I noticed on the last day that I rode in the rain (not a short storm, but...

I have had the Shad top case for a couple of years now and I really like it. It is solidly built, watertight, and allows me to commute to work and not worry about my laptop getting rained on. The Shad SH46 has a spot for a brake light kit that I didn’t purchase with the case. Looking back...

So, yesterday my son and I were out for a short ride. After leaving a store turning onto a 4 lane road, I hit the gas to squirt around a slow cager so I wouldn't get stuck behind him at the next light. All of a sudden the bike went dead - no power, just as if you hit the kill switch or...

:yahoo: So I finally got the '04 reassembled after getting the repainted parts back from the painter. We have had an early spring and I would have liked to get it out sooner, but work and travel have gotten in the way. Now it's finally back together and I am really pleased with the results...

So, the FJR has been stripped of its tupperware, and the paint guy has them prepped and just about ready for paint. He is working up a couple of samples for me and I am getting pretty excited to see the bike in its new duds! The reason for the paint job stems from an unscheduled get off in a...