09-22-2022
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FSSNOC THUMPERGARAGE WEEKLY INTERNET MAGAZINE:
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Old Gas Stations (photo above)
Hi Jack:
Sounds like a successful ThumperCafe in Oregon. Good to hear. Always fun. A while back you asked for photos of old gas stations. I was out exercising my new (to me) R.E. Continental GT535 and came across this one in Beaver Creek, MN. It's just over the border from South Dakota on old US highway 16. In its day, it was one of the many filling stations along US16. The new owner obviously has an eclectic taste in memorabilia. US16 was downgraded to a county road with I-90 supplanting it.
Until then it was a major east/west road through the mid-section of the USA.
Be safe and keep on thumpin'
Lloyd
#5224
(REPLY) OH, BE STILL MY HEART! IS THAT AN AWESOME PHOTO OR WHAT?? WELL DONE, LLOYD, WELL DONE ... hopefully you've got that one on your wall, it is truly marvelous ... and yes, made even more so by that Royal Enfield Continental GT535 Cafe Racer!! - #000.
(And we did miss you in Oregon... I gotta add that! - #000)
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CRC Lithium Grease
(see some previous conversation about this very slippery subject on the bottom of the Event Page, page 3...)
If you remember, I always used the spray can of CRC Lithium grease. Not as easy to put on without making a mess, but it can be done. I had close to 60,000 miles on my KLR chain when I changed it, and it wasn't worn out. Mike Hildebrand
(REPLY) True enough ... I've used CRC lithium for decades, earlier in the spray can and later in the notorious pink-colored squeeze-type tube labeled CRC, then STA-LUBE if my recall is correct, and always, always, with great results ... the lithium we are talking about in the previous conversation on page 3 is another brand, not CRC.
This topic has sparked some good conversation, both here and amongst various types of correspondence with other FSSNOC members. A local member said that he was able to locate the CRC-Sta-Lube in the pink tube on the internet, so I'm gonna have a look ... so now on my most recent purchase, I'm back to using 90-140 wt hypoid gear oil.
Speaking of oil, I've also been having trouble finding various weights of motorcycle motor oil, even in Honda, Yamaha, etc ... the few Honda dealers (lost another one just a couple of months ago, been in business for 40 some years!) that we have locally all want me to buy AMS-oil, and they don't have Honda oil, particularly in the semi-synthetic that I use. Same with Yamaha dealer locally. Can't believe Honda or Yamaha allows that AMS-oil thing and no featured brand oil in stock??
How about in your neighborhood? Is it nation-wide? Is Castrol still out there somewhere? What about Mobil 1 for motorcycles? What are you using and where do you get it? Help...
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MARC HERE, member #2166 - my 29th year!
I have had a KTM 690 Duke for the last 7 years. Last Fall, I decided to sell it and get something new.
I bought a new 2020 Yamaha XSR900 in the Spring. The only remaining Thumper I have now is my dirt bike CRF150R Honda. I just couldn't find a Single that I liked...
The KTM 790 and 890 are twins but having owned a KTM Duke, I didn't feel like I needed to buy yet another KTM. So here I am renewing my subscription to FSSNOC and hoping I can show up at ThumperCafes and see everyone again, this time on a TRIPLE!
Right after I bought the Yamaha 900 in the Spring, I had surgery with about a 4 month recovery, that meant the new bike sat and that I missed out on two ThumperCafes and lost my summer riding time.
Here is hoping that this Fall, I'll be out traveling again! Hope to see you all next year at those great places you find for ThumperCafes! - Sincerely, Marc D. #2166 - CO.
(REPLY) Hey Marc ... we have expanded a bit in our thinking! How so?
We plan to feature a section in each Thumper News Magazine that is about ...
My Other Ride (or M.O.R.)
(read more below)
M.O.R. - Many of our most loyal and forthright FSSNOC members have other bikes, some with 2, or 3, or 4, even 6 cylinders! Shocking? Of course! (grin)
My own stable is currently ALL Thumpers, but a large number of twins, triples, fours, and one six have come and gone many, many, many times over the years ... I call them my "alter ego" bikes. I might surmise the same for nearly all our FSSNOC members ... face it, we love motorcycles, we enjoy the whole gamut of the sport or lifestyle, we are motorcycling fans to the quick ... period.
My own Mom asked me one time, "Does your camera have a motorcycle painted on it? There is a motorcycle in every one of those pictures!" Uhhhhhh ...
And ... I'll play the "OLD GUY" card here. "As we age", as Doctors now days that are barely post-puberty are fond of saying to us Old Geezers on Old Beezers, "As we age" - then they drop the bomb and tell us how much it's going to cost!
The "C" word, do you know what it is? Give UP?
"Yup, I need more "comfort", that Thumper was killing my ______!" I still ride it to coffee, but for these longer rides, no way... yup, comfort!
"I can't get my leg up that high anymore..." - yup, seat height!
"Hey, I want to carry more stuff with me, I'm tired of freezing my butt off or getting wet because I didn't bring enough clothes... - yup, more luggage capacity."
"Oh yeah, I still have a Thumper or two at home!" ... but I love this great big windshield!" - yup, wind protection.
Well, Guys and Gals ... we have your back! And I know, that hurts too! (grin) but we just gotta keep showing up at those pesky FSSNOC ThumperCafes ... it's what we do.
And take notice, this is M.O.R. - my other RIDE ... not my other bike! Yes, your other ride may be a (choke) CAR! Yes, one may drive to any ThumperCafe that they choose, it is OKAY! We want YOU to come... (no matter the conveyance)!!
See YOU in Georgia in October ... #000
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FSSNOC ... IS on a national YouTube Podcast - don't miss it. Advise your friends to view it as well...
Wanna listen/view a podcast ... DO CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZb4CgjfmEk
The podcast above was generated by Janus Motorcycles in Goshen, Indiana. EP.#1 ... In this podcast, FSSNOC #000 (Jack) is the guest, hereby being interviewed by Richard and Grant from JANUS MOTORCYCLES.
Play/View time is a tick over an hour so some popcorn might be nice, I like the chocolate drizzle kind, btw. Formal wear (FSSNOC club t-shirts, cap, etc...) adds to the mood, but not mandatory. Contact your friends, invite them in, share as you like. No cheat sheets, no prompt boards, no prior discussion was used to make this podcast.
If you like it, tell JANUS at 574-538-1350 JANUSMOTORCYCLES.COM
And, this podcast is for entertainment only...
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