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Good on you Papa54! I am now 77 and sold my FJR a few years ago. Thought it was to large for what I needed. I agree, the 1000+ days are but a memory for me. The last couple of years were 500-600 mile that I felt compfy with for a day. btw my longest ride was 13k+ miles in 18 days - solo to...

Greetings and salutations KM! I don't know if you remember me but back in 2008. . . I had a business trip to St Louis. I flew to Culman AL and bought my fjr and then rode to MO. 1st stop was your garage to do an oil / filter change. Then did my business for a few days in MO and rode home to...

nope, was on the other side of camera

I took the pic. I was on a cross country ride from CT to CA then north to WA then home. There was a 'wrench day' (maybe that's what it was called) at one rider's house near Seattle, I think. I stopped in and was treated very well by all :) Changed my oil / filter drank my coffee and hit the road...

You know what garyahouse? When it becomes important to you, you will do it. The roads out west allow for some serious speed - you just can't waste time. My 'meals' were at every gas station I stopped in :) Talk to some real Iron Butt'ers. They have the real experience on serious mile days. 1k's...

As a 'former rider' I'll chip in here to say that was one of the big reasons I sold my last bike 2 years ago, at 74. . . I realized I just wasn't comfortable doing 1k days anymore. I don't consider myself an 'iron butt'er but I was a Long Distance rider. I enjoyed riding in the west, northwest...

Sorry to say I had to join this fraternity :( Two years ago I sold my FJR. I was 74 at the time and it was time. . . I do miss riding - my avatar shows where I've ridden. Almost a million miles in 50+ years of riding. The FJR was just too big for me now and I don't do 1000 mi days anymore...

Best wishes from the east coast - thinking of you

In 2004 I 'finally' made it into GNP. If you are into hiking try to get to Glacier lake The rest of my pix here: https://molaver.org/gnp1.htm

I believe I flew into Huntsville, AL & they picked me up at the airport in 2008 https://dandhcycle.com/ Best deals, nice people

So my son has been bugging me to get the 'new' 2% cash back credit card that's been advertised. I have a 1-1/2% cash back card now. I finally break down when he emails me the link to an application. Ok it takes all of a couple of minutes & I'm approved. Now there is an issue. Its my...

Well ND, I'll throw in my $.02 here too. I'm also 68, as a previous poster is. I bought my fjr 6 years ago - primarily for LD riding. My previous 2 bikes were Wings. I put about 140K on the last one & 125K on the 1st. Great rides for what they are. At 62 I was hankering for a sportier ride that...

major suck but glad to hear you aren't seriously hurt :) It will take some time, but at some point you will be able to laugh at it.

Ya know, I may be old & creeky but, didn't I send you a thank you note for posting a utube vid on installing the Homelink? Had to be over a year ago - unless my mind is really gone :) Here is mine - well, when it new. I now have Wedsports on it and a ton of unseen mods bigger injectors...

LOL - funny subject. I have a modified Subaru STI that I occasionally track. Whenever I start to think how 'superfast' it is I hop onto the fjr & go for a ride. Reality check!

Hi Escape! I believe we met several years ago (2010?) at a members house in Washington for a 'tech day'. I was completing my 'last 3 states in North America' ride and stopped in to do an oil & filter change. I've been reading the (hopefully) tongue in cheek comments about the Wings in this...

Glacier National Park in NW Montana - If I can ride there 5 or 6 times you sure can make it, you are right next door! Going to the Sun Road is spectacular

If no one takes it soon I'll drop it off on my next ride to GNP.

It's NOT a HF lift, the tire changer is. The wifey gave me the lift about 10 years ago, It rolls under the frame, perpendicular to the frame & is basically a hydraulic sissor jack. When she gave me an air powered platform lift a few years later this one was relegated to the garage to gather...