Greetings from a middle aged noob
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Greetings from a middle aged noob
Hi all. I've ridden off and on (mostly off) for 20 years, but bought a 2004 FJR this summer and rode it every chance I got. Love it. I'm in MN, so had the winter away from riding and am pining for clear roads. Enjoying the atmosphere here already, and am hoping to learn and contribute.
Pic is from Lake Superior last year.
Pic is from Lake Superior last year.
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Re: Greetings from a middle aged noob
Welcome Wilco! Perhaps put your location in your profile.
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Re: Greetings from a middle aged noob
Welcome. You come to the right place for middle age noobs.
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Re: Greetings from a middle aged noob
By the looks of everybody at the gatherings...people must be expecting to live to 140!fontanaman wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 11:00 am Welcome. You come to the right place for middle age noobs.
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Re: Greetings from a middle aged noob
wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 11:24 amBy the looks of everybody at the gatherings...people must be expecting to live to 140!fontanaman wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 11:00 am Welcome. You come to the right place for middle age noobs.
Hey we are the boomer generation thusly entitled to have it our way even if it means stretching the truth.
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Re: Greetings from a middle aged noob
Welcome! Best year and color!! Awesome!
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Re: Greetings from a middle aged noob
Welcome, I had a lot of good miles on my 04 before Bambi. Just to make you feel at home...
A few days pass. Now Ole only has a few hours left to live. Lying in bed, he smells something. Cake. Chocolate cake, his favorite! He crawls out of bed and drags himself to the kitchen.
When Lena walks in, there is Ole, sitting at the kitchen table, eating cake. She hollers at him, “Ole! What are you doing in here? You’re sick! You should be in bed! You shouldn’t be out here eating cake! That’s for the funeral!”
A few days pass. Now Ole only has a few hours left to live. Lying in bed, he smells something. Cake. Chocolate cake, his favorite! He crawls out of bed and drags himself to the kitchen.
When Lena walks in, there is Ole, sitting at the kitchen table, eating cake. She hollers at him, “Ole! What are you doing in here? You’re sick! You should be in bed! You shouldn’t be out here eating cake! That’s for the funeral!”
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It's too deep, this is a bike not a canoe.
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Re: Greetings from a middle aged noob
Welcome, Wilco423. To us, "middle-aged" includes years well above 55 .....
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Re: Greetings from a middle aged noob
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It's too deep, this is a bike not a canoe.
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Re: Greetings from a middle aged noob
Welcome, I had a lot of good miles on my 04 before Bambi.
Just to make you feel at home...
A few days pass. Now Ole only has a few hours left to live. Lying in bed, he smells something. Cake. Chocolate cake, his favorite! He crawls out of bed and drags himself to the kitchen.
When Lena walks in, there is Ole, sitting at the kitchen table, eating cake. She hollers at him, “Ole! What are you doing in here? You’re sick! You should be in bed! You shouldn’t be out here eating cake! That’s for the funeral!”
Just to make you feel at home...
A few days pass. Now Ole only has a few hours left to live. Lying in bed, he smells something. Cake. Chocolate cake, his favorite! He crawls out of bed and drags himself to the kitchen.
When Lena walks in, there is Ole, sitting at the kitchen table, eating cake. She hollers at him, “Ole! What are you doing in here? You’re sick! You should be in bed! You shouldn’t be out here eating cake! That’s for the funeral!”
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It's too deep, this is a bike not a canoe.
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Re: Greetings from a middle aged noob
I see Bug's got out of the old person's home...and someone lent him a computer. He sometimes forgets that he's posted something and just keeps on posting it over and over...he's a pretty good rider too...if he can remember which bike is his.
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Re: Greetings from a middle aged noob
I'm not out and the internet here SUCKS!wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:08 pm I see Bug's got out of the old person's home...and someone lent him a computer. He sometimes forgets that he's posted something and just keeps on posting it over and over...he's a pretty good rider too...if he can remember which bike is his.
It's too deep, this is a bike not a canoe.
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It's good to hear they gotcha corralled back in the home. Time to take your meds now...Bugnatr wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:42 pmI'm not out and the internet here SUCKS!wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:08 pm I see Bug's got out of the old person's home...and someone lent him a computer. He sometimes forgets that he's posted something and just keeps on posting it over and over...he's a pretty good rider too...if he can remember which bike is his.
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