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UPDATING FOR: (06-19-25)
HELLO from THUMPERVILLE! Hope you are well and enjoying the week ... Thanks for tuning-in here at Radio FSSNOC (grin) ... the ThumperGarage!
Carrie and I have been riding every day for a while now. The local m/c club has a President's Challenge program, sort of an activity contest based on riding and being active in club stuff ... AND ... I gotta tell you, CARRIE IS #1 right now! Pretty cool, eh?
Send her some love, eh? [email protected]
Her "new" Honda ADV160 Scooter now sports its first replacement tire on the rear at a tick over 5000 miles, and as some of you may be aware of, she is impatiently sorta waiting out a factory recall on the oil pump drive gear (seeTN#159) ... she has reduced her average road speed a bit and we've rehearsed a reactive scenario should the gear come apart and stop the oil flow within the motor ... it's hard to "park" your motorcycle!
Speaking of Honda, check out the nice red and white CRF250L in the above photo ... Cody, FSSNOC #5485 sends us this shot and says:
"I rode the 250L on backroads yesterday. I really enjoy it on that type of road, just not so much above 50mph. My trusty KLR650 is getting some upgrades. And, you will be proud, I took a picture!"
My response, all this by text, was: "Good for you! Great pics! So colorful! It does take a measure of discipline to stop the ride and take a photo ... I'll agree with that, but it may be good to stop mid-ride, get off, stretch a bit, and do a bit of a reset ... which I don't always do." - #000
Anyone care to guess the location (state) of the shot above?
__________________ . Your odds at best or worst should be about 50 to 1 ... does this look familiar to you? Give it a go, send your guess to: [email protected]
Now, on with the broadcast, see the Club History Page, for some old, new, or maybe not so new History ... #000
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from (06-12-25...)
GREETINGS ALL! NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US!
THIS IS THE THUMPERGARAGE PAGE ... PERHAPS THIS CONTENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE HISTORY PAGE ... AND WHY IS THAT, ONE MIGHT ASK?
WELL, THE WHITE HONDA XL250R THAT YOU SEE CENTERSTAGE ON THE BIG FSSNOC SILVER SCREEN IS A 1986 MODEL, STILL PRETTY SLICK IN ITS ORIGINAL STATE AS THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN ON THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY OF 2025. AS YOU MAY RECALL, OUR CLUB BEGAN IN 1986, SO THIS COMMENTARY HAS SOME SOLID HISTORY.
THIS VERY MACHINE WAS THE SUBJECT PHOTO ON THE FRONT COVER OF AN EARLY DAY THUMPER NEWS ISSUE, THEN CALLED FSSNOC, IF I AM CORRECT ABOUT ALL THIS, IT MAY HAVE BEEN ISSUE #1. WHAT ABOUT IT, ARLYN? I THINK THAT IS RIGHT BUT I'M NOT 100% ... AFTER ALL, IT'S ONLY BEEN FORTY YEARS AGO!
IT WAS THEN THE PROUD NEW RIDE OF MY LONG TIME FRIEND, A PAST EMPLOYEE, AND, OF COURSE, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, A NOW LONG TIME FSSNOC MEMBER, #018, ARLYN ... WHO LIVES NORTH OF ME HERE. I LIVE AT THE NORTHERN BORDER OF THUMPERVILLE, HE LIVES ABOUT A 20 MINUTE RIDE TO THE NORTH AND EAST.
IN HIS SHOP, THERE STANDS A REFRIGERATOR THAT HAS YET TO BE FOUND WITHOUT AN ICE COLD SWEET TEA, ETC ... SO OFTEN TIMES, TOWARD END OF DAY, MY THUMPER WINDS IT'S WAY INTO ARLYN'S FRONT YARD FOR SOME CONVERSATION, TYPICALLY ABOUT MOTORCYCLES, AGAIN, OF COURSE, AND A BOTTLE OR TWO OF THAT SWEET TEA ... I MIGHT NOTE HERE, THAT ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT OLD AGE IS OLD FRIENDS, AS YOU LIKELY WILL KNOW WHEN YOU REACH YOUR (HEH,HEH) "GOLDEN" YEARS, EH? GEEESHHHH! I THINK I JUST ADMITTED TO BEING (CHOKE) OLD??? SURELY NOT...
SHOULD YOU, DEAR FSSNOC MEMBER, BE PLANNING TO ATTEND THE UPCOMING LUNCHEON ( THUMPERCAFE ) IN HOLTON, KS ON AUGUST 20 OF THE CURRENT YEAR, THERE WILL BE A VERY GOOD CHANCE THAT YOU MIGHT GET TO LAY EYES ON THIS PIECE OF ROLLING/RIDING HISTORY. ARLYN, AT SOME MORE RECENT POINT IN TIME, PASSED THIS SINGLE CYLINDER, FOUR-STROKE MOTO-JEWEL ALONG TO YET ANOTHER FSSNOCER, #4031, WHOSE REAL NAME IS JERRY BUT SEEIN' HOW HE MAY BE WANTED IN THREE STATES AND TWO COUNTIES, HE ANSWERS TO THE CODE NAME OF "SMILEY" ... AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO VISIT WITH SIR SMILEY AT OUR MEET, GREET, AND EAT EVENT IN HOLTON, AND SO COULD YOU ... BUT ONLY IF YOU SLIDE BY ... AND THIS YEAR ONE CAN ARRIVE BY WHATEVER CONVEYANCE IS MOST CONVENIENT ... BUT I GOTTA WARN YA, THE CONVERSATION WILL STILL BE ABOUT ... THUMPERS!
TAKE A PEEK UP AT THE MASTHEAD ABOVE, YOU'LL HOPEFULLY SEE:
THUMPERGARAGE CLUB HISTORY EVENT PAGE MORE
AND, BY THE WAY (BTW - NOWDAYS), THIS SITE IS GEARED TO BE VIEWED ON A LAPTOP, MAYBE A TABLET, OR A COMPUTER ... THOUGH A SMART-STYLE CELLPHONE MAY WORK, IT JUST CANNOT HARNESS THE HEIGHT, DEPTH, AND WIDTH OF OUR PRODUCT ... SO FOR BEST RESULTS, FOR THE MOST FUN, FOR THE BIGGEST GRIN, WATCH IT ON THE BIG SCREEN............
YUP, THOSE TABS ABOVE ARE ALL NAVIGATIONAL AIDS. JUST CLICK ON YOUR CHOICE AND "BOOM", YOU CAN GO THERE ... AND SHOULD YOU DESIRE TO JOIN OUR CLUB, AND WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO?
... THE FOUR-STROKE SINGLES NATIONAL OWNERS CLUB ...
IT'S THE VERY FARTHEST TO THE RIGHT NAV. AID: MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION. YOU CAN APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP ... OR ... IF YOU ARE ALREADY A MEMBER, YOU CAN SIGN UP A FRIEND (REMEMBER THOSE OLD FRIENDS WE TALKED ABOUT?) MAYBE IT'S TIME TO SHOW YOUR OLE BUDDY SOME LOVE, EH? SIGN HIM UP SO HE CAN BE A GENUINE FSSNOC MEMBER, TOO. ... MAKE IT HAPPENNNNNNN!
NOW, I'M HEADED NEXT DOOR TO THE HISTORY PAGE ... AND SEEING THAT THE THUMPERGARAGE IS CHUCK-FULL OF HISTORY, I'M WONDERING WHAT THE HISTORY PAGE WILL HAVE ....................... CHECK IT OUT!
AND THEN, JUST TWO DOORS DOWN, IS THE EVENT PAGE. OF LATE, THERE ACTUALLY HAS BEEN SOME EVENT INFORMATION ON THAT PAGE, WILL THIS RADICAL CONCEPT CONTINUE? ......................... CHECK IT OUT!
AND, ON DOWN THE PROVERBIAL HALLWAY IS OUR CLUB STORE WHERE MEMBERS ROUTINELY ENHANCE THEIR HABERDASHERY LIVES (THEIR THUMPER WARDROBE) BY PROCURING SOME FSSNOC CLOTHING GOODIES ... AND REMEMBER, YOU GET A FREE T-SHIRT WITH MEMBERSHIP EACH AND EVERY YEAR ... BUT MY MAMA ONLY LETS ME WEAR ONE SHIRT ONE DAY, THEN I HAVE TO GET A FRESH ONE, SO EVEN THOUGH ONE FREE SHIRT IS MIGHTY NICE, THAT LEAVES ANOTHER SIX DAYS THAT YOU AND I NEED MORE TEES, RIGHT? MAKE IT HAPPENNN! ........................ CHECK IT OUT!
AFTER ALL OF THE ABOVE, WE'LL SHOW UP NEXT WEEK AND DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN ... MAYBE EVEN BETTER ... THIS SITE IS SCHEDULED FOR A WEEKLY UPDATE GENERALLY ON THURSDAY EVENINGS ... SO TUNE OUT THE BAD TV AND TUNE IN SOME GOOD STUFF ON THE THUMPERGARAGE ... AND IT IS FREE, MY FRIEND ... TELL YOUR FRIENDS ... NO PASSWORD ... NO SECRET HANDSHAKE ... JUST TUNE US IN AND TUNE-UP YOUR WORLD! ........................... CHECK IT OUT!
YEP, JUST ONE DOOR DOWN................... SEE YOU THERE! - JACK, FSSNOC #000
THE THUMPERGARAGE PAGE....
To submit your own comments or stories, email us at:
[email protected]
UPDATING FOR: (06-19-25)
HELLO from THUMPERVILLE! Hope you are well and enjoying the week ... Thanks for tuning-in here at Radio FSSNOC (grin) ... the ThumperGarage!
Carrie and I have been riding every day for a while now. The local m/c club has a President's Challenge program, sort of an activity contest based on riding and being active in club stuff ... AND ... I gotta tell you, CARRIE IS #1 right now! Pretty cool, eh?
Send her some love, eh? [email protected]
Her "new" Honda ADV160 Scooter now sports its first replacement tire on the rear at a tick over 5000 miles, and as some of you may be aware of, she is impatiently sorta waiting out a factory recall on the oil pump drive gear (seeTN#159) ... she has reduced her average road speed a bit and we've rehearsed a reactive scenario should the gear come apart and stop the oil flow within the motor ... it's hard to "park" your motorcycle!
Speaking of Honda, check out the nice red and white CRF250L in the above photo ... Cody, FSSNOC #5485 sends us this shot and says:
"I rode the 250L on backroads yesterday. I really enjoy it on that type of road, just not so much above 50mph. My trusty KLR650 is getting some upgrades. And, you will be proud, I took a picture!"
My response, all this by text, was: "Good for you! Great pics! So colorful! It does take a measure of discipline to stop the ride and take a photo ... I'll agree with that, but it may be good to stop mid-ride, get off, stretch a bit, and do a bit of a reset ... which I don't always do." - #000
Anyone care to guess the location (state) of the shot above?
__________________ . Your odds at best or worst should be about 50 to 1 ... does this look familiar to you? Give it a go, send your guess to: [email protected]
Now, on with the broadcast, see the Club History Page, for some old, new, or maybe not so new History ... #000
_______________________________________________________________
from (06-12-25...)
GREETINGS ALL! NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US!
THIS IS THE THUMPERGARAGE PAGE ... PERHAPS THIS CONTENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE HISTORY PAGE ... AND WHY IS THAT, ONE MIGHT ASK?
WELL, THE WHITE HONDA XL250R THAT YOU SEE CENTERSTAGE ON THE BIG FSSNOC SILVER SCREEN IS A 1986 MODEL, STILL PRETTY SLICK IN ITS ORIGINAL STATE AS THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN ON THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY OF 2025. AS YOU MAY RECALL, OUR CLUB BEGAN IN 1986, SO THIS COMMENTARY HAS SOME SOLID HISTORY.
THIS VERY MACHINE WAS THE SUBJECT PHOTO ON THE FRONT COVER OF AN EARLY DAY THUMPER NEWS ISSUE, THEN CALLED FSSNOC, IF I AM CORRECT ABOUT ALL THIS, IT MAY HAVE BEEN ISSUE #1. WHAT ABOUT IT, ARLYN? I THINK THAT IS RIGHT BUT I'M NOT 100% ... AFTER ALL, IT'S ONLY BEEN FORTY YEARS AGO!
IT WAS THEN THE PROUD NEW RIDE OF MY LONG TIME FRIEND, A PAST EMPLOYEE, AND, OF COURSE, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, A NOW LONG TIME FSSNOC MEMBER, #018, ARLYN ... WHO LIVES NORTH OF ME HERE. I LIVE AT THE NORTHERN BORDER OF THUMPERVILLE, HE LIVES ABOUT A 20 MINUTE RIDE TO THE NORTH AND EAST.
IN HIS SHOP, THERE STANDS A REFRIGERATOR THAT HAS YET TO BE FOUND WITHOUT AN ICE COLD SWEET TEA, ETC ... SO OFTEN TIMES, TOWARD END OF DAY, MY THUMPER WINDS IT'S WAY INTO ARLYN'S FRONT YARD FOR SOME CONVERSATION, TYPICALLY ABOUT MOTORCYCLES, AGAIN, OF COURSE, AND A BOTTLE OR TWO OF THAT SWEET TEA ... I MIGHT NOTE HERE, THAT ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT OLD AGE IS OLD FRIENDS, AS YOU LIKELY WILL KNOW WHEN YOU REACH YOUR (HEH,HEH) "GOLDEN" YEARS, EH? GEEESHHHH! I THINK I JUST ADMITTED TO BEING (CHOKE) OLD??? SURELY NOT...
SHOULD YOU, DEAR FSSNOC MEMBER, BE PLANNING TO ATTEND THE UPCOMING LUNCHEON ( THUMPERCAFE ) IN HOLTON, KS ON AUGUST 20 OF THE CURRENT YEAR, THERE WILL BE A VERY GOOD CHANCE THAT YOU MIGHT GET TO LAY EYES ON THIS PIECE OF ROLLING/RIDING HISTORY. ARLYN, AT SOME MORE RECENT POINT IN TIME, PASSED THIS SINGLE CYLINDER, FOUR-STROKE MOTO-JEWEL ALONG TO YET ANOTHER FSSNOCER, #4031, WHOSE REAL NAME IS JERRY BUT SEEIN' HOW HE MAY BE WANTED IN THREE STATES AND TWO COUNTIES, HE ANSWERS TO THE CODE NAME OF "SMILEY" ... AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO VISIT WITH SIR SMILEY AT OUR MEET, GREET, AND EAT EVENT IN HOLTON, AND SO COULD YOU ... BUT ONLY IF YOU SLIDE BY ... AND THIS YEAR ONE CAN ARRIVE BY WHATEVER CONVEYANCE IS MOST CONVENIENT ... BUT I GOTTA WARN YA, THE CONVERSATION WILL STILL BE ABOUT ... THUMPERS!
TAKE A PEEK UP AT THE MASTHEAD ABOVE, YOU'LL HOPEFULLY SEE:
THUMPERGARAGE CLUB HISTORY EVENT PAGE MORE
AND, BY THE WAY (BTW - NOWDAYS), THIS SITE IS GEARED TO BE VIEWED ON A LAPTOP, MAYBE A TABLET, OR A COMPUTER ... THOUGH A SMART-STYLE CELLPHONE MAY WORK, IT JUST CANNOT HARNESS THE HEIGHT, DEPTH, AND WIDTH OF OUR PRODUCT ... SO FOR BEST RESULTS, FOR THE MOST FUN, FOR THE BIGGEST GRIN, WATCH IT ON THE BIG SCREEN............
YUP, THOSE TABS ABOVE ARE ALL NAVIGATIONAL AIDS. JUST CLICK ON YOUR CHOICE AND "BOOM", YOU CAN GO THERE ... AND SHOULD YOU DESIRE TO JOIN OUR CLUB, AND WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO?
... THE FOUR-STROKE SINGLES NATIONAL OWNERS CLUB ...
IT'S THE VERY FARTHEST TO THE RIGHT NAV. AID: MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION. YOU CAN APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP ... OR ... IF YOU ARE ALREADY A MEMBER, YOU CAN SIGN UP A FRIEND (REMEMBER THOSE OLD FRIENDS WE TALKED ABOUT?) MAYBE IT'S TIME TO SHOW YOUR OLE BUDDY SOME LOVE, EH? SIGN HIM UP SO HE CAN BE A GENUINE FSSNOC MEMBER, TOO. ... MAKE IT HAPPENNNNNNN!
NOW, I'M HEADED NEXT DOOR TO THE HISTORY PAGE ... AND SEEING THAT THE THUMPERGARAGE IS CHUCK-FULL OF HISTORY, I'M WONDERING WHAT THE HISTORY PAGE WILL HAVE ....................... CHECK IT OUT!
AND THEN, JUST TWO DOORS DOWN, IS THE EVENT PAGE. OF LATE, THERE ACTUALLY HAS BEEN SOME EVENT INFORMATION ON THAT PAGE, WILL THIS RADICAL CONCEPT CONTINUE? ......................... CHECK IT OUT!
AND, ON DOWN THE PROVERBIAL HALLWAY IS OUR CLUB STORE WHERE MEMBERS ROUTINELY ENHANCE THEIR HABERDASHERY LIVES (THEIR THUMPER WARDROBE) BY PROCURING SOME FSSNOC CLOTHING GOODIES ... AND REMEMBER, YOU GET A FREE T-SHIRT WITH MEMBERSHIP EACH AND EVERY YEAR ... BUT MY MAMA ONLY LETS ME WEAR ONE SHIRT ONE DAY, THEN I HAVE TO GET A FRESH ONE, SO EVEN THOUGH ONE FREE SHIRT IS MIGHTY NICE, THAT LEAVES ANOTHER SIX DAYS THAT YOU AND I NEED MORE TEES, RIGHT? MAKE IT HAPPENNN! ........................ CHECK IT OUT!
AFTER ALL OF THE ABOVE, WE'LL SHOW UP NEXT WEEK AND DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN ... MAYBE EVEN BETTER ... THIS SITE IS SCHEDULED FOR A WEEKLY UPDATE GENERALLY ON THURSDAY EVENINGS ... SO TUNE OUT THE BAD TV AND TUNE IN SOME GOOD STUFF ON THE THUMPERGARAGE ... AND IT IS FREE, MY FRIEND ... TELL YOUR FRIENDS ... NO PASSWORD ... NO SECRET HANDSHAKE ... JUST TUNE US IN AND TUNE-UP YOUR WORLD! ........................... CHECK IT OUT!
YEP, JUST ONE DOOR DOWN................... SEE YOU THERE! - JACK, FSSNOC #000