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Leaving Houston area tomorrow (Wednesday) for northeastern Ohio. This is a "get from here to there" mission to arrive Thursday, and'll need to overnight after a 600/700 mile leg, so the super slab it is, mostly (but had a wonderful time riding county roads through the Texas hill country...

I'm planning on heading from Ohio to the Twin Cities a couple of weeks from now, and was looking for routing suggestions from those who know the Chicago area. Probably slabing west on I-80, then I-90 north. Looking for a route that best avoids traffic congestion, bypassing Chicago this time...

Okay, for you folks who still may be enduring the tail end of winter, here's some crude tool entertainment... What is it? First clue: (Nope, not a candle) Second clue: (Useful for old farts riding Gen 2/3. Give up?) Still unsure? No rush. There's likely still time until the snow melts...

The announced day and time had finally arrived for the grand unveiling of Ray's completed project bike, Don Carver's 1979 Kawasaki 1300. So I rode my bike over to Elk Grove to see this restored antiquity. As I pulled into the Applebee's parking lot, Don, Tyler and Molly where on hand to greet...

At the end of January I called Russell Cycle Products for a ride-in appointment for a custom butt-fitting at their shop in the city of Shasta Lake, which is about a 3 and a half hour ride from my home in the Bay Area. Overnighted six miles south of there in Redding, and showed up just as they...

New! Improved! Well after some months of depending on the kindness of strangers to get my motorcycle fix in, the local dealer now has one less of these in stock. It is now officially farkle season! (Sorry, honey! ) Ordered the Canyon Cages, but how best to protect the tank finish? I had been...

This is a belated ride report of a two wheeled adventure that began Saturday, June 22nd. I left Petaluma at 6:25am that morning and scooted over to the meeting point of the ride in Marysville. Made good time and arrived around 8:30. And among the other happy campers there to greet me was this...

I thought this youtube video was kind of interesting... Some amazing roads he's taken!

Gen 1 stock saddle in like-new condition! I originally purchased these from forum member Rolavine, when he posted this thread: https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?showtopic=115104&p=553924, and are in essentially new condition, and I was planning to have a Russel Day-Long saddle made on...

I thought I'd pass this along, as it speaks of the indomitable spirit of one intrepid rider… In the parking lot at work, I saw this chariot - a BMW R1200R modified somewhat to the specific requirements of its owner. What doesn't show in the photo below is the tailgate, which lowers to become...

About 3:30 pm last Sunday (Oct 14), I was returning home from the BBQ that ClearWater Lights held at their place in Rancho Cordova, when I caught up to a shiny '06 FJR, solo rider, tall passenger backrest. Rider was heading north on Hwy 29, turned west onto Hwy 12, and then turned north on the...

During an IRS audit, the auditor looked at the tax payer and exclaimed... ... "Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no full-time employment, which you explain by saying that you win money gambling. I'm not sure the IRS finds that believable." "I'm a great gambler, and I can prove...

Tyler did a yeoman's job of organizing much of the local left coast activities on last week's Wheatie Weekend. But what many of you may not know is that it wasn't all smiles and miles. There were at least a couple of biking mishaps that I personally witnessed. Here are pictures of one of them...

Summary Warning: Gen 1 bikes that are "tickers" do not always audibly tick. Beware. :o Details I took my '05 (bought new and now only 53,000 miles young) into Roseville Yamaha earlier this week for its 2nd valve check, replacement of the Cam chain tensioner and hydraulic lines, and other...

WCR was a blast! :yahoo: I just wanted to post a note to say "thank you" to Barb and Dana and Jeff and all of the others (you know who you are ;) ) for all of the time and effort you've so generously given in preparing and running this rally.

Running a few errands, I stopped by Best Buys the other day, and on the way back to the electronics department I turned my head and said, "Huh. Will you look at that!". On display was a small, green motorsickle. I walked over and gave it a look see. It was a direct drive electric model. No...

Thanks to beemerdons for organizing spectacular ride once again. This is a ride to repeat year after year, with this year's ride being all the more amazing given the recent storms that came through. :yahoo: And also thanks to Fairlaner for hosting bar, and providing his usual entertainment...

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Others will be along to fill in the details, but until then, click the picture below to see some photos of the day. MadMike talking through hand puppets

Coming home from Tim's Memorial this weekend, I was trailing our little group of riders while heading north on a lonely stretch of Hwy 25. The bikes I first rode and learned on didn't have engines that would protect themselves from rider abuse, so I've never ridden in any manner that assumed...