George's New R1

[beeroux]

Dudes,

the garage carpet ROCKS!

You can just roll on your back and stare comfortably at all the stuff under the bike you have NO IDEA what it's doing there.

OK, thats prolly just me, but I spent most of the first night leaning against a box, sitting on the carpet, smoking a cigar and drinking a beer. Just STARING at the bike.

Try THAT on the cold concrete. HA!

Thanks to Ignacio for being such a great host, and to Warchild for being such a mensch with tools and parts and all. Without Warchild, I simply wouldn't be here.

BTW, the R1 is a dream awakened. Beware your dreams.

G

 

[Bugnatr]

George, details dude! Hows your ass? Did you do the SS1K on the way home? What route through Ca did you take? How does it handle at 160?? Is your FJR jelous? That is one good looking Yamaha. B)

 

[Ignacio]

I'm surprised he was up. There was a little drama this morning where I worried about him not being a corpse somewhere and looking for various state police numbers.

He said he was going to sleep and share some details of his adventures after he's up from his coma.

 

[Bugnatr]

Drama sucks! Glad he is ok.

 

[Fallen Jim Rides again]

Drama sucks! Glad he is ok.

+1

and

+100

One of many jealous onlookers.

G

Now you must enjoy the R1 and live to tell of your adventures to those of us who must muddle along with just the FJR . B)

 

[Ignacio]

Now you must enjoy the R1 and live to tell of your adventures to those of us who must muddle along with just the FJR . B)

The grins he kept having over the weekend as he'd terrorize my neighborhood, and then come back and compare it with the FJR in terms like, "It's not like that barge!" and, "It might not be as comfortable, but it's SO much quicker than the FJR."

I almost took the bike away and wanted to test the sliders. I got him drunk instead.

 

[Bounce]

Clarification of terms:

Barge: Gold Wing of K1200LT

Ski Boat: FJR

Cigarette Boat: R1

 

[beeroux]

FJR: Whale Barge on Meth

R1: Ground to ground Missle. BOOM!!!!!!

<VBSEG>

In Matt's hood was some guy on a Gixxer, and everytime he rode by I would think: "I can beat that". And on the ride home in Napa, there were a long string of lights and I was getting all the reds. But there was a guy in a hopped up Beemer coupe of some kind, and we started drag racing the lights. After the third beating he put his hands in the air to surrender. We laughed.

I wasn't even hitting the gas that hard, but I didn't let him know that. <G>

I've got a ride report planned, I'll drop the link when it's done.

GZ

 

[beeroux]

SS1K ride report now in Long Distance section.

https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?showtopic=6491

GZ