Two of my Friends on KLRs years ago,
(one had to take the photo)
I first met them in Colorado 1979.
I have traveled with them in US, England & Italy.
I did not go with them to Scandinavia !
KIM, FSSNOC #5422 - MONTANA
(REPLY) Man-O-Man! Bet there is a TON of stories that could be triggered by this photo! Thank You, Kim! Should about be Springtime at your house, yes?
Been in the 60's-70's-80's of late here in ThumperVille; rain today, came down so softly it didn't make a sound, looking across at the horizon was like looking through a three-dimensional veil of liquid crystal ... absolutely serene. - #000
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MORE MOTO-CROSS ... (from last week)
I shot this 2019 Suzuki 250 after a nice visit with the rider/owner ... and regretfully, we never got around to names ... I did know his uncle or father-in-law, something like that, he was/is a local Cushman enthusiast and a past motorcyclist.
The 20-something young lad had bought the Suzuki second hand, he shared that he was dismayed to learn the hard way that a valve adjustment was $200.00.
Said, with a big dirt-encrusted smile, that he had just ran 5th.
As for the bike, he had no one to ask about it, so a multitude of adjustments on the suspension - rebound and compression - go untouched as he had no idea what that was or where to set it.
Ditto with the three changeable mappings available on the engine tune, but he didn't know which he had and he didn't get any of the other mapping devices when he bought the bike.
To me, the bike fired-off easily, sounded good, seemed to run well, so thankfully and hopefully, it had been somewhat sorted out by a previous owner-rider, so it would seem.
Bottom line, he was having fun, despite the confusion of yet-to-get-to-know his bike.
I observed a calm and a peace about him, something that one doesn't always see in folks now days ...
I wish him well!
Did anyone out there ever run MX? Share some memories with us, send us a photo and details:
FSSNOCthumpers@yahoo.com
OR
text to: 620-663-1869
Photos must be the horizontal format style ... Thank You! - Keep on Thumpin! = #000
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Just in case,
.....if you have moved or changed your mailing address, contact FSSNOC with your updated mailing address ... THUMPER NEWS is a-coming! And, be keeping track of what you are doing today to share with us here on the ThumperGarage or to publish in Thumper News in #144.
Save the dates: (Huhhhh?)
..... I'm still running into members who haven't gotten the message. What is this "Save The Dates" thing all about? Save it for what? How does one really "save" time?
Mark it on your calendar. Put it on your laptop or I-Watch? Make a sticky note? Tell your Boss? Tell, errr ... ask your wife? Don't tell your kids? Schedule for your lawn to be cut while you are gone? Service that Thumper? We are getting closer to the date every day ... AUGUST 21-29-2021
Early on, after canceling our much-anticipated 2020 gathering in Indiana to walk through the factory of the builders of that young upstart of a motorcycle manufacturer, JANUS ... We began to encourage the safe harbor of the above dates, for what? Who knew with COVID running rampant among us?
Do we know more now? Not really, all we are saying is IF one reserves those days now, they will be open, should we truly get to do something or go somewhere at that time. Look at it this way, if you will ... Even if we don't gather, or if we do gather, and one doesn't live close enough to attend ...
Hey, one can go on his or her own Thumper trip, or take in a motorcycle race, or call your long-time FSSNOC friend, just do something Thumper-related ... save the dates.
We call these dates:
FSSNOC NATIONAL THUMPER WEEK
Get your calendar, do it today ... yes, now ... before bed!
You know what happens if you "Sleep On It"...
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SEE YOU NEXT THURSDAY EVENING here on the ThumperGarage!
KEEP ON THUMPIN' ... #000/Jack