FJR Milestones - Places you've been

[wheatonFJR]

FJR MILESTONES

After posting in another thread, I decided the post belonged in a different thread. A thread about places you've been....not what your ODO happens to say.

I'll start.

2003 - 1st FJR (October 4, 2003)

2004- 1st FJR gathering (April Midwest Tech meet in Indy)

2004 - 1st FJR group ride (November in Wisconsin)

2004 -1st time visiting SE Ohio-OMG :yahoo:

2005 - attended my 1st official SE Ohio Ramble (hosted by mcarp/yamaholic)

2005 - 1st FO (2005 CFO)

2005 - 1st trip to northeast -September

2006 -1st trip to Hooterville -April

2007 - 1st CFR

2007 -1st EOM

2008 -1st NAFO

2009 - 1st time to Sag Harbor

2009 - 1st time to British Columbia

2010 -1st ride with my son

2010 -1st Camping meet

2011 - 1st trip to Kali

2012 - ????

 

[SkooterG]

Good thread Wheaty! Holy cow, where to start? I've got some photos to dig out.........

 

[beemerdons]

Thanksgiving Day of 2004, at the very tip of Baja California, Mexico. Our Thanksgiving Feast had no turkey served at all: Lobster, shrimp, clams, octopus, oysters and freshly caught sea bass was our Menu for that Day; with side orders of rice, beans, corn and flour tortillas; washed down with just enough delicious Mexican Beer so that we could ride safely back to our hotel 20 miles away! Left to Right: Greg "SkooterG" Marbach, "Fast" Eddie Quarles, Don "BeemerDonS" Stanley and Chuck "Frenchie" Doucet.

This FJR Milestone is so important to me because it started a 7+ year friendship with my riding Buddy SkooterG, since then Greg and I have gone on hundreds of multi-day rides and have logged thousands upon thousand of miles together! Since the passing of my high school pal Cy Noel, Greg's my very Best Friend!

 

[El Toro Joe]

Got the FJR April 1st 2007

First trip on the FJR was Memorial weekend 2007, rode 15 hrs of backroads from Brunswick, Ohio to Norfolk, Virginia. 9 hrs of slab for the return trip 2 days later.

Did the last Cats & Daks ride...it was a little wet for about the last 200 miles on Saturday. Stayed with Tim(Tim05fjr) & Cheryl in their cottage. Had a great time

Several SE Ohio Rambles, got to meet/ride with many great people.

Both of Wheaties Appalachian camping trips, again had a great time & met lots of new friends.

Several camping trips down to WV to ride with Jim(spklbuk) and the usual suspects that hang out in that area.

And in 2011 I made it to my first EOM...and got to enjoy a cigar along with MEM.

Lookin forward to next year and beyond :yahoo:

 

[FJR Bill]

No pics but in the last year and half me and the FJR have ventured from home in Tampa to Mena Arkansas and the Talamena Trial, Camped at Willville Meadows of Dan Va 3 times, Blue Ridge Parkway Motorcycle only Campground NC, Ironhorse motorcycle campground NC 2 times, Gold Head State Park Fl, Bulow campground Fl, Marlington WV. States Travelled, Fl, Ga, Sc, Nc, Tn, Ky, Ar, Mo,Va, Al, Ms, Wv, Il. I feel like I'm just getting her broke in. Camping on the FJR is a hoot.

Bill

 

[wheatonFJR]

Very good guys.

Try to throw in a piccie if you can...for those of us who have ADD or can't read.

 

[FJR-RemingtonRider]

Neat-o'

Florida-Guys weekend away to Pensacola of course via...Louisiana

SS1-Tex to California and all the states in between...New Mexico, Arizona.

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Ride Tx-to Rapid City,SD...first time camping via Nebraska, return through Colorado.

Custard Park, Deadwood and Iron Mountian riding while at Sturgis.

Washington on the Brazos...

Galveston Texas, muchos'

Three Sister's San Antonio,TX

 

[BikerGeek99]

Hmm...

OK - I'll play.

April 18, 2008 I bought my '04.

Memorial Day weekend, 2008. Sooze and I took our first overnight motorcycle road trip, going to SW Pennsylvania. We packed more crap on that trip than we do nowadays. Live and learn...

Labor Day weekend, 2008. Sooze and I took our first multi-night motorcycle road trip, going to the Finger Lakes region in New York.

A couple of weeks later, we take our second multi-night motorcycle road trip.

EOM 2008.

There were a lot of FJRs there.

October, 2008. We take a ride down to Kentucky for a family event. We take some time away for a ride with Jaegmeister. I am schooled on just how shitty of a rider I really am.

January 1, 2009. I take my first-ever ride on January 1. Damn it was cold...

May, 2009. SFO in Eureka Springs, AR. It rained for 3 damn days straight.

Odot provided the entertainment.

Forgot a rain hat? Not a problem for an FJR rider.

After SFO, Sooze and I headed over to Tulsa, OK, for visit Sooze's brother. Then we rode Route 66 all the way to Chicago. Our first Route 66 Roadside Attraction: The Blue Whale.

A few weeks later, Sooze and I got married in May. For our honeymoon, we hopped on the FJR and rode to New England for a week or so. We were joined by my dad and my dad's brother-in-law. Among the places we visited was Sag Harbor, New York, to see Jordan's bridge. The Axeman himself came and met us and gave us a guided tour of the Hamptons.

Labor Day, 2009. We head north. We have overnights at Casa de Bustanut Joker and Sault Saint Marie. Bust, me and Wayne (extrememarine). Howie had managed to grenade the engine in his FJR and was being grumpier than normal at the time, so I made a sign for him.

Yeah. Be afraid.

After surviving THAT ordeal, a couple of weeks later we were off to EOM 2009 in Johnson City, TN. It rained a wee bit, and this was the first and only time when I followed Bungie and we actually didn't go in circles OR get lost.

Some brain cells MIGHT have been sacrificed for the greater good.

After EOM, we headed over to Charlotte, NC, for a couple of nights visiting friends and doing touristy shit.

June 2010. While saving our vacation for an epic trip out west on the Harley, we did take a week and headed to Quebec for CFR 2010. Yamafitter caught this picture of us.

And I caught this picture of Bust. It's his best side.

September 18, 2010. FJR Tech Day I at Bustanut Joker's place.

A week or so later, NAFO 2010 in Knoxville, TN.

April 8, 2011. FJR Tech Day II at Casa de Bustanut Joker.

Bust had a tearful reunion with Dolly. It was really touching. So to speak...

August, 2011: NERDS!

One of those Kalifornia weirdos got lost and showed up.

September, 2011: EOM 2011 in Cumberland Falls, Kentucky.

Which we followed-up with a few days in Hilton Head.

And, finally, October, 2011: FJR Tech Day III at Casa de Bustanut Joker.

<sigh>

 

[Hudson]

2008: First time I met Niehart.

Spring 2009: First time I photographed NiePiehart in action:

Summer 2009: First time Piehart was caught horcking a whole pie:

Fall 2009: First time Niehart was photographed eating pie outside

Winter 2009: First time Niehart admitted he has a pie problem:

 

[Surly]

What a great thread!

:lol: h34r:

 

[Bustanut joker]

Well I've been in me driveway

Lost in Ottawa

hung out with Stanleys ex girl friends..

Hit England for a spell..

Visited Minnesota

Slept in Wisconsin

spent time in Owosso drinking beer with this guy

Toured lake Huron in 19 hours

Tipped over drunk in Owosso ..........again.

Seen the moon in Canada

Spent time in Vermont

And watched andy do bad stuff with me sheep in owosso

It's been a damned fine two years!

 

[majicmaker]

And watched andy do bad stuff with me sheep in owosso

Ok Bust!! That was Freakin' Hilarious! :haha: You are the Man!! :good:

 

[wfooshee]

I been a couple places, but mostly nearby.

A coastal tour of some nearby scenic roads:

Oh, wait. The supposedly "Christian" woman in the picture left me for a supposedly "Christian" man, from our own church, whom she'd been with for months before I knew about it. Not that I'm bitter or anything, but what's so hard to understand about "THOU SHALT NOT . . .???!!!?!?!" So here's the corrected photo:

First time I saw Patriot's bike, but didn't know it was his. Left a "You on the forum?" note, and got one back on my bike when I came back outside. I met isabella before I met Patriot! This is at the Museum of Naval Aviation aboard Pensacola NAS.

Eglin AFB's Air Force Armament Museum:

Chipley, first meet with RadioHowie, one half of the party that was to have been present for the breakfast. See story here.

Me meeting Patriot at the battleship Alabama park. Note the 3-year-old road rash on the side bag. Chicks dig scars.

On the short causeway at Navarre, coming home from an air show in Pensacola:

Majicmaker and Patriot with our bikes at Pensacola NAS for the Blue Angels Homecoming show last month.

Home sweet home for the Sebring 12-hour last March.

Packed for the AMA weekend at barber in 2008.

 

[Dudewado]

O.K., You asked for it.

I just spent a couple of hours looking through A LOT of pictures. It was a great stroll down memory lane.

Oregon

WFO3 Idaho

Glacier NP

Highway 36 N.CA

Mt Ranier

Yosemite

Tioga Pass

Sequoia NP

WFO4 Olympic NP

Gathering In Moro Bay

CFR2009/Icefields Parkway

WCR2010

I could keep this up all night, but you get the idea.

 

[majicmaker]

Chipley, first meet with RadioHowie, one half of the party that was to have been present for the breakfast. See story here.

Before you read the "Clicky" Please take into account that it was My Birthday and I "Know Nothing about any Chipley, FL Prostitution" Scandals!!

Majicmaker and Patriot with our bikes at Pensacola NAS for the Blue Angels Homecoming show last month.

Mine is the Shiney, Pretty One in Front!!

 

[beemerdons]

What a great thread!

:lol: h34r:

+1, Gunny; this thread is fantastic, many thanks Wheatie!

 

[wheatonFJR]

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Gathering In Morro Bay

...I could keep this up all night, but you get the idea.

Man, I wish I was at that Morro Bay gathering.

Dude...those are some awesome photos/memories. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Geezer]

Well, I don't get out on the road very often, but here is a small sampling of some of my FJR experiences.

My first EOM, 2006, Grumpy and my daughter Deena enjoying their WFO hats.

SWFOG, Don enjoying a Sipaburger. I think he had been looking forward to that burger for a loooong time.

My riding buddies at WFO in Idaho:

Umm, do I really want to go down that road? Well, I did and it got very challenging very quickly. I eventually turned around and found a paved road.

 

[wheatonFJR]

Good photos Greg...I believe we first met in June 2006 when you and your daughter rode on Yamaholic's WV Ramble.

Your picture of Grumpy is a good reminder of who to pray for...he just having had that very serious accident... Rider down - Grumpy