I’m putting this here because it is FJR related…
In the dictionary (or google for you modern era kids), the word “sadness” is defined as, 1.a: affected with or expressive of grief or unhappiness: downcast - OR b.) causing or associated with grief or unhappiness: depressing
A picture being worth it’s weight in gold, I submit this as an example of what the term “sadness” could be represented in our FJR community.
Some will get it, some will not...
Life is busy, but it can never be so busy to help a fellow rider out. D-Eagle needed a leaky valve stem replaced on an FJR wheel. No problem – quick work with the ol’ cycle hill changer and hands to help. So we set to it Sunday morning bright and early – because the weather was leaning towards “Wayne is riding today” pretty heavily. We peeled that Michelin Pilot Road something or another off in no time (D-Eagle explained that the ease of which the bead separated was due to the extreme heat cycles he had put the tire through over it’s very trying 750 mile lifespan – think track days), pressed out the offending valve stem and snugged up the brand shiny new Puig 90 degree valve stem in no time.
I marked the wheel and tire before we removed it in hopes of getting lucky on the balance; once spinning on the table, we were going to need to adjust some weight on it. As I’m standing there watching it rotate, a little speck of grey caught my eye; like a small rock wedged into one of the sipping cuts. I stopped the tire and picked at it with my finger – it didn’t budge. I grabbed my magnet pickup tool – and it stuck to it like there was 3 lbs of steel plate in the tire…
For reference, when you squirt a little soapy water on a possible puncture (or suspect valve stem), this is what it may look like.
I submit exhibit 2, also found in Websters under, “sadness”.
New tire inbound. Thank goodness he has the
prius Goldwing
