EVENT PAGE ... 02-04-26 ... UPDATED today!
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CITY OF GOLD
Hey fellow FSSNOCERS, ... Carrie here.
I have been wondering if any of you were able to finish the City Of Gold Challenge for 2025? It came out in the Spring 2025 Issue of Thumper News.
As you can see in the above photo, I didn’t get it finished, but I tried!
I’m looking forward to when the weather warms up again, I miss riding and it’s only been a couple of weeks since I’ve ridden!
Get back to me at: [email protected]
Carrie, FSSNOC #000.5
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Two weeks ago, IT WAS KNOBBIES (BIG LUGS) ON THE SILVER SCREEN...
Last week, IT IS SMOOOTH ALMOST TREADLESS ON THE SILVER SCREEN...
This week, WHAT-OH-WHAT WILL BE FEATURED ABOVE??
RO says, "Dual Mufflers, my favorite!!"
Yes, Indeed!! It's yet another view from the same prospective as most of the competition will have on the track or on a mountain road, perhaps?
Ro says, "The salesman had only been there a couple of weeks, he said between $14,000.00 and $15,000.00..."
I inquired, "Do they deliver?"
Ro and Dwain are bee-bopping about down in Florida; Dwain on his Triumph 400 Speed and Ro astride her Royal Enfield Guerilla 450 (which you can learn more about in the upcoming issue of Thumper News, #162, our Spring Issue ... mailing in February is planned) .
Hopefully (hint - grin), they will send us more moto-stuff from the area as they continue their two-wheeled search for what ever is over the next hill ... (Errr, wait a minute, does Florida have hills? ... ) Is Florida "flatter than a pancake"? I do recall a goodly number of over-passes ... whatever is there, these two Thumper-mounted ramblers will seek it out - stay tuned! ..............................................................................................................................................
And you; where are you bee-bopping around these cold days? Send us a photo from your next ride, maybe we will make you famous, or maybe not? Email your photo and related comments to: [email protected]
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From last week's post:
RE -TIRE - MENT
(echoing the theme of TN#160 if I may be so bold ... the cover had a stack of worn-out motorcycle tires with a lush green late summer background of grass and trees ... )
11,151 MILES ... SO WENT THE TAKE-OFF CONTINENTAL TKC-80 130X80X17 REAR TIRE on the old Himalayan
... Now I have a "new to me" MOTO-X Tractionator, I think it is labeled. Tightest rim fit I've ever experienced! I thought I might bend my tire irons and I used lots of lube to mount but this is one "tuff guy" tire, or so it would appear to the mud-spattered eye!
Check out those lugs, I should have measured them!
You will know more about this tire deal when you read our newest magazine, Thumper News #162, ironically labeled as our Spring Issue, but we have the COLDEST weather of the winter coming day after tomorrow, an 8 degree high for the day along with 6 to 8 inches of snow (choke), guess the skiing industries in Kansas will be happy (wait - do we have any skiing in Kansas, yes, I think there is one with fabricated slopes and fake snow up by KC somewhere, maybe at a casino, maybe...)
I hope we can survive!
To beat the weather, I tried for 100 miles on the KLR today after a big noon lunch with our local motorcycle club. It, THE RIDE, was against an uncomfortable and hard wind out of due West.
I only made it to 96 miles - I was cold-cold-cold!!
Carrie went the opposite direction, she got 62 miles, she was cold as well!!
..... I'm gonna end this with a funny story for you:
Ed writes:
When I got home from the FSSNOC luncheon in Holton, Ks last August, I asked my wife, "Have you ever had bread pudding?"
She gave me a look and said, "That stuff is NASTY!"
Thanks for the sample taste test, but I'm glad I did not try it. Or maybe I should have so that I could confirm her dislike for the stuff?
(REPLY) Hey, ED ... #000 here - Yeah, bread pudding is or perhaps it should be WAS a common dessert hereabouts back in the day. It is usually made with the bread that gets old or the "heels" as they are called ...
Very common in group settings, such as school lunches, church meals, buffet eateries, Mom and Pop Cafes, etc.
Here's a related tale:
Back in 1960 here in ThumperVille, there was a Cafe on Main street that fed half the town for what we called then, "dinner" - at 12 noon - "Supper" was the evening meal, btw.
It, the Cafe, was right in the middle of downtown and everyone ate there at noon ... the meal of the day, and it was a plate-full, plus dessert, and tea or coffee! The whole lot was a princely 88 cents!
The dessert was often bread pudding!
It is historic, my friend, historic and tasty ... next time, my advice, try it ... if you don't like it, pass it to whomever is seated nearest to you, guareeenteeed, they will say with a huge smile,
"You really givin' me your bread pudding?? ... THANK YOU!" You've just made a friend for life! - #000
*** SEE YOU ALL AND MORE NEXT WEEK, TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO TUNE US IN, USUALLY EVERY WEEK ON OR NEAR THURSDAY EVENINGS ... it's our FSSNOC gift to humanity! - #000
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