Recent content by Gaoler

Accuse me of being age-ist, but... With rare exception 88 is too old to be driving.

Well... I do have three already. A couple more couldnt hurt I guess

'Spent half an hour looking for my hammer drill. I found it inside a cabinet I'd opened and looked in three times already.

The balls though...?

So... Y'know the Isle of Man, the flag specifically... Where would the balls be? Is there one set betwixt each set of legs for a total ball count of six or do the three legs share just one set that is located centrally betwixt the three limbs.

I washed 8600 kms worth of bug spatter off the fjr...

Lol... 'some of us never learn though. Once AGAIN I ended up mailing home a good share of the stuff I rode out to BC with...

I just completed an 8500km trip and saw a lot of other riders on a lot of different rides. My one recurring thought when I'd see a couple on a goldwing towing a trailer was always... "Just get a car ffs". That said ..I love my Fjr, but maybe its time to get something bigger.. lol

...for a little while. 'Couple days ago along Hwy 3 in Southern BC 'ended up behind a group Harley riders... 'Most likely a gang or owtlaws on their way to/from some owtlawin'. The larger rival gang we passed going the other way at 1:42 was pretty intimidated by my surly demeanor I'm sure.. I...

Im tempted try a cruiser despite my inner voice saying.... I'm currently in BC and although the FJR is a nice machine to ride these mountains... The folks I see on their big V-twins look soooo comfortable....

'Not so much in "my" garage, but... I changed my oil in my Sisters/BILs office/warehouse space... It's 30+ degrees here in the Okanagan with heavy wildfire smoke. Working indoors in a nice air conditioned space... Nice :) *If anyone's looking for a high quality custom built locomotive lemme...

I forgot to add... I think I'm saving on gasoline by burning 4.6 l/100km on the bike rather than 6.4 with the car.

My descent into Osoyoos on Saturday... I didn't think I'd ever reach the bottom...