06 - 01-'23 .... It's JUNE!!!!!
(photo above, comments below)
THE THUMPERGARAGE PAGE
*This MULTIPLE PAGE site is viewable on a cellphone but we encourage the viewer to use a tablet, laptop, or computer ... typically, the format works better than on your phone, particularly with the photos. Be sure to view all five pages, see navigation in mast head above. Enjoy! - FSSNOC
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FIRE TOWER...
Do you have these in Thumperville?
*Fill in those sides, put a spout on it, it'd make a great elevator! (This will make some sense to you, the viewer, later in this week's media experience) - #000.
My best FSSNOC buddy, John, #3590 from Dayton, Ohio and I just spent 5 days riding Hot Springs, NC area. Tons of first-class thumper roads, both blacktop and gravel.
For anyone that might not know, this (photo above) is a fire tower, used to spot forest fires back in the day. Some are still around and are open to the public for a scenic view over the mountains.
John and I first met in 2000 at the Suches Ga. FSSNOC Event. That was the first FSSNOC event for both of us and we've been best friends ever since. He gets the credit for this expert lens work.
Ride safe, ride often and enjoy your Thumpers. Vic Force, #3701, NC
(REPLY) WOOW! Great advice, Vic! Keep On Thumpin' - #000
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SR500 YAMAHA THUMPER ... for sale
Jack, one of the guys on the Wild Guzzi forum, a guy known for good restoration work, is selling a few bikes to make room in his garage. One of them is:
1978 Yamaha SR500 - Minton mods and full engine rebuild 2018- $3500.00
He's in Orleans, Mass. I can provide his phone number for sincere inquiries.
Maynard
THANK YOU, MAYNARD ... these are getting hard to find that are "for sale"!- #000
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Field Report #3545: Pathway to a Beta 500 RR-S
Well, Jack - you said you wanted a report on the Beta: you may do with it what you wish. Let me know if you’d like any photos. (Yes, absolutely - pick me two or three that you like... - #000)
A couple of typos somehow found their way in… Angelo was former “US” Army…
The others should be obvious.
OK - I’m not a great typist, but I can spell pretty well. (You're hired! You start tomorrow! Ha! Ha! - #000)
Jim, #3545 - WA.
(REPLY) YO JIM ... Your document came through but we were unable to open it. Can you re-send it as an attachment to your email? We will try again ... and, YES, we want to use it, likely in Thumper News. - Thank You! Jack, #000
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Our 152nd publication of Thumper News is coming out after our FSSNOC FAMILY REUNION (event date is June 21, event location is Longford, Kansas) let us know at FSSNOCthumpers@yahoo.com that "you", dear reader/FSSNOC member are coming ASAP. Thanks! - #000
There's more! Check out EVERY page of this site, see navigational prompts above in the masthead. TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT THIS SITE and about our club. Could it be? After our 37 years of THUMPIN' IN THE USA, someone may NOT know about FSSNOC? Make sure we cover everyone, invite your neighbor, your buddies, your family ... spread the Thumper word ... YOU can do it! TELL ONE PERSON and see what happens, repeat... See you on June 21, 2023!
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----- FROM LAST WEEK:
Yeah, this is the THUMPERGARAGE PAGE ... but for now, let's give you some interesting tidbits of our club's history.
After all, we are doing a 37th year FSSNOC FAMILY REUNION ... be sure to see all the pages on this site so that you are up to speed with all things FSSNOC and Thumpers.
For now, back to the Historic Tidbits we mentioned above, I think the following information will surprise you some ... so here we go:
FSSNOC ... The Four-Stroke Singles National Owners Club
We started in 1986 and we are still Thumpin' today ... hopefully, you and I. It's been a blessing to meet, to greet, and to eat with all those who have attended one or more of our 150+ events over the last three and a half decades.
The FSSNOC mailbox never fails to have a wonderful mix of letters from all over the USA and, prior to COVID-19, when we could have members from throughout the WORLD ... it could have been called the FSSIOC, the Four-Stroke Singles International Owners Club, but we didn't do that ... then after 2019, mailing costs sky-rocketed and we had to restrict our membership to those who had a USA address.
The following is a list of countries OUTSIDE of the USA in which there was a FSSNOC presence ... again ... in the time period from 1986 until 2019 (some 30+ years) :
Africa
Australia
Belgium
Canada
England
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong
Japan
Mexico
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
Sweden
Thailand
West Africa
West Indies
Note: these do not include American service men and women serving in other countries...
Time and circumstances change practically everything, including our club. We now have an opportunity to meet as one group in Longford, Kansas on June 21, 2023.
Be sure to view each page within this website and I remind each of you that this site is brand new each and every week, generally on Thursday evening, to be viewed at your leisure after dinner and/or throughout the week, every week.
As we set down as a common group at our table in the Coachlight Restaurant on the main street of Longford, Kansas (it actually goes uphill and downhill), I cannot even imagine the conversations that we'll have over a plate of vittles and a glass of lemonade or tea ... some of those present will have joined in the last few years, some will have joined in that first year of 1986. It is going to be an amazing experience ... as I said earlier, we have an opportunity. Who will set at your elbow on the left and who will set at your elbow on the right? Come see...
Thank you for all you've done for our club! Thank you for your membership! Thank you for viewing the website!
We couldn't have done it without each of you... Jack and Carrie, #000 - USA
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