A young Peter Egan was spotted

[dcarver]

Check this guy out.. I'm on a mighty-fine FJR1300, with HID's, aux fuel tank, XM tunes in my ear, radar detector at the ready, e.g. fully prepped and running hard. Rode up on this guy and thought "It's Peter Egan, reincarnated!"

I wonder what this rider's story is? An old bike had to get away? College student? Pure enthusiast?

Wish I had time to stop and say hello..

Here's the pix

Buco helmet, goggles, jeans, no gloves, backpack, and whatever case he could scrounge for clothes..

Does this remind you of you in the younger days?

 

[Bungie]

Thats cool as hell! No posing there!

 

[wheatonFJR]

Looking at that seat, I'm betting that his butt is hurting right about now.

Too bad he didn't go online first, learn about a proper touring bike, proper touring gear, and aftermarket seats before setting out on a trip.

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nah.

 

[PhilJet09]

Cool! I wonder if he has a pink pup tent in that duffel bag.

 

[escapefjrtist]

Kind of makes you wish for the simpler times...

Now would y'all excuse me while I take my fuel-injected, shaft drive, electrically adjustable windshield motorcycle for a ride!

--G

 

[dcarver]

As i passed him, he looked up with a big grin.. He was having a great time, living large!

 

[vabrzn]

That's sort of how I looked 38 years ago. Although I always wore my waxed Belstaff jacket.

 

[Intech]

Awesome! I loved my Bonneville. I had great times on it.

 

[beemerdons]

That's sort of how I looked 38 years ago. Although I always wore my waxed Belstaff jacket.

+1, Gunny; that's exactly how I looked "48 years ago", I always wore my Levi jacket and my Bronson navy watch cap!!!

Man oh Man, I still love old British Iron. Hard to believe that people like Fairlaner could have made such incredible motos!

 

[John d]

Yes, that does bring back memories.

1993, on a 74 Commando, rode from London Ontario, through the USA and ended up in Tofino BC.

What really freaks me out is that someone is still making those brown 70's leatherette bags like he and I used, or are they?

 

[Panman]

A nice little 500, I guess that I had better get the Trident out and go for a little spin.

 

[FastJoyRide]

When I was 17 no-one told me that you "couldn't" go touring on a Honda 150 Dream. So I did, I rode it from Toronto to Rhode Island to visit my aunt and uncle at the end of the summer. Naragansett Beach, clam cakes, underage beer - life was good! That little red Honda wouldn't hold 45 mph on uphills so it wasn't legal for the NY Thruway. That started me on a lifelong practice of looking for the prettier roads and avoiding the slabs like the plague. Good memories Don!

 

[Bungie]

You know, Don's pic and this discussion reminds me of an article in Cycle World years ago. It's my favourite article bar none and I want to say it was written by Peter Egan, but I'm not sure.

Guy bought late 60's Yamaha Big Bear 2-smoker for dirt cheap. He headed North out of Cali to see how far the old basket case would take him. The rule was, if he couldn't fix it with a basic toolkit he'd just push it off the side of the road and stick his thumb out. The bike finally gave up the ghost some where in BC.

Engine seizing going up hills, breaking the seize going down the other side, making clutch plates out of a leather jacket... great stuff!

I tried looking for it high and low on the Interwebs but it was published in the early to mid 80's.

I keep toying with the same idea. Hop on the lil-bitch Ninja 250 and pointing it some direction. The problem, is that lil bitch will probably still be running in Tierra Del Fuego. Well that, and my ass won't last more than 45 minutes on it.

I was gonna ride the CBR250 down to NERDS for a joke. A quick 2 hr highway trip on that put the kybosh on that idea LOL!

 

[Fred W]

That guy in the pictures has it all figured out. Living large, right now!

It kind of reminds me of a story I came upon in the V-strom (Stromtroopers) forum about another true "one percenter". This gent's name was Malcolm Rose.

You might have already heard about Malcolm if you frequent many other bike forums. His story is pretty epic and has become somewhat viral.

Don't click on my link above if you don't have an hour or two to read where it takes you, and especially if you only like stories with happy endings.

 

[beemerdons]

A nice little 500, I guess that I had better get the Trident out and go for a little spin.

Amen Brother Kevin, the fecking English did make beautiful motorcycles; in point of fact they still do, I like the looks of the Hinckley Triumphs.

This was my first road bike, 1959 Triumph Speed Twin 500 Model 5TA. Was so very pretty, damn Lucas Electrics and oil leaks were pissers!!!

 

[Bounce]

Back in the 70's...

 

[beemerdons]

Back in the 70's...

Brother Bounce mi Amigo, if you're talking about Papa Chuy Viejo: "Back in the 60's..." Senor Medina was born in 1948!

 

[Spud]

He's a Hollywood actor spending an hour working on "getting into character" for an upcoming movie. A mile after you last saw him, he pulled off, the bike went into a custom trailer, his agent was relieved he didn't die, and he was whisked away in a stretch limo back to the set, sipping Dom P.

 

[IAGeezer]

God, that makes me feel young. Thanks for the pics.