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Over Labor Day weekend several FJR owners crashed a Honda party in Abbot Village, ME. One of the guys at the 4 day party has been blind since birth but he is an avid motorcycle lover. A group of us took turns touring with BlindBiker as a passenger. It was clear after the first ride he loves the sport and was ready to go for it! His first ride of the weekend was on an ST1100. While he loved ‘doing the ton’ he wasn’t too thrilled with the ST. Shortly after, he had a chance to ride on a couple of FJRs. I believe he was so taken with the FJR that he will be joining the Forum shortly. After a 2 hour ride I ran through 3 gears pretty hard for the first time and when we hit re-entry speed all he wanted was MORE POWER B) Even though BlindBiker is not small, his size simply disappeared once under way, he was perfectly balanced, didn’t move back and forth when shifting and was completely neutral in the corners. (There was never a problem with him anticipating corners 
) A good time was had by all. I had never considered that people with significant handicaps would be interested in motorcycling. Mark MacK (BABD456) deserves the saint award for all the hours he and his wife (on her own bike) rode with BlindBiker! Just goes to show that even a blind person can see that the FJR is a great bike.
Edited to add: As we were riding through the Maine countryside BlindBiker would comment, "Farm... housing area, I smell grass being cut...river nearby...cows...pine trees...is it going to rain?..." By hearing and smell he was always correct in identifying where we were. And, it did indeed sprinkle shortly after he asked.
) A good time was had by all. I had never considered that people with significant handicaps would be interested in motorcycling. Mark MacK (BABD456) deserves the saint award for all the hours he and his wife (on her own bike) rode with BlindBiker! Just goes to show that even a blind person can see that the FJR is a great bike.Edited to add: As we were riding through the Maine countryside BlindBiker would comment, "Farm... housing area, I smell grass being cut...river nearby...cows...pine trees...is it going to rain?..." By hearing and smell he was always correct in identifying where we were. And, it did indeed sprinkle shortly after he asked.
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