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Went for a ride with “Airboss”. Great day and excellent place to eat lunch!

Damn...those Canadians are everywhere but home. Whose minding the store? Some punk kid?

Got the bike set to meet 1911 in the am. Hope I remember how to ride this thing.

huron52 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2018 10:23 pm Went for a ride with “Airboss”. Great day and excellent place to eat lunch!

Went for a ride and had lunch with Pam and some guy.

Know it wasn't Tom, 'cause he never gets to go anywhere.

fontanaman wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2018 3:52 pm Harold Lemay owned a garbage/recycling company and started buying and restoring cars in the 1960's. Long story short is he owned the largest private collection in the world and when he died he wanted it kept intact for the people to see. America's Car Museum is possible because of auto donations from the LeMay family. Imagine that one coolest places in Seattle/Tacoma area is due to a garbage company owner's dream and passion, not the largess of a coffee, interent or software related business.

Sounds very much like Barbers in Alabama (an absolute must for any motorcycle guy)
http://www.barbermuseum.org/

Never been to Barber’s, though I’ve been by it plenty. Had RSIII’s put on yesterday. New tires always feel good. But I’ve never had a change like this. Old ones must have been worse than they looked.

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bill lumberg wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2018 10:16 am Never been to Barber’s, though I’ve been by it plenty. Had RSIII’s put on yesterday. New tires always feel good. But I’ve never had a change like his. Old ones must have been worse than they looked.

I find the RSIII's the same way. More turn in than any tire I've used so far.

John d wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2018 10:49 am .

bill lumberg wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2018 10:16 am Never been to Barber’s, though I’ve been by it plenty. Had RSIII’s put on yesterday. New tires always feel good. But I’ve never had a change like his. Old ones must have been worse than they looked.

I find the RSIII's the same way. More turn in than any tire I've used so far.

Hmm.. I've got a set of RSIII's waiting to be spooned on. I wonder how they compare to the T30's I currently have on. Which, I think turn in pretty nicely.

Put 150 miles on it...

Rode 353miles of some of NCs and TNs best with Duane/1911, roads clean, no traffic, perfect weather...Damn, I love my FJR.

Duane might have some GoPro to unpack.

Only about 25 miles but day 336 consecutive.

Don't look now Chuck but nearly 80 degrees in the forecast Tuesday!

I love this time of year when I see all you guys to the South getting out for your first rides in a while. It means I only have about 2mo to go

wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2018 6:45 pm Rode 353miles of some of NCs and TNs best with Duane/1911, roads clean, no traffic, perfect weather...Damn, I love my FJR.

Duane might have some GoPro to unpack.

Dang Wheatie, 353 is a pretty big number for the first real ride of the year all on curvy roads. That’s awesome you and 1911 found a sweet spot of riding this early. Good for you.


I only put about 40 miles on the KLX. Almost all gravel back roads and even some dirt. Mostly roads that I have never been on before. Heck, more than a few were impassable except for OHV vehicles. One dead ended into a power substation I didn’t know existed. (I rode underneath the power lines to the next cross road. And one continued to get smaller and narrower; went from gravel to dirt to grass. Finally it came out adjacent to someone’s backyard. I just waved and kept rolling along. I practiced my line “The GPS shows it is a public through road, sorry if I am trespassing” in my head if they looked like they were going to confront me. They didn’t. I found some adventure less than 10 miles from the house.

After lunch yesterday, I got a text from a local riding buddy wanting to take a ride. I didn't really feel like watching the Daytona 500 Crash-a-thon anyway. 225 miles through central Louisiana and we even found a few newly paved roads that we thought were gravel all along. Mid-70s all afternoon with relatively low humidity. Nice time.

BTW - it would appear that this thread has vaporized at the other sandbox. (sigh)

Edit - it is indeed back up, some apparent technical glitch. My apologies for jumping to the wrong conclusion.

Saturday: Rode a BMR quickie to Auburn and back before our noon departure to visit Mom. Gorgeous weather! Snapped a photo of Bo Jackson with no helmet.

Made it successfully past the weekend snow squall getting my rides in on both Saturday morning and then Sunday afternoon after it warmed up for days 335 and 336. Rode it to work today for day 337.The next 2 days are going to be the tough ones. Not for riding but for making the turn into the parking lot and going to work. Forecast calling for potential record highs in the 70's here in south-central PA. Wish I didn't need all of my vacation time for later in the year..... Might go out after work tomorrow to start the IBA Pressed Penny Insanity Challenge. Should be able to get a start on collecting.

Uncle Hud wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2018 11:39 am Saturday: Rode a BMR quickie to Auburn and back before our noon departure to visit Mom. Gorgeous weather! Snapped a photo of Bo Jackson with no helmet.

Bo Jackson...the famous Chicago White Sox outfielder.

I looked at my FJR today. Damn shame.

Two weeks ago my FJR camshafts were out due to a botched valve adjustment and the entire west coast was in a warm spell meaning I could have been in California somewhere. (yes ask why a lack of team work ended up with a camshaft removal)

Today it was 25 in Seattle and in the 30's along I5 all the way to Redding California and the FJR is back together and ready to go. Shakedown ride went well last week.. She's got 87k miles - God I love this bike. Now I need divine intervention on the weather.

Barber Museum in Atalanta is on my bucket list. For those on the West Coast I suggest a visit to Solvang Museum where the emphasis is racing motorcycles, located in Solvang California just north of LA.

Noticed some comments about on the Dunlop RSIII so I posted up on the RSIII thread on my RSIII experience to avoid polluting this thread and causing anxiety on the forum.

Barber is in Birmingham, Alabama. You can get there from Atlanta, but I wouldn't recommend it. (sorry, Hud)

I wouldn't recommend it either.

B'ham from ATL involves one spot of construction on I-20 just inside the Alabama state line. Wetsbound traffic is usually backed up about 5 miles -- no kidding. No efficient alternate route, although winding through the farmland on GA 100, AL 642 and 104 isn't bad. From ALDOT's site (note the TWO completion dates at the bottom!):