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  1. BobbyBlue

    Retirement

    Just turned 52 and been "medically retired" over 8 years now...this came with divorce, loss of home, kids abandon ya, hotel rooms.... you know...normal wasp stuff...as my FJR devalues, my Les Pauls are my only worthy possessions and i have owed over 300K for heart surgeries etc....no insurance...
  2. BobbyBlue

    Rear shock linkage maintenance

    I just name all the squeaks....they're like the weight...disappear over 7 mph....keeps deer away too.....cheaper than cat food.
  3. BobbyBlue

    Ye Olde Pharts like us need to be careful out there!

    Youth is wasted on the young...its all us ole guileless treacherous fuks that keeps it fun...my pacemaker doctor informed me i have been "pulling excessive G's recently...was i flying...again...without physician clearance...blahblahblah...i told him no flying just riding my scooter...he...
  4. BobbyBlue

    Project CB350 Cafe racer

    Another Subscriber ! Go Gary Go ! A few of us might not be well enough (off ) to undertake this but thank you for sharing and living vicariously is still living ! Get my heart fixed or swapped and i'd love to do an old RD 350....parts are hard to find though. Thanks again for sharing ...
  5. BobbyBlue

    Remembering the Britten...

    Thanks Gramps ! There is a book about him i own entitled " Britten Motorcycles " by Felicity Price and published in 2003, i ordered it from B&N. I have always admired the Kiwi spirit which is evident in both Munro and Britten. I visited NZ while a USN Sailor in '78 and found i truly loved...
  6. BobbyBlue

    Just picked up my 05

    ABS FLAYBS....dont need it brother...we can do pwr slides easier ! Welcome to Gen 1ness and ride that puppy ! Congrats ! Bobby
  7. BobbyBlue

    running bad (feeling blessed)...limped home (walking on air)

    Second the connector corrosion, had similar symptoms a couple years back. All 3 under tank electrical connections corroded as hell, cleaned up with various contact cleaners and descaled with small finger-nail files. I dont have quite the humidity you do, but it prolly needs to be done again...
  8. BobbyBlue

    310

    That is just superb ! One part of me say Congrats ! the other hopes the kickstand continued to sink and you just didnt want to post those pics...or that you have to go to Daytona to find a banked road or....but seriously , thanks for sharing !
  9. BobbyBlue

    LVAD and motorcycle riding ?

    Wow, thank you so much for the support ! I'm lucky it doesnt usually hurt me to ride, and i admire you LAF, and others like painman who ride with so much discomfort...but we are a brotherhood in the wind after all, and they're not always warm or fair or at your back but we ride on ! I seem to...
  10. BobbyBlue

    LVAD and motorcycle riding ?

    Thank you Redtail, i needed to read that and i'm still learning about how to deal with attachments...Hopefully i can skip this lvad thing altogether and get a transplant but i still have some time before either is a reality...not sure about the battery pack but there is alot of recent wireless...
  11. BobbyBlue

    LVAD and motorcycle riding ?

    Thanks Mr Billy, My Docs think my scooter is a ....scooter. I have just resumed medical care after a 6 year fall through the cracks ( and this resumption of care only due to facebook ironically ) and i'm not exactly a "compliant " patient so they tell me. I enjoy amazing a bunch of stodgy ole...
  12. BobbyBlue

    LVAD and motorcycle riding ?

    Any medical/engineering types have info on this? I may be up for one sooner than later and i'm curious. LEO's need not apply, i wouldnt be ridin' now if it was all up to them. I wont give up riding easily or at all. I was curious about recharging it while riding and as an EE that shouldnt prove...
  13. BobbyBlue

    Return to Framingham, Mass--You Can't Go Home Again

    Thank you again Hans, We all get to go back a little with you and that is soooo cool ! As a GI brat almost every place i lived as a kid is either not there or secured for life behind a fence and the friends are scattered and long gone. We played hard and fast on base it seems. Good times. Thanks...
  14. BobbyBlue

    2013 MotoGP Predictions, Results and more

    I'm going with Rossi cuz i already bought all the swag and stuff....i also find it funny that spies had so many mechanical problems...i was raised in Yerup and wouldnt be all too surprised it had something to do with his ham fisted merkin help...no wonder we race in circles here...i am so stoked...
  15. BobbyBlue

    GPS Mounting Location

    I personally wouldnt mount one in public but i have snuck up on a few in the dark...i use a paper map but much prefer asking for directions...or following you guys...i keep my borgness close to my heart...they know where i am...
  16. BobbyBlue

    FJR Loyalty

    Two reasons...At 5'7 i look totally stupid jumping off at stop lights on ANY dual-sport-adveture-scabbing bike created in the last 25 years for sale in the US ....second, i am too poor anymore and very happy i chose my FJR to be a final bike, if you will, i hope not but there it is. I grew up on...
  17. BobbyBlue

    zackbilly1 - Goldwing Gadget Dude, Now New '13 FJR Owner

    I was thinkin maybe its gonna rain? Welcome Z , I was gonna go to Barber to see some bikes but yer closer and i bet you'd have colder beer ! Good on ya man !!! Bobby
  18. BobbyBlue

    Feel bad for my fjr as I don't have a shade

    Ya see, this is why I cant use the damn laptop in the yard...my FJR gets wind of all this wussiness and he'll think he NEEDS a carport...then a buddy, college , orthodontia , heated garage....maybe for my amps...ya just gotta draw the line man.
  19. BobbyBlue

    TomFromCA

    Congrats Tom ! A new adventure to shake loose those lead boots for sure ! We'll be rooting for you...vicariously...with beer ! Blessings, Bobby
  20. BobbyBlue

    Who's dropped their FJR?

    WHAT ??? LOL... These bikes come with built in sliders in the US...., you didnt get a couple? ...mine are big, hollow, come off with a key ( for when you ride in dirt ), and painted to match the bike. Like Fred, mine still match too...twiced on each side..the first couple times was a test...the...
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