Agree. It was 25 degrees on Blood Mountain Saturday morning. No traffic!!! Woohoo.. Run the mountains in the winter in GA. Only saw 3 ADV riders in heated gear. Heated gear is good farkling. No sporty types except for me.Stop farklemania? You're asking the wrong crowd.
As for winter, that's when the riding season gets really good for some of us. ~~~~~~~~~~~~
You think the Moto Farkle bug is bad, my wife rides horses. Take a look at one of those catalogs.
While that list is all good stuff, it's far too short. What about:
GPS capable of doing complex routing.
Rambone to mount the GPS in a convenient spot.
Intercom of some type to talk to passengers and other riders and hear your GPS instructions
Radar Detector to keep from talking to HotRodzilla's peers.
BigFoot to keep your bike from napping on the hot asphalt.
Snakeskin tank protection set to keep your new ride shiny.
RealTime Industries reflective bag stickers to keep cars from running you over at night
LIN3 and 3rd Brake Light Flasher to keep cars and trucks from running you over at stop lights during the day
FZ1 Mirrors so you can see the cage driver coming up behind you before he runs you over.
Bright LED Aux Lights so cage drivers will see you better and maybe not turn left in front of you.
Heated Gear (jacket liner and gloves) for those cool mountain passes, and late season rides.
Gore Tex riding jacket, pants and boots so you don't have to stop to put rain gear on.
...and the list just goes on and on.
I feel your pain, man.Okay long winter is here, keep thinking about riding, then realize cant do it. And its twice as painful when you recently moved to a new ride, just had few hundred miles on it and had to store it. Then keep watching youtube videos of guys riding and having fun with FJR. That sort of aggravates the strong desire to ride instead of alleviating the pain. Then ..... the choice comes down to the next best thing to do... work on bike. Okay lets do that.. after 2-3 weeks all main maintenance and even detailing is done with. What do we do now. Its only December. Ooohhh i know,, lets BUY more stuff for the bike and start with the dayum FARKLING ...... noooooo I already spend close to 20% of the used bike price on buying more stuff to add to the bike, and i have a feeling i am gonna end up doing more if the winter aint gonna end soon...... ebay...amazon...forums...craiglist.... sooo many options
how do you guys curb your enthusiasm to farkle or get rid of the itch to do that. i know .. like say NO like a mature adult... but still wonder if anybody had a good justification to keep adding stuff. A secret theory to get rid of the guilt. Like thinking it can all be sold off later? How do you basically survive the winter. Just wax and polish every other week or so ?
I can help you with that. Just stick those babies back in the box, ship 'em south, and I'll take the kbb hit. JS.Hahaha u guys been no help
And so it begins, throwing more money into components for the bike that it's kbb value
Lol, nice. I've been meaning to get over that way. Maybe after the holidays.Agree. It was 25 degrees on Blood Mountain Saturday morning. No traffic!!! Woohoo.. Run the mountains in the winter in GA. Only saw 3 ADV riders in heated gear. Heated gear is good farkling. No sporty types except for me.
Your ST alter ego lives in Spartanburg SC. He's done much the same on an ST13, GSA, and Super10.I stopped fakling my old ST when there wasn't any more room for anything.
I'm not quite there yet on the FJR. Close though!
My fakles: https://koczarski.com/2016-Yamaha-FJR1300ES
@AdamK - dude when are you going to update your list? I'm almost caught up!I stopped fakling my old ST when there wasn't any more room for anything.
I'm not quite there yet on the FJR. Close though!
My fakles: https://koczarski.com/2016-Yamaha-FJR1300ES
I'm a member of Farklers Anonymous (FA) now. The first of the 12 steps is admitting you have a problem. When I sold my ST and moved to an FJR I made a promise to myself to never fall back into that dark place. I'm trying to maintain just the bare minimum of farkles I require.@AdamK - dude when are you going to update your list? I'm almost caught up!I stopped fakling my old ST when there wasn't any more room for anything.
I'm not quite there yet on the FJR. Close though!
My fakles: https://koczarski.com/2016-Yamaha-FJR1300ES
Woooow That's a big freaking list of farklesI'm a member of Farklers Anonymous (FA) now. The first of the 12 steps is admitting you have a problem. When I sold my ST and moved to an FJR I made a promise to myself to never fall back into that dark place. I'm trying to maintain just the bare minimum of farkles I require.@AdamK - dude when are you going to update your list? I'm almost caught up!I stopped fakling my old ST when there wasn't any more room for anything.
My fakles: https://koczarski.com/2016-Yamaha-FJR1300ES
I feel like I am healed already. You are building a small spaceship haha
...hate to be the bearer of bad news Adam, you've failed<<snip>>I'm trying to maintain just the bare minimum of farkles I require.
No way man! The list of what I had on my ST was WAY longer George. Small steps.......hate to be the bearer of bad news Adam, you've failed<<snip>>I'm trying to maintain just the bare minimum of farkles I require.
