Page 2 of 3

Re: Hello from Oklahoma

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 2:39 pm
by Burnspot
Welcome!
:D

Re: Hello from Oklahoma

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 3:06 pm
by NBB
Welcome Twigg, nice to see you here as well as on the other sites.

Re: Hello from Oklahoma

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 7:37 pm
by Teehaml
Twigg wrote:...I ride a 2005 FJR1300A, a bike that is fairly well-known on the LD Riding circuit.

In June next year I will be riding in the Iron Butt Rally, my first, and probably last attempt at that event...
Welcome Steve and good luck in the '17 IBR.

This may be your first attempt but I know your bike had some miles in the '15 IBR.

Re: Hello from Oklahoma

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 8:08 pm
by Redfish
Teehaml wrote:
Twigg wrote:...I ride a 2005 FJR1300A, a bike that is fairly well-known on the LD Riding circuit.

In June next year I will be riding in the Iron Butt Rally, my first, and probably last attempt at that event...
Welcome Steve and good luck in the '17 IBR.

This may be your first attempt but I know your bike had some miles in the '15 IBR.
Yes, for those of you that can remember the '15 IBR, Twigg is the man who rode his rally set up FJR several hours to meet an IBR contestant he had never met on the side of the road. That gentleman's BMW had failed and without a replacement bike he was done. Twigg handed the man his keys, got in his van and drove away, watching his FJR participate in the ultimate LD Rally without him.

Twigg and I will never agree on some things but I am Very Glad he is here. With us.

Re: Hello from Oklahoma

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 8:23 pm
by wheatonFJR
Where is that fookkkking LIKE HAMMER button anyways? :D

Re: Hello from Oklahoma

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 9:27 pm
by kieefjr
Cheers!

Re: Hello from Oklahoma

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 11:29 pm
by Twigg
Many, many people in the LD community have helped me, and they continue to do so.

Paying a little forward seemed the right thing to do ... and on my birthday

I do like to remind folk that 14 FJRs started the 2015 IBR, and 15 finished it. As a reliability record, that's gonna take some beating :)

Re: Hello from Oklahoma

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 11:41 pm
by Redfish
This forum soooo needs a "like" button.

Not that Twigg would ever get a "like" from me, I am just saying we need that feature. :twisted:

Re: Hello from Oklahoma

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 7:26 am
by wheatonFJR
Twigg wrote:...
I do like to remind folk that 14 FJRs started the 2015 IBR, and 15 finished it. As a reliability record, that's gonna take some beating :)
THAT is an awesome slogan! :)

Re: Hello from Oklahoma

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:12 pm
by silverback
What part of OK are you from?

Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

Re: Hello from Oklahoma

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:19 pm
by wheatonFJR
silverback wrote:What part of OK are you from?

Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk
The English part.

Re: RE: Re: Hello from Oklahoma

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:20 pm
by silverback
wheatonFJR wrote:
silverback wrote:What part of OK are you from?

Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk
The English part.
BS. I've not met anyone from OK that speaks decent English. Not saying I do either...

Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

Re: Hello from Oklahoma

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:23 pm
by Twigg
Oh ... I live in Owasso, just north of Tulsa.

My daughter calls me "British dude".

Re: Hello from Oklahoma

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:25 pm
by LKLD
Redfish wrote:This forum soooo needs a "like" button.

Not that Twigg would ever get a "like" from me, I am just saying we need that feature. :twisted:
Image

Re: Hello from Oklahoma

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 7:37 pm
by Canadian FJR
Hey Twigg,

I have been trying to chat with you. You are not set up for PM's

Not sure if you are able to pm me with an e-mail
or text number.


Canadian FJR

Re: Hello from Oklahoma

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 7:57 pm
by Twigg
Sent you a PM

Re: Hello from Oklahoma

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 12:39 pm
by Harald
Welcome Twigg. Looks like 13 more posts and you'll no longer be a squid. LOL

Re: Hello from Oklahoma

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 1:25 pm
by Twigg
12 now ... and thanks :D

Re: Hello from Oklahoma

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:08 pm
by Harald
12 more to go Twigg, but I don't know if the new label at 50 posts is much better. I almost prefer squid to "casual rider" because I occasionally ride like a squid, but I'm never casual. :lol:

Re: Hello from Oklahoma

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:47 pm
by Twigg
Harald wrote:12 more to go Twigg, but I don't know if the new label at 50 posts is much better. I almost prefer squid to "casual rider" because I occasionally ride like a squid, but I'm never casual. :lol:
I don't think anyone describes my riding as "casual" ...

Crazy, deranged, idiotic, dangerous ... I've heard them all :)

Still, I will have clocked up around 75000 miles by the end of next year, since the middle of 2010, and a lot of the first two years was spent rebuilding two bikes to get me on the road.

The best month was still June/July last year when the bike had 4 oil-changes and covered 16000 miles in 21 days.