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Headlight lenses cracked. Dealer replaced the entire assembly under YES. They said this was the second 08 they had fixed for this problem. I saw the part from the other bike and it had cracked the same way. Looks like there may have been some with a molding defect to the inner lenses.

BS, there's no way you could push an FJR that far!

Thanks to George and Dave for doing the breakfast thing. Much thanks to the vendors who provided the goodies. For me, special thanks to Adventure Motorsports for the gift certificate. They are always my shop of choice. Was great to see you all again.

Police report from West Virginia: Police Report

Ditto gang. Enjoy overeating, napping and typically bad football. Mostly, enjoy being with family and/or friends, as it applys.

I'll be there. If it's not snowing, I'll be riding.

The one neat trick I learned when checking the valves was to disconnect the throttle cables at the bars to get a little slack so that you can slide the valve cover off and on easily without them being in a way. Note the routing for when you reinstall the breather hoses. A couple of dabs of...

OK, I'm in. Bringing my V-Strom riding, hooligan brother. Looking forward to some good times with all.

Traffic on 20 with an FJR is pretty much a nonissue. Watch for Washington's finest when you hit the Methow Valley.

I've been on that road a bunch of times. It is a Forest Service road and is not paved and not particularly well maintained. Depending on time of year and the relative condition of the road, it is passable with a dual sport or completely out of service. Definitely not suitable for an FJR.

Um, I'll give you $100 and a used Radio Flyer for it.

Check with your local solid waste folks. Around here, they have household hazmat centers where you can take stuff like this and get rid of it responsibly for free. They're only open a couple of days a week. I have gotten rid of some amazingly bad stuff from inside my garage no questions asked...

Geez, it's not like using the right stuff is going to break the bank or anything either. $11/Qt for BelRay Hypoid Gear Oil - 4 oil changes to the quart - minimum.

This makes a little sense to me and seems plausible. Hypoid gears (as in the rear end of an FJR) require a lot more high pressure additives in the oil than say straight cut gears would. It makes sense that if you use a nonhypoid gear oil that you might not be getting proper lubrication between...

I was stopped awhile back by the Omak WSP in the SUV. Young guy who rides a GXXR 1000. Decent sort of fella. Seemed to have a deeper understanding than most.

Was it the younger fella driving the SUV?

(Fox News) -- MotoGP Superbike Champion Valentino Rossi suffered a shattering blow in Jerez, Spain while he was with his girlfriend driving to dinner on Tuesday. He broke his right and left Humerous bones after a head on collision with another vehicle. Italian Rossi was going to compete in the...

You just didn't look close enough.

Good to See Ya

Thanks for letting me hang out with the cool people. A few more photos: