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(12-04-24) ... HELLO ... HOWDY ... GREETINGS ... ETC ...
FROM THE FOUR-STROKE SINGLE NATIONAL OWNERS CLUB - that would be "FSSNOC", sometimes pronounced "Fizz-Knock", to most of us who communicate with one another at various locations and venues or here on the club website on a regular basis through an email from you/them to us at: [email protected] - and I hope that be you, eh?
However, If by chance, you are new to the site, We welcome you to visit weekly, typically each Thursday evening after you've hopefully dined well and are snuggled in for the night, warm and safe ... and there is no password or hassle to visit, just google FSSNOC.com and it should come right up and after a few weeks, it'll top the list ... give it a try?
Please note that all content on this site is presented without cost to you and is in the interest of entertainment and is not to be considered as advice. - #000
Memberships are available for $100.00 per 12 month term upon paid dues and a supplied USA address to which to mail the items that come with membership.
Our club is about people ... people that share, and/or have shared for nearly forty years, since 1986, a common interest and a genuine appreciation for the Four-Stroke Single cylinder motorcycle ... often referred to on this site and other places as "Thumpers".
Does every member own and ride such a machine? Well, perhaps not 100%, but it is likely close to that, though we do have folks that just enjoy the club or like this website that do not own, ride, etc, etc, the Four-Stroke Single ... and that's okay.
Should you desire to join the club, see the Application Page and you can make that happen, as we said earlier, with a mailed application along with a paid $100 per 12 month term (checks made to FSSNOC INC.) and a supplied current USA mailing address, and ... Yes, it can be a P.O.Box.
Also, to receive the annual FREE club t-shirt, we will need your shirt size, hence the mailing address ... also where FSSNOC members receive Thumper News, our quarterly magazine now in its 157th edition, mailed to that same address each quarter throughout the year.
Okay, enough babble from me ... enjoy the site, tell others about it, come back next Thursday for as long as you wish ... and as we say, "Keep On Thumpin" ... Jack, FSSNOC #000/Director and chief cook and bottle washer. Visit all pages on this site before you motor off into the distance, see navagational aids above ... "Thump Thump"
Now we hear from Mr. Jiggs, #5466 ... with a forward below:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9maF3O-OIKk?si=yiUErodvEaxP_OIV
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"GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE" - wishing you all a Happy and Thankful Thanksgiving Day! ... #000 (11-28-24)
Hi Jack (000) and club members
Happy Turkey Holiday Week! Well, I guess turkeys aren't too happy about it.
Interested photo in your previous weeks posting with two nails in it. More important to motorcyclists is the long skinny nail that ends up in a motorcycle tire. In certain areas where there is a lot of construction or cactus plants I put that green slim in my tires. Hopefully the green slime will plug the hole and not ruin my thumper ride.
To the club member that has only owned one motorcycle for life. For me that is pretty tough since I currently have 13 motorcycles in my garage, at my mother's house, and a couple in my in-law's garage. One of them is a 1963 Lambretta scooter so I guess that counts. Granted not all of them run at this time. I have some kind of 2-wheeled vehicle for any occasion. For thumpers I have street and off-road ones.
Ok, back to thumping this week! For those in milder climates, who is going to go thumping on Thanksgiving Day? For me, I don't have to be anywhere for turkey time until the afternoon. So I plan to put a few miles on in the morning.
One more thing, see attached photo of the most feared KLR 650 in my area (ABOVE).
Later,
Alan Smith (5286) Northern California
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THANKS FOR STOPPING BY THE THUMPERGARAGE! BE SURE TO CHECK OUT ALL THE OTHER PAGES ON THIS SITE, SEE NAVIGATIONAL AIDS ON THE MANTEL ABOVE... #000
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(UPDATE FROM 11-21-24 6:55PM CST)
Mr. Thumper,
Well, DR 1 (DR650 Suzuki #1) just turned over 100,000 miles yesterday. Of that, over a third of those miles were riding to and from FSSNOC events (37,781.6 miles). Currently DR2 (DR650 Suzuki #2) has dedicated more than half its 54,425 miles to riding to and from FSSNOC events (29289.7).
Kerry
#4543 AZ
REPLY TO KERRY - That is amazing information! We've been doing this FSSNOC ThumperCafe thing for a while ... you, me, and all those other FSSNOC attenders!
Our first FSSNOC event was way back in 1986, by my recall, and in those days, our events were several days long. However, after a few years, along come 2001 when we did an event in Alaska that, unbeknownst to us, would morph into what came to be the ThumperCafe-style events of today.
Our event total for National events has now eclipsed some 155 events held in 44 of the lower 48 states, plus Alaska, and even in Old Mexico for a couple of years.
"We've been everywhere, Man!" ... those lyrics and the tune that goes with it would describe it very well. If you go far enough back, it was Hank Snow who sang those words, and some time later, many of we current Fizz-Knockers would remember Johnny Cash's version. Ahhhh ... good times and good tunes!
So, our quiz above is a real nail-biter, eh? And, by the way, our quiz last week was from the Event page of this site and was something to do with a "Fork-In-the-Road" and what to do when one comes upon just such a predicament?
Lynn P. FSSNOC #134 - Colorado answers: A famous baseball team manager is credited as saying ... "Take it"
Yogi Bera was that guy. Well played, Lynn! Thank You for the text! Your free tickets to the "The Nuncracker", as being presented by a local stage group here in ThumperVille awaits your arrival ... (heh, heh) ... !
So, how many nails in the photo? Two. One fingernail. And one rusty and bent piece of a nail that I dug out of a tread-block on my Himalayan's rear Continental TKC80 semi-knob. I awaited the telltale pssssssssst, but it didn't come.
It was a good day ... with the rather noted exception of my being out-distanced on my ride today of 76 miles by Carrie and her friend, Darcy, who motored an 88 mile day in the opposite directon. Carrie on her new scooter, the Honda ADV160 she calls "Droka" ... and she has the license tag to prove it ... and Darcy on her Honda Rebel, also newly acquired, a 2019 with 387 miles. Thank you, Darcy, for your rescue of that Rebel 300 Thumper ... an awesome ride!
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From Maynard #1196 in Colorado:
Jack, there are two cool Singles advertised on the Wild Guzzi website. They just appeared. Here's the web address:
https://www.mgnoc.com/classifieds.html
Thank You! I haven't read this but I hope to after I finish this delayed (sorry) update! - #000
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PSSSST - Hey Buddy, wanna buy a cheap KLR650s, brand new ... for well under $5000.00 and with NO fees added?
Remington from Jay Hatfield Triumph-Kawasaki in Wichita, Kansas texted then later called to alert me that they had four 2024 650KLRs that were the lower seat height model, the "S", and he had three white and one red in inventory and they are going out the door.
This info came to me last week so they already may be sold, WOW ... for less than a 250cc! If you are interested, do not delay checking this out, it would be wise I would say. Call 1-316-358-7575, ask for Remington, tell him the Four-Stroke Singles National Owners Club sent ya ... or you may email Remington@jayhatfield-net
Truly, I was sorely tempted ... but I really enjoy the gray color of my 2023 "s" ... and I am just now getting it ran in with 26,000 miles on it ... it is a lovely Thumper! - #000
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Invite your friends to visit this site every Thursday evening, it is our gift to the world of motorcycling ... and INVITE them to join FSSNOC. In plain talk, it's how we, our national club, survive, by our annual paid membership dues from FSSNOC members. New members are vital to our continued existence. It is, like our favorite motorcycle, just that simple ... #000.
Please visit the other pages on this site - Keep On Thumpin' - #000
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