GOOD AFTERNOON!
I TOOK A DETOUR OFF THE SUPERSLAB TO HAVE A LOOK SEE: ...ROB FISHER, #5186 - MINNESOTA
(photo above - the JANUS 450)
Wow, how cool! Thank You, Rob! In comparing it, the bike in the photo above, to the prototype that we all rode at our gathering at JANUS MOTORCYCLES in Goshen, Indiana this last summer, I immediately took note of an enhanced seat, nice!
Also, the number plate on the front fender usually is indicative of the production number (unless the customer says otherwise ... like me, I'd put #000 on it - #000). Note that this one says #??H01... perhaps production number one? What say you, JANUS? Are these being built now as a production model?
JANUSMOTORCYCLES.COM
574-538-1350
And, speaking of JANUS, they are beginning a series of Podcasts ... so watch for news of that ... and (drum-roll) just guess who they have invited to be a guest on Podcast #1?
Yep, ole #000, Triple-Zip ... I've never been on a podcast before and I must admit that I've never even viewed a podcast before, so this is exciting!
Keep an eye on these guys and gals at JANUS, I think we can all learn something from who and what they are...
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Gold Rush Rally of year 2000
Wanted to let you know that I attended this one and it’s a cherished memory. I rode a 1999 BMW F650 with BMW luggage. (Tank bag, tail trunk and side cases.)
Was awarded a gold pan with the inscription “For riding the best bike to ride to the rally.” I retired from riding at 80.
Thanks for the ride and for continuing all the others too.
Bob Comer, former FSSNOC #1532 and FSSNOC #3499 - California
BOB - BOB - BOB!
How absolutely AWESOME to get this post from you! - #000.
Yes! That was a wonderful (one-derful, as in cylinders) time that was, for sure! For some reason, the attachment you so kindly included was empty or we couldn't download it, but I got the idea to look up my notes from that spectacular event back in 2000!
Jackson, California Amador Inn ... it was the Bob and Bill show that year, our hosts for the September 12-13-14, 2000 event ... Bob, #2995 and Bill, #2320.
110 members attended. 84 Thumpers of which 15 were British! The top model there was the fabled Yamaha SR500 with an even dozen at the curb. Second in count was BMWs F650 with 11 examples. Third was the Kawasaki KLR650 with 8. Fourth was another famous Yamaha, the one year model only, the SRX-6 600cc Thumper.
Long distance was a tie ... at 4,595 miles thumped ... by two members from the far state of Pennsylvania rode together to arrive in California for the event.
Riders from 15 states were there ... top state was the homestate of California with a mind-blowing number of 47! I gotta add that Kansas was second with 9, and Minnesota was third in attendance with 7 riders.
Here's the kicker... to arrive at the Gold Rush Rally, members rode one-way a grand tally of 111,848 miles on Thumpers, is that not awesome, yu guys??? If one assumed that everyone rode back to the house, that would conservatively double the mileage to 223,696 miles ... almost a quarter of a million miles!
BOB COMER ... Thank You for your post today, what a blast to recall those days, those years, those events, those friends ... Thank You! You made my day...
Wishing you well, BOB! ... Jack, FSSNOC #000
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FROM LAST WEEK...
DOIN' THE GILEAD SHUFFLE...
#000 and #722 ... dancin' to the tunes of Steve O., #5266, on lead guitar! Ya' can't make this stuff up...
39 people lived here, of which none appeared to be home that day ... you fill in the rest of the details, okay, Steve?
(the above in response to Steve's comments below ... is that hard to follow?)
Jack,
Your ThumperGarage picture from last week got me thinking.
I found a couple of old pictures.
Do you remember this day and this motorcycle and the old duffer on the Triumph (who incidentally introduced me to the club)?
I had fun.
On the way there I stopped for road construction and the stop sign guy asked me where I was headed and when I told him he said there was nothing there.
How wrong he was.
Steve, FSSNOC #5266 - Nebraska
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Alan Wong ... Hey, Alan, thanks for getting back to us! Will plan to use your input in the next Thumper News as per your request ... Thank You, Sir! - #000
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(01-06-22) FROM LAST WEEK, just in case you missed it:
FSSNOC IS ABOUT THUMPERS, PLAIN AND SIMPLE ... PERIOD.
WELL, YAH ... but for some reason, all this other "stuff" keeps poppin' up!
Things like Relationships, Friends, Memories, Stories ... see photo above.
###################################################################
So what about that photo (as featured last week - #000)?
Well, It was yesterday, I was looking for something else, not even sure what or why, but this homebuilt poster showed up...
Wasn't it Andy Rooney who said something to the affect, "Ahhh, it's amazing the things I come across while looking for something else..." and I've used quotation marks here merely to set apart the thought, but you get my drift, I'm sure, well ... sort of ... I'll carrie on (catch the pun? it pays two points)
Anyway, the above photo/poster appears ... I pick it up carefully, gingerly, with both hands, like it was precious or valuable. I studied it for a moment, there in the dim light afforded from the solitary light bulb of the garage, it was then and there that the following life question came to mind: (Sorry ... I always get emotional when it snows!)
Who builds an oversize garage, then puts only one light bulb in it?
Okay, that one pays another two points.
I really did spend a moment reflecting on what it was (the photo above), who it was from, and the moment it represented. That once-considered-goofy-fun poster was a product of a little time, a magic marker, a pair of scissors, and the mischievous bent of longtime FSSNOC member, Ron Hampe ... and is a bit of a parody or was at the time ... then "BOOM", it happened! 1995(?) to 2022 ...titled "FOREVER FRIENDS"
Left to right:
"Three Fenders" - Phil Schreck, FSSNOC #0162 - Oklahoma
"Rapid Ron" - Ron Hampe, now a retired FSSNOCer but not forgotten.
"Triple Zip" - Jack Robinson, FSSNOC #000 - ThumperVille, USA
This prompted a phone call to Rapid Ron ... and it was fun to catch up as always. We joked and recalled that perhaps the only time the friendship among the trio was in jeopardy was the evening that we all, while on a FSSNOC trip, went to a local theatre to experience some local flavor, unfortunately the movie playing that night was Dumb and Dumber! Three Fenders wanted to walk out, Ron and I insisted that we stay, we thought it was great fun ... Phil grumbled for weeks, which only added to the fun! - #000.
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Hi Jack,
For more than a decade, I have been a member, but this is the first time I’ve posted anything. Actually, I love thumpers, but I’m a (very) fair weather rider and my yearly riding mileage is tiny compared to you guys. So far, my longest trip on my Duke 690 has been to the table tennis club 25 miles away. But although I could be considered as a lurker, I enjoy every issue of Thumper News.
Alan Wong, FSSNOC #5029
(REPLY) Hey, Alan ... So good to hear from you, Lad! In fact, I loved your comments not shown here, so much so that I'd suggest we use them in the next issue of Thumper News, #147 (#146 is currently at the printers) ... but the choice is yours, you say which media you'd like to see your input published within, here on ThumperGarage or Thumper News.
Let me know, send us an email here or you may text me at 620-663-1869 if you'd like do dialogue a bit? - #000
(Really interesting stuff, Alan ... it'd be fun to meet you in person, I hope you'll get out on the KTM and come Meet, Greet, and Eat with us in 2022!! - #000)
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WHAT'S AN INBOX?
Hey Jack,
I'm guessing that by now, your email inbox has been flooded with 2021 mileage reports from FSSNOC members.
Well---I completed my Excel spreadsheet for 2021 so here's one more! Lots of turnover in the pole barn this year!
Carol and I started 2021 with 17 bikes. I got a wild hair and sold some bikes and then realized that I had room and $$$ so I went out and bought a few "new" ones! Purchased 11 during the year. Flipped 5 and sold 8---so we ended the year with 15 bikes at The Gilmore Estate.
My annual miles were 44,052 for 2021. I rode the following 7 bikes before selling them in 2021:
2007 BMW F650GS 1,570
2013 Honda CBR250R 3,511
1996 BMW R1100RSL 2,873
1994 Yamaha GTS1000 3,222
1973 Honda CL350 655
2003 Kawasaki KLR 650 1,648
1989 Honda NT650 Hawk 4,147
7 bikes I started the year with & still own:
1990 Honda NT650 Hawk 3,083
2019 Yamaha Niken GT 10,005
1982 BMW R65 1,012
2000 Kawasaki ZRX1100 702
1988 BMW R100RT with EML sidecar 715
2000 Moto Guzzi EV1100 Jackal 2,162
2019 Genuine G400C 701
Bikes that I purchased in 2021 (all are still in the fleet):
1992 Suzuki VX800 1,198
1981 BMW R65 1,031
2021 Can Am Spyder RT 2,426
2004 Moto Guzzi Breva 750 1,129
1989 Honda PC800 (The "Flyin' Fridge") 923
1993 BMW K75 1,213
Subtotal = 43,926
Another 126 miles racked-up on 4 demo rides (2 on Janus bikes, a Can Am and a Honda CRF250L "Rally" edition) gave me a total of 44,052 for the year.
I also sold 5 bikes that I purchased in 2021 and didn't get any saddle time on:
(Two) 1973 BMW R75/5's; 2005 HD Sportster; 1982 Moto Guzzi V50 and a 1994 BMW R1100RSL.
To my eternal shame, my 1990 HD FatBoy ended the year with 111,757 miles on it---the same mileage it started the year with. Battery stopped taking/holding a charge December 2020 and I never got around to replacing it before winter came back to far western Maryland last month. Oh well---I'll get it back on the road in April.
In other news, Carol (FSSNOC # 661.5) rode 9,433 miles in 2,021. Not too shabby for a grandma on Social Security!
We have started filling-in our travel calendar for 2022. We are riding either "His & hers" Honda NT650 Hawks or doubling-up on the PC800 to the VJMC National Rally in Arkansas. Leaving 6/20 but now I think we'll leave earlier and swing by the ThumperCafe' in Iowa first. Any idea of the specific location, yet? We're also thinking of riding to Alaska on the CanAm in early August---which would let us visit Oregon for the 8/18 ThumperCafe on our return trip. Along with seeing friends & relatives in Montana that we haven't seen since the 2019 Thumper Cafe in Wisdom, MT.
I wasn't planning to visit Birmingham for the annual Barber Vintage Days 2 years in a row, but...with a ThumperCafe' in nearby Georgia on 10/13, who knows?
Plus the usual VJMC and Moto Guzzi events scattered around east of the Mississippi...
See you in 2022!
Joe Gilmore #661
(REPLY) ... Congrats, Joe - Well done! That is quite a report! One question, When do you sleep? - #000
(P.S.) "A Grandma on Social Security?" ... Is that what he said, Carol?
(You know you will always be a teenage beauty queen to the rest of us! - #000)
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Hi All,
First I hope everyone survived Christmas and New Years! Did anyone get a new motorcycle for Christmas?
On the podcast number 451, Motorcycles & Misfits podcast they have an interesting talk titled:
Debate Club - KLR650 vs DR650
This can be found at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/motorcycles-misfits/id687516909
Alan Smith (5286) rainy northern California
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Well, 2021 sucked. Plain and simple.
In the 17 years I've been keeping track, it was the 15th in total mileage and worst in the number of rides. And no multi day rides or FSSNOC stuff.
But the dust has settled and I'm batching it in my new little house with the four furry kids. Two dogs and two cats. I am now trying to find someone who would be willing to come in four times a day and let the dogs out, feed the cats and dogs, clean the cat boxes.
Boarding the dogs and having someone to look after the cats would make any trip prohibitively expensive so I'm hoping I find someone before the first FSSNOC event in June. If I get it all squared away, I could make all three events. If not, well then not. Really missed the events, the rides and you and all the other guys. Here's hoping for an epic 2022!
Kerry
#4545 AZ
(REPLY) YO KERRY ... Kinda reading between the lines here, let me say that although you haven't been at the events for awhile; trust me, you are, have been, and have never left the hearts and thoughts of many FSSNOCers. We'd love to see you in 2022! - #000.
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(Website Details and Instructions: )
Hello Thumper Enthusiasts...
I'm Jack Robinson (FSSNOC #000), your club Director.
It is an honor to introduce you to the THUMPERGARAGE. This mini-venue is in addition to our legendary hard copy THUMPER NEWS quarterly magazine. After enjoying this page, please visit our other pages on this site. Go to the masthead above to make it happen...
You are encouraged to "thump" by the THUMPERGARAGE weekly. This is a FREE site for you and your friends.
Members may contact us anytime 24/7 with comments, conversation, stories, or questions via a mailed letter, a phone call/text or an e-mail. When you E-mail, please give us your first name, your FSSNOC member number, and your state. You'll receive a courtesy confirmation E-mail back.
Our actual response to your E-mail will generally be posted on the following Thursday's THUMPERGARAGE update so be sure to tune back in then... (Address-phone number-email address is below... **)
We also encourage you to join our club:
Complete the application found elsewhere on this site (click on "more" above) and mail it to us with $100.00 dues for a 12 month USA membership, WE MAIL ONLY TO USA ADDRESSES. Include your shirt size so we may gift you a FREE club t-shirt if this is your initial membership.
A subscription to THUMPER NEWS magazine, mailed to your mailbox (NOW BY FIRST CLASS), is included in your membership as well.
U.S. POSTAL address is: FSSNOC P.O. Box 1809, Hutchinson, Ks 67504-1809.
To call OR text our club, phone 620-663-1869. If no answer, leave a message as these are spam times.
You may send an E-mail: FSSNOCTHUMPERS@yahoo.com
NOTICE: Please understand that your E-mail may be reproduced on this site. Any/all subject matter and information submitted may be used in-part or edited and will become the property of the Four-Stroke Singles National Owners Club (FSSNOC,INC.). All included content in Thumper News or Thumper Garage is solely for entertainment, not advise....
THE CLUB STORE ... GO VISIT IT WHEN YOU ARE DONE HERE?
The Autumn season means awesome riding for many areas ... time to get some new club gear, eh? Order yourself a bright new yellow and black club cap, a couple t-shirts, and at least one sweatshirt to wear under your riding gear. Remember, every day is FSSNOC gear day. Tell the world about our club ... Thanks!
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YOU'VE JUST VISITED THE THUMPERGARAGE. PLEASE CLICK ON THE "MORE" ON THE MASTHEAD ABOVE ... AND CHECK OUT ALL THE OTHER PAGES OF THIS SITE.
PLEASE CONSIDER BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE FOUR-STROKE SINGLES NATIONAL OWNERS CLUB (FSSNOC) TODAY ...Thank You! - Jack, FSSNOC #000/Director
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I TOOK A DETOUR OFF THE SUPERSLAB TO HAVE A LOOK SEE: ...ROB FISHER, #5186 - MINNESOTA
(photo above - the JANUS 450)
Wow, how cool! Thank You, Rob! In comparing it, the bike in the photo above, to the prototype that we all rode at our gathering at JANUS MOTORCYCLES in Goshen, Indiana this last summer, I immediately took note of an enhanced seat, nice!
Also, the number plate on the front fender usually is indicative of the production number (unless the customer says otherwise ... like me, I'd put #000 on it - #000). Note that this one says #??H01... perhaps production number one? What say you, JANUS? Are these being built now as a production model?
JANUSMOTORCYCLES.COM
574-538-1350
And, speaking of JANUS, they are beginning a series of Podcasts ... so watch for news of that ... and (drum-roll) just guess who they have invited to be a guest on Podcast #1?
Yep, ole #000, Triple-Zip ... I've never been on a podcast before and I must admit that I've never even viewed a podcast before, so this is exciting!
Keep an eye on these guys and gals at JANUS, I think we can all learn something from who and what they are...
#######################################################
Gold Rush Rally of year 2000
Wanted to let you know that I attended this one and it’s a cherished memory. I rode a 1999 BMW F650 with BMW luggage. (Tank bag, tail trunk and side cases.)
Was awarded a gold pan with the inscription “For riding the best bike to ride to the rally.” I retired from riding at 80.
Thanks for the ride and for continuing all the others too.
Bob Comer, former FSSNOC #1532 and FSSNOC #3499 - California
BOB - BOB - BOB!
How absolutely AWESOME to get this post from you! - #000.
Yes! That was a wonderful (one-derful, as in cylinders) time that was, for sure! For some reason, the attachment you so kindly included was empty or we couldn't download it, but I got the idea to look up my notes from that spectacular event back in 2000!
Jackson, California Amador Inn ... it was the Bob and Bill show that year, our hosts for the September 12-13-14, 2000 event ... Bob, #2995 and Bill, #2320.
110 members attended. 84 Thumpers of which 15 were British! The top model there was the fabled Yamaha SR500 with an even dozen at the curb. Second in count was BMWs F650 with 11 examples. Third was the Kawasaki KLR650 with 8. Fourth was another famous Yamaha, the one year model only, the SRX-6 600cc Thumper.
Long distance was a tie ... at 4,595 miles thumped ... by two members from the far state of Pennsylvania rode together to arrive in California for the event.
Riders from 15 states were there ... top state was the homestate of California with a mind-blowing number of 47! I gotta add that Kansas was second with 9, and Minnesota was third in attendance with 7 riders.
Here's the kicker... to arrive at the Gold Rush Rally, members rode one-way a grand tally of 111,848 miles on Thumpers, is that not awesome, yu guys??? If one assumed that everyone rode back to the house, that would conservatively double the mileage to 223,696 miles ... almost a quarter of a million miles!
BOB COMER ... Thank You for your post today, what a blast to recall those days, those years, those events, those friends ... Thank You! You made my day...
Wishing you well, BOB! ... Jack, FSSNOC #000
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FROM LAST WEEK...
DOIN' THE GILEAD SHUFFLE...
#000 and #722 ... dancin' to the tunes of Steve O., #5266, on lead guitar! Ya' can't make this stuff up...
39 people lived here, of which none appeared to be home that day ... you fill in the rest of the details, okay, Steve?
(the above in response to Steve's comments below ... is that hard to follow?)
Jack,
Your ThumperGarage picture from last week got me thinking.
I found a couple of old pictures.
Do you remember this day and this motorcycle and the old duffer on the Triumph (who incidentally introduced me to the club)?
I had fun.
On the way there I stopped for road construction and the stop sign guy asked me where I was headed and when I told him he said there was nothing there.
How wrong he was.
Steve, FSSNOC #5266 - Nebraska
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Alan Wong ... Hey, Alan, thanks for getting back to us! Will plan to use your input in the next Thumper News as per your request ... Thank You, Sir! - #000
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(01-06-22) FROM LAST WEEK, just in case you missed it:
FSSNOC IS ABOUT THUMPERS, PLAIN AND SIMPLE ... PERIOD.
WELL, YAH ... but for some reason, all this other "stuff" keeps poppin' up!
Things like Relationships, Friends, Memories, Stories ... see photo above.
###################################################################
So what about that photo (as featured last week - #000)?
Well, It was yesterday, I was looking for something else, not even sure what or why, but this homebuilt poster showed up...
Wasn't it Andy Rooney who said something to the affect, "Ahhh, it's amazing the things I come across while looking for something else..." and I've used quotation marks here merely to set apart the thought, but you get my drift, I'm sure, well ... sort of ... I'll carrie on (catch the pun? it pays two points)
Anyway, the above photo/poster appears ... I pick it up carefully, gingerly, with both hands, like it was precious or valuable. I studied it for a moment, there in the dim light afforded from the solitary light bulb of the garage, it was then and there that the following life question came to mind: (Sorry ... I always get emotional when it snows!)
Who builds an oversize garage, then puts only one light bulb in it?
Okay, that one pays another two points.
I really did spend a moment reflecting on what it was (the photo above), who it was from, and the moment it represented. That once-considered-goofy-fun poster was a product of a little time, a magic marker, a pair of scissors, and the mischievous bent of longtime FSSNOC member, Ron Hampe ... and is a bit of a parody or was at the time ... then "BOOM", it happened! 1995(?) to 2022 ...titled "FOREVER FRIENDS"
Left to right:
"Three Fenders" - Phil Schreck, FSSNOC #0162 - Oklahoma
"Rapid Ron" - Ron Hampe, now a retired FSSNOCer but not forgotten.
"Triple Zip" - Jack Robinson, FSSNOC #000 - ThumperVille, USA
This prompted a phone call to Rapid Ron ... and it was fun to catch up as always. We joked and recalled that perhaps the only time the friendship among the trio was in jeopardy was the evening that we all, while on a FSSNOC trip, went to a local theatre to experience some local flavor, unfortunately the movie playing that night was Dumb and Dumber! Three Fenders wanted to walk out, Ron and I insisted that we stay, we thought it was great fun ... Phil grumbled for weeks, which only added to the fun! - #000.
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Hi Jack,
For more than a decade, I have been a member, but this is the first time I’ve posted anything. Actually, I love thumpers, but I’m a (very) fair weather rider and my yearly riding mileage is tiny compared to you guys. So far, my longest trip on my Duke 690 has been to the table tennis club 25 miles away. But although I could be considered as a lurker, I enjoy every issue of Thumper News.
Alan Wong, FSSNOC #5029
(REPLY) Hey, Alan ... So good to hear from you, Lad! In fact, I loved your comments not shown here, so much so that I'd suggest we use them in the next issue of Thumper News, #147 (#146 is currently at the printers) ... but the choice is yours, you say which media you'd like to see your input published within, here on ThumperGarage or Thumper News.
Let me know, send us an email here or you may text me at 620-663-1869 if you'd like do dialogue a bit? - #000
(Really interesting stuff, Alan ... it'd be fun to meet you in person, I hope you'll get out on the KTM and come Meet, Greet, and Eat with us in 2022!! - #000)
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WHAT'S AN INBOX?
Hey Jack,
I'm guessing that by now, your email inbox has been flooded with 2021 mileage reports from FSSNOC members.
Well---I completed my Excel spreadsheet for 2021 so here's one more! Lots of turnover in the pole barn this year!
Carol and I started 2021 with 17 bikes. I got a wild hair and sold some bikes and then realized that I had room and $$$ so I went out and bought a few "new" ones! Purchased 11 during the year. Flipped 5 and sold 8---so we ended the year with 15 bikes at The Gilmore Estate.
My annual miles were 44,052 for 2021. I rode the following 7 bikes before selling them in 2021:
2007 BMW F650GS 1,570
2013 Honda CBR250R 3,511
1996 BMW R1100RSL 2,873
1994 Yamaha GTS1000 3,222
1973 Honda CL350 655
2003 Kawasaki KLR 650 1,648
1989 Honda NT650 Hawk 4,147
7 bikes I started the year with & still own:
1990 Honda NT650 Hawk 3,083
2019 Yamaha Niken GT 10,005
1982 BMW R65 1,012
2000 Kawasaki ZRX1100 702
1988 BMW R100RT with EML sidecar 715
2000 Moto Guzzi EV1100 Jackal 2,162
2019 Genuine G400C 701
Bikes that I purchased in 2021 (all are still in the fleet):
1992 Suzuki VX800 1,198
1981 BMW R65 1,031
2021 Can Am Spyder RT 2,426
2004 Moto Guzzi Breva 750 1,129
1989 Honda PC800 (The "Flyin' Fridge") 923
1993 BMW K75 1,213
Subtotal = 43,926
Another 126 miles racked-up on 4 demo rides (2 on Janus bikes, a Can Am and a Honda CRF250L "Rally" edition) gave me a total of 44,052 for the year.
I also sold 5 bikes that I purchased in 2021 and didn't get any saddle time on:
(Two) 1973 BMW R75/5's; 2005 HD Sportster; 1982 Moto Guzzi V50 and a 1994 BMW R1100RSL.
To my eternal shame, my 1990 HD FatBoy ended the year with 111,757 miles on it---the same mileage it started the year with. Battery stopped taking/holding a charge December 2020 and I never got around to replacing it before winter came back to far western Maryland last month. Oh well---I'll get it back on the road in April.
In other news, Carol (FSSNOC # 661.5) rode 9,433 miles in 2,021. Not too shabby for a grandma on Social Security!
We have started filling-in our travel calendar for 2022. We are riding either "His & hers" Honda NT650 Hawks or doubling-up on the PC800 to the VJMC National Rally in Arkansas. Leaving 6/20 but now I think we'll leave earlier and swing by the ThumperCafe' in Iowa first. Any idea of the specific location, yet? We're also thinking of riding to Alaska on the CanAm in early August---which would let us visit Oregon for the 8/18 ThumperCafe on our return trip. Along with seeing friends & relatives in Montana that we haven't seen since the 2019 Thumper Cafe in Wisdom, MT.
I wasn't planning to visit Birmingham for the annual Barber Vintage Days 2 years in a row, but...with a ThumperCafe' in nearby Georgia on 10/13, who knows?
Plus the usual VJMC and Moto Guzzi events scattered around east of the Mississippi...
See you in 2022!
Joe Gilmore #661
(REPLY) ... Congrats, Joe - Well done! That is quite a report! One question, When do you sleep? - #000
(P.S.) "A Grandma on Social Security?" ... Is that what he said, Carol?
(You know you will always be a teenage beauty queen to the rest of us! - #000)
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Hi All,
First I hope everyone survived Christmas and New Years! Did anyone get a new motorcycle for Christmas?
On the podcast number 451, Motorcycles & Misfits podcast they have an interesting talk titled:
Debate Club - KLR650 vs DR650
This can be found at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/motorcycles-misfits/id687516909
Alan Smith (5286) rainy northern California
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Well, 2021 sucked. Plain and simple.
In the 17 years I've been keeping track, it was the 15th in total mileage and worst in the number of rides. And no multi day rides or FSSNOC stuff.
But the dust has settled and I'm batching it in my new little house with the four furry kids. Two dogs and two cats. I am now trying to find someone who would be willing to come in four times a day and let the dogs out, feed the cats and dogs, clean the cat boxes.
Boarding the dogs and having someone to look after the cats would make any trip prohibitively expensive so I'm hoping I find someone before the first FSSNOC event in June. If I get it all squared away, I could make all three events. If not, well then not. Really missed the events, the rides and you and all the other guys. Here's hoping for an epic 2022!
Kerry
#4545 AZ
(REPLY) YO KERRY ... Kinda reading between the lines here, let me say that although you haven't been at the events for awhile; trust me, you are, have been, and have never left the hearts and thoughts of many FSSNOCers. We'd love to see you in 2022! - #000.
*******************************************
(Website Details and Instructions: )
Hello Thumper Enthusiasts...
I'm Jack Robinson (FSSNOC #000), your club Director.
It is an honor to introduce you to the THUMPERGARAGE. This mini-venue is in addition to our legendary hard copy THUMPER NEWS quarterly magazine. After enjoying this page, please visit our other pages on this site. Go to the masthead above to make it happen...
You are encouraged to "thump" by the THUMPERGARAGE weekly. This is a FREE site for you and your friends.
Members may contact us anytime 24/7 with comments, conversation, stories, or questions via a mailed letter, a phone call/text or an e-mail. When you E-mail, please give us your first name, your FSSNOC member number, and your state. You'll receive a courtesy confirmation E-mail back.
Our actual response to your E-mail will generally be posted on the following Thursday's THUMPERGARAGE update so be sure to tune back in then... (Address-phone number-email address is below... **)
We also encourage you to join our club:
Complete the application found elsewhere on this site (click on "more" above) and mail it to us with $100.00 dues for a 12 month USA membership, WE MAIL ONLY TO USA ADDRESSES. Include your shirt size so we may gift you a FREE club t-shirt if this is your initial membership.
A subscription to THUMPER NEWS magazine, mailed to your mailbox (NOW BY FIRST CLASS), is included in your membership as well.
U.S. POSTAL address is: FSSNOC P.O. Box 1809, Hutchinson, Ks 67504-1809.
To call OR text our club, phone 620-663-1869. If no answer, leave a message as these are spam times.
You may send an E-mail: FSSNOCTHUMPERS@yahoo.com
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THE CLUB STORE ... GO VISIT IT WHEN YOU ARE DONE HERE?
The Autumn season means awesome riding for many areas ... time to get some new club gear, eh? Order yourself a bright new yellow and black club cap, a couple t-shirts, and at least one sweatshirt to wear under your riding gear. Remember, every day is FSSNOC gear day. Tell the world about our club ... Thanks!
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PLEASE CONSIDER BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE FOUR-STROKE SINGLES NATIONAL OWNERS CLUB (FSSNOC) TODAY ...Thank You! - Jack, FSSNOC #000/Director
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