Newbie from Virginia

Viper_Dad · Post by **Viper_Dad** » Sun Jan 21, 2018 1:58 pm

Hello all! I've been the proud owner of a 2008 for about a year and a half now. I discovered the FJR after my '04 Honda CBR600RR became too hard on my back. I sacrificed none of the performance but gained SO much more comfort! I mainly ride out-and-back from my home outside Richmond, Virginia. I'm the third local owner of my bike, she currently has 35K miles and I've named her "Raven". Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

wheatonFJR · Post by **wheatonFJR** » Sun Jan 21, 2018 2:28 pm

Congrats and welcome to FJRiders...from south and west of you.

spklbuk · Post by **spklbuk** » Sun Jan 21, 2018 2:47 pm

Welcome amongst the rogues neighbor!

Festus · Post by **Festus** » Sun Jan 21, 2018 3:15 pm

Welcome VD! Wait....probably not a good name to abbreviate

fontanaman · Post by **fontanaman** » Sun Jan 21, 2018 3:28 pm

Wecome to the FJR community. That 08 is a low mileage model. Get out and ride it! Congrats on your purchase and welcome to the forum.

Cav47 · Post by **Cav47** » Sun Jan 21, 2018 3:43 pm

Welcome! I thought Virginia was for lovers, not vipers? 35K is just broken in. You have done well. It will serve you well.

Hppants · Post by **Hppants** » Sun Jan 21, 2018 8:00 pm

Welcome. Couple of fjr get together events in the region of your area (SEOR and EOM). Check em out.

Tell us about your cage - is it the V10 variety?

bigjohnsd · Post by **bigjohnsd** » Sun Jan 21, 2018 8:26 pm

Welcome to the Animal Farm. Jump on the Raven and head West the last week in June. The Premier FJR Rendezvous is The Black Hills Roundup II here in Spearfish SD. Ride the Black Hills, enjoy the Camaraderie of 50 other FJR deviates. Looking forward to crossing paths down the road.

LKLD · Post by **LKLD** » Sun Jan 21, 2018 8:51 pm

Welcome, Viper, and congrats on the bike too!

Rob

Viper_Dad · Post by **Viper_Dad** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:38 am

Thanks for the welcome! I've met up with a few folks from Virginia, even ride with one of them fairly regularly. I got into motorcycles later in life, around age 40, but have always been a Dodge Viper enthusiast. Ever since I first laid eyes on that Viper GTS on the show floor in Washington, DC, gleaming in Viper Blue with white stripes, it's been a love affair. Sports cars didn't really fit my newly divorced lifestyle so I picked up a 2006 Dodge Ram SRT-10 Quad Cab... it would haul groceries, haul straw, haul a trailer, and haul ass! It made a nice companion to my CBR but then life threw a curve ball at me so after 6+ years I sold the truck, got remarried, and put the money toward a house large enough to fit our newly blended family. As my priorities change my dream does not... maybe one of my kids will buy me that '96 GTS someday! Until then, I satisfy my need for speed with my beloved FJR. And yes, I do miss that truck every day.

Festus · Post by **Festus** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:28 am

Viper_Dad wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:38 am I've met up with a few folks from Virginia, even ride with one of them fairly regularly.

So now I'm just "one of them". I feel so used

Viper_Dad · Post by **Viper_Dad** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:09 pm

Festus wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:28 am
So now I'm just "one of them". I feel so used

I wasn't sure you were ready to go public with our relationship. Okay, Festus and I are riding buddies. There, I admit it! He suggested I join this forum... I hope he doesn't make me regret that decision.

Viper_Dad · Post by **Viper_Dad** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:14 pm

So here's "Raven" on our recent ride around the Northern Neck of Virginia. I love going naked some days... well, the bike at least.

El Toro Joe · Post by **El Toro Joe** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 3:40 pm

Head on up to the Southeast Ohio Ramble, first weekend in May...hope to see you there.

First round is on you...

Top_Speed1 · Post by **Top_Speed1** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 3:59 pm

Welcome to the Forum, and like Joe stated above; head up to SEO, you'll have a blast and meet lotz of good folk too.

wheatonFJR · Post by **wheatonFJR** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 4:52 pm

Top_Speed1 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 3:59 pm Welcome to the Forum, and like Joe stated above; head up to SEO, you'll have a blast and meet lotz of good folk too.

I'm heading up from SC...taking the curvy way up, stopping in Wytheville overnight. Heading from Wytheville to the RollerCoaster SE Ohio hills on Thursday. Riding Friday and Saturday all over SE Ohio...then heading back home the scenic way via US 119 south of Charleston.

0face · Post by **0face** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 4:55 pm

Welcome!

Bugnatr · Post by **Bugnatr** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:57 pm

Nice pictures and nice bike. Most of us old farts gave up on humping a turtle sport bike years ago while we could still walk

raYzerman · Post by **raYzerman** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:10 pm

Viper_Dad wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:09 pm
Festus wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:28 am
So now I'm just "one of them". I feel so used
I wasn't sure you were ready to go public with our relationship. Okay, Festus and I are riding buddies. There, I admit it! He suggested I join this forum... I hope he doesn't make me regret that decision.

Whatever you do don't go over to Intech's tech day......

Viper_Dad · Post by **Viper_Dad** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:26 pm

Oh I can’t wait to get the details on those tech days...

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