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  1. MarFJR

    I'm off the rest of the week

    So if you want to go for a nice ride, Post your avail. times and see if we can get somthing going...
  2. MarFJR

    Mary Ann's dinner

    10:00-11:00 ish The real cool kids will be looking for FJR's So if you want to come over and look for bikes I will get a bigger table!
  3. MarFJR

    Changing the dog bones

    2 Simple bolts that are an absolute PITA to get off and on. Between the center stand and getting the holes to line up with the new ones… This is my improvised fix for getting the back end off the ground. With this litte set up and a car jack I was able to get this done myself. And it is off...
  4. MarFJR

    Anyone up for riding this weekend?

    After a record year of snow blower inactivity. The Day’s getting longer and riding out to forage for food just months away. I was wondering if anyone wanted to hook up for group ride to practice our dinner skills and scout out possible lunch fare…. If everyone is still in their winter dens. I...
  5. MarFJR

    Last minute ride 1/7

    Going to hit the high 40’s and I feel the need for a few hours of riding. If anyone else feels a little antsy as I do today.. let’s have lunch. I will have this thread on my phone so I can check in see if anyone bites.
  6. MarFJR

    Jamaica Bike rental

    I will be heading out to Jamaica early next month. I was hoping to rent a bike there to do my adventuring. I was hoping for at lest a good sized BMW. I don’t dare to hope I could find the refined FJR available for rent. All I have been able to find online is maybe a 550 Honda.. or a scooter… A...
  7. MarFJR

    What I learned on my Summer Vacation

    Well folks, As I look back from May 28th the day I picked up my bike and the joys of riding again after putting it away in my younger days to the day after what could be the last ride of my 1st season. I will pause and share what I have discovered. 1st getting the bike was driven by a hard...
  8. MarFJR

    Anyone down for a ride this weekend?

    I am thinking very late start, Brunch and a few roads. Airport Dinner around 10-10:30ish Maybe down RT 128 into Mass.. Any interest?
  9. MarFJR

    Frame sliders

    This will happen!
  10. MarFJR

    Picnic Ride

    Oh sure I finish 1 ride and I start looking for the next. I was rolling up Rt. 28 today in NH and doing about 55-60 and it kind of crests at the top of the valley below above Wolfeboro. There is a Picnic area right there at the top. I know the lakes region ok and I start thinking to myself. We...
  11. MarFJR

    Used stuff cheap

    I Just found a consignment store in Hampton NH. They only do motorcycle gear. KSU Cycle on RT 1. 2 Pairs of riding pants and some boots for about 150.00 bucks. The boots are Gortex Dainses, They look new, in a box. I know they are going for about 300 bucks new. (Cost me 75 Bucks)I already love...
  12. MarFJR

    Sat 9/3/2011

    Great ride. Great roads. Great company. Sandi and I are home and posting our pics. All of them Some Postable ones..
  13. MarFJR

    Ok I'll start... anyone riding for the long weekend

    I know Allen and Helen where thinking something up. But don’t know where they are with there plans. Any one have plans to ride sometime during this upcoming long weekend? :bike:
  14. MarFJR

    Lowering the front forks Thursday

    After getting home Sunday afternoon. The first order of business Monday was to head out to the dealer. You see when I bought my Bike a couple of months ago I had them lower it by changing out the dog bones. Well they never adjusted the forks in the front. :blink: I have been getting along...
  15. MarFJR

    Here is one for the law makers!

    https://www.wmur.com/news/28768181/detail.html In my experience people in this group don’t remember what pill they took when.. Every time I see a story like this I just cringe. At 96 if I was still walking on this planet I would love to still be driving and riding…. The Odds of that happening...
  16. MarFJR

    Looking for a helmet com system

    Just wow... I would like to talk to my wife while we are out, maybe lessen to some music. I am looking at scale Q2’s and G4’s I just can’t spend 300 to 400 bucks on a farkle again… this month. Fricken mortgage and bills!! Do you folks have a cheep alt to look at? I don’t care if it’s wireless...
  17. MarFJR

    A Note about getting back on..

    I rode in my teens and 20’s and almost pushing 50 I did get back on. I went and looked at bikes and always came back to the FJR. I thought about maybe something lighter and smaller BUT always back to the FJR. It started with a friend that had never rode a bike, but wanted to in the worst way...
  18. MarFJR

    Two up Help

    I have a few rules when I take on the responsibility of a passenger on my bike. I know the bike is going to act differently than me and her when we toss on a sack of potatoes on the back Here is my working list, I run threw before a ride and many have saved a foot or a wipe to this date...
  19. MarFJR

    Breakaway Throttle lock.

    There is a black plastic piece that disengages the lock if you touch the brakes slightly. If you have it wrong you have to remove the lock down arm to adjust it because the bolt can’t be reached when the arm is connected to the handle bar. And it is very sensitive as it should be. As far a...
  20. MarFJR

    Breakfast tomorrow 6/26

    I am sitting here having not been on my bike in a couple of days and was thinking of maybe going up to Masson for a ride/Breakfast Thinking Parkers. Anyone hungry?
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