2024 Event Calendar / List

[extrememarine]

Happy New Year - what and where are you going in 2024??

Add events you're aware of here, share your ride plans too!


January 2024

• Dakar Rally - January 6th to 19th, 2024 - Link

February 2024

March 2024

• Florida Winter Gathering (FWG) - Feb 29th - March 3rd, 2024 - Link

April 2024

• In(Tech)day - April 20th, 2024 - LINK

May 2024

• 2024 Southeast Ohio Ramble (SEOR) - May 2-5, 2024 - Marietta, OH - Link

• Toter Tech Day - May 17th/18th, 2024 Link

June 2024

• Adventures in NorCal - June 6-10th - LINK

• Blackhills FJR/Dual sport "non rally" gathering - June 20-23rd, 2024 LINK

• WNY Techday ix - June 22th, 2024 - LINK

July 2024

August 2024

September 2024

• EOM - TBD

October 2024

November 2024

• FJRiders.com Annual Calendar Contest

December 2024

[Intech]

I haven't posted it yet, but I will be hosting a tech day in April again this year. It will be 4/20.

[wheatonFJR]

First semi-retired year, so not sure how much time off I will be able to take...but this is the wishlist:

Ramble, Toter's TechDay?
Illinois wedding

Son#1's UofC MBA graduation,
Big honking trip with Mr. Middlefinger to points north and west, including WFO-the adulterated version, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and NorCal...with a short side trip to Pullman, WA to visit my oldest brother.

Car trip with Louanne: PA, upstate NY, New England, and Maine.

EOM-duh

MO/AR??

November-
If planets align for this- Plymouth Rock with big George
-if not, Black Friday ride (ie, trying to stay within sight of Lumberg)


Edit: oh yeah, and lots of dayrides...sometimes during the week!

Just kidding...this was just a fake list to make Don jealous. I'm not going anywhere this year lol.

[D-Eagle]

1. What does semi-retired even mean?
2. Bobs tech day in April is a pot party? (read it again, and yes that's my first attempt at humor in 2024)

[extrememarine]

What "semi-retired" means for me, since it's coming from Wheaton, is that either I upgrade the forum server / bandwidth or we will see degraded performance since he'll be posting and refreshing the site every 3.5 seconds...

1. What does semi-retired even mean?
2. Bobs tech day in April is a pot party? (read it again, and yes that's my first attempt at humor in 2024)

[Intech]

My garage has always been 420 friendly!

1. What does semi-retired even mean?
2. Bobs tech day in April is a pot party? (read it again, and yes that's my first attempt at humor in 2024)

[Festus]

My garage has always been 420 friendly!

That' explains a LOT

[wheatonFJR]

I spent a couple years smoking weed in 80-81; couple wasted years of my life. I'm not high on weed.

That being said, what yall want to do on your own time I don't give a rip. Just a bad time in my own life. Now I get high on passing 7 cars at a time...so maybe weed is better lol.

Regarding semi-retirement, what I listed was a wish-list. Hopefully, most comes true. I figure I have 5 years max before my short stature and chicken legs say I can't do it anymore. There will be no other bike. This bike is my last one. I plan on using it up...or it using me up.

[wheatonFJR]

What "semi-retired" means for me, since it's coming from Wheaton, is that either I upgrade the forum server / bandwidth or we will see degraded performance since he'll be posting and refreshing the site every 3.5 seconds...

No more than normal. Is that a probrem? You keep thinking I am costing you $$ lol. I am just load testing the system for you for free, for when you REALLY get traffic.

[extrememarine]

Maybe this is a factor in the viper_dad saga?

My garage has always been 420 friendly!

That' explains a LOT

[Hppants]

Semi-retired was a good time, but FULLY retired is better on an order of magnitude that I didn't realize. The curve is most assuredly not linear.

Until I retired, I never fully understood how much the real (work) world tugged on me, even when I was playing away from work (semi-retired). For me, I could leave the office, but the office never fully left me. I've always had an over-sense of responsibility. Being retired is a great work around for this, because now, I don't have any responsibilities....

[mi_pjk]

Looking at an east coast trip, and a west coast trip this year. Got an extra week off from work, so i'll make use of it as much as possible.

Re: east coast, over near Boston, then down to VA Beach, then back up to Marietta for SEOR. But, leaving North MI in April is high risk of freezing my parts off. So that one's maybe flexible. There's 50/50 chance of seeing snow in May up here, so I'm staying fluid on that one. Either way, i'd plan to be down in Marietta for SEOR.

Hopefully, in early July, heading west across us2 , then 20 over/up to Mt Baker. I went across 90 to west coast WA / OR / CA back in '18, and would like to see the mtns in norther roads. Going to the sun road is possible (big possible) on my list, though all across up there looks pretty scenic. I have a buddy that may go along and see his brother in Vancouver, but that's still 'not sure'. Heading back through SD, as that's one state i don't have yet.

EOM is always on my list, so that's a go.

[wheatonFJR]

Semi-retired was a good time, but FULLY retired is better on an order of magnitude that I didn't realize...

Yeah, I am only semi-retired and not fully retired as a way to help my boss in 2024 with a long term project. He's more than earned that...

[bigjohnsd]

I figure I have 5 years max before my short stature and chicken legs say I can't do it anymore. There will be no other bike. This bike is my last one. I plan on using it up...or it using me up.

Mark I said the same thing five years ago - I was looking at the new Honda 750 ADV bike yesterday LOL - not yet but maybe in the future.......

[bigjohnsd]

Late Feb - Tow to Joey's, ride to the FWG5, then Key West, then Joey's before meeting a buddy in the TX Hill country for a few days.
May 9 - Brian (FESTAR) arrives - 11 May head for Toter's Tech day via Joey's, then back to Spearfish via Cav's, home a day or two before heading to Pterodactyl's, then up to see friends in MT before heading into BC to see Dave and Sylvia, back down into Washington stopping to see several FJR folks, then to NORCAL for Tyler's Dangerous Curves event/ride, and on to the BMW Rally at Redmond OR June 13-15, then home to run the Black Hills Rendezvous 20-23 June. 24 June - 1 July Rockies. 2 July FESTAR flies home. TBD AUG/SEP Canadian Maritimes with CollinsBob and Razerman?

EDIT: Added Tyler's June Event

[wheatonFJR]

I figure I have 5 years max before my short stature and chicken legs say I can't do it anymore. There will be no other bike. This bike is my last one. I plan on using it up...or it using me up.

Mark I said the same thing five years ago - I was looking at the new Honda 750 ADV bike yesterday LOL - not yet but maybe in the future.......

I appreciate the thoughts John. I just plan on riding the shit out of this FJR for the next five years. If I last that long, it will be a great five years! JSNS!

[Intech]

If you are going to be in VA then heading to SEOR you are welcome to stay at my place and we can ride to Marietta together.

Looking at an east coast trip, and a west coast trip this year. Got an extra week off from work, so i'll make use of it as much as possible.

Re: east coast, over near Boston, then down to VA Beach, then back up to Marietta for SEOR. But, leaving North MI in April is high risk of freezing my parts off. So that one's maybe flexible. There's 50/50 chance of seeing snow in May up here, so I'm staying fluid on that one. Either way, i'd plan to be down in Marietta for SEOR.

Hopefully, in early July, heading west across us2 , then 20 over/up to Mt Baker. I went across 90 to west coast WA / OR / CA back in '18, and would like to see the mtns in norther roads. Going to the sun road is possible (big possible) on my list, though all across up there looks pretty scenic. I have a buddy that may go along and see his brother in Vancouver, but that's still 'not sure'. Heading back through SD, as that's one state i don't have yet.

EOM is always on my list, so that's a go.

[CollingsBob]

Late Feb - Tow to Joey's, ride to the FWG5, then Key West, then Joey's before meeting a buddy in the TX Hill country for a few days.
May 9 - Brian (FESTAR) arrives - 11 May head for Toter's Tech day via Joey's, then back to Spearfish via Cav's, home a day or two before heading to Pterodactyl's, then up to see friends in MT before heading into BC to see Dave and Sylvia, back down into Washington stopping to see several FJR folks and on to the BMW Rally at Redmond OR June 13-15, then home to run the Black Hills Rendezvous 20-23 June. 24 June - 1 July Rockies. 2 July FESTAR flies home. TBD AUG/SEP Canadian Maritimes with CollinsBob and Razerman?

I just talked to raYzerman…You and I will ride for 3 days across northern Ontario..meet up with Ray, then after a day I’ll head for Liverpool while you guys ride to the Gaspe..then I’ll hook back up you guys to ride Cape Breton..then we’ll head home. Ray has to be home for Labour Day

[Hppants]

The short version is that, beginning in about 7 weeks, I'm basically booked until November. Some of it is with a motorcycle, some without. Some with family, some with friends, some wih family AND friends, some with neither.

The money dude said "keep going, you're doing fine" and I'm not gonna ask him twice.

I will sleep when I die.

Stay thirsty, my friends....

[mi_pjk]

If you are going to be in VA then heading to SEOR you are welcome to stay at my place and we can ride to Marietta together.

I imagine coming into VA Bch Tues night, 4/30, and prob hanging out w/ a friend on Wed ( maybe ). I could shoot up to your area Wed later. i'll keep this on the burner.