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715 miles down the Oregon Coast and back. Ride report posted.

This is a bit long. It's excerpted from a piece I wrote at www.midliferider.com. You can read the rest of this article and see all the cool pictures there . . . Rolling, Rolling One of the things I like especially about riding is that you don’t have to go somewhere to do it. I think about that...

You betcha. It's a board thing, not an FJR thing. So if you go roarting around on some other bike, count it here as well. Just make note of what bike you were on if it's not an FJR so I can log that. The idea is just a place to check in with what you did on your bike.

Good on ya! Don't forget to post your miles on the million mile challenge post. You can start posting there anytime. No worries if you don't have 1/1/08 starting miles.

Is that for one bike or two? There are a bunch of insurance threads, so search for those as well. I pay something less than $500 a year including collision. Closer to $400 as I recall. I go through Farmers. If you have the good fortune of being over 50, Hartford and Foremost have deals through...

Here's a snip from my interview with WheatonFJR. Priceless . . . What was the first bike you owned? My first bike was a brand new Honda CB 550F - purchased two months after high school with a small loan from the bank. No rider safety courses in them days, so a friend rode it from the...

Excellent stories!

Wunnerful story Feejer. Actually, I may need to ask the question again. I'm interested in when you were a little guy and got that first bicycle . . . your first taste of freedom. But all stories welcome.

Okay, it's a sucker headline. But this thing is just too cool for school . . . Here's the facts, jack . . . Unfortunately, little seems known about it. It currently resides in the Kubinka, Russia tank museum, and the Russians captured it from the Germans after World War II. It appears to...

Just an ad to this point. Last week I was driving along all safe and secure in my car TALKING ON THE CELL PHONE (BLUETOOTH HEADSET) when CRUNCH. Some nice young gal swerved to make a turn and hit me all down the passenger side. $4000 in damage. Ugh. She was freaked, I was calm. Thought 1...

+1 on the 2 rule. Great advice. If something like that happens on a long ride, one of the things I find helps is to drink some water and maybe have a snack. Some part of you is experiencing some level of shock. That's why your brain has gone absent on you. A little act of self-care, and I think...

If you've somehow missed it, I've been blogging away at midliferider about the subject of motorcycle riding and ownership at midlife. Along the way, the subject of "my first bike" has come up. Malve wrote about it. A couple of my buddies have sent me fun stories about their first bike. So what's...

Probably a good idea!

You may have seen Malve's post on why he rides elsewhere on the forum. If not, it's wonderful. I've included it in my interview series at midliferider. He touches on a theme that I think resonates for a lot of us which is the connection to that first "Big Wheel", or in my case, my first...

I met Carolna through FJRChick. She’s younger than the standard “mid-life”profile, but hey, it’s my blog. Carolina rides a big time bike, but she’s no squid. She gets the bike. She gets what it’s all about. She has a refreshing point of view. I wasn’t nearly that grown up when I was 24. She...

I think that's really the question. There are loads of things we might do. And whether it's a new found liberation, or just the natural cycle of things (I'm getting older now, what does it all mean?), it happens. Some people put those yearnings away, some people don't, and some of us ride...

Thanks for the good words. I didn't start out thinking I was going to do these . . . and now I can't wait to do the next one. More coming, I assure you. Cheers to all

36,341 to here. Thanks guys.

It's not my place to get all melodramatic about someone else's story. One of our fellow members, Andre, sent me a note in response to a post about Randy Pausch (who is dying of cancer). So is Andre. It's a great interview. I hope you'll read it all. Here are a couple of snips. What was the...