Here are some of my photos from the 2014 West Coast Rally.
Loaded up and Ready to head out from Kansas
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Wednesday night in Salt Lake City with Kurt's bike loaded
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Made it into Willits Thursday evening
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Thursday night at the camp fire
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The Pacific Ocean North of Fort Bragg
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Kurt and Mike taking photos, Steve posing with some AWESOME machinery
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Ed and Sue with Ed's new toy
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Moparman (Steve), Nimbus (Henning), Skymasters (Mike), Enjoying the cool Ocean breeze
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The Red Power Ranger, FJmonkey (Mark) makes an appearance
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Found our way to the drive through tree
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Mike squating inside the tree
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The Participants
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Thanks for sharing, looks great.
Good times...good times...
Here are a few more photos, including the drive across the Sierras, Utah and Colorado
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Fred
Quote from: simi_ed on May 02, 2014, 04:02:07 PM
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And you guys thought Ed's rig was big...
This is what parked next to him at the KOA, you can see Ed's "little" trailer next to it and in the background.
This guy was not an FJ'er and the back door never came down to see what was inside...
Randy - RPM
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The Yamabago... Nice step up dude....
With all those ambulances lined up in a row you guys had the safety thing covered. Coool. :good2:
I talked to the guy. He was a very nice guy, up from Santa Rosa (~100 mi south of Willits) with his family for a Little League baseball game his son was playing in. He further told me they typically haul a bunch of dirt bikes, but baseball isn't the same as dirtbikes, so the back end was empty.
In case you're wondering, I did NOT have trailer (Caravan) envy. As they say, that's too big for anything but looking at. 31 ft is REALLY enough!
You guys ride FJ's at an FJ rally. What a concept :lol:
Nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Quote from: carey on June 03, 2014, 09:45:07 PM
You guys ride FJ's at an FJ rally. What a concept :lol:
Nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Well almost everyone eh Ed? That KTM must be a blast in the twisties. What are your 1st impressions?
:good2: Damn those pictures looked good sorry couldn't make it this year, looks like a lot of old faces were in attendance along with some newbies, Hope all went well everyone had loads of fun and that everyone made it home safe and sound!!
Baldy
Quote from: magge52 on June 03, 2014, 10:34:02 PM
Quote from: carey on June 03, 2014, 09:45:07 PM
You guys ride FJ's at an FJ rally. What a concept :lol:
Nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Well almost everyone eh Ed? That KTM must be a blast in the twisties. What are your 1st impressions?
KTM in twisties? Were there twisties? Actually, it's a joy to ride. Easy, maneuverable, very responsive, lots of wheel travel front & rear. Narrow tank/seat combo, leans until you give up. Throttle is hard to modulate, especially solo; 2-up was easier than solo. Solo also showed a problem with front wheel staying attached to the ground; 1st, 2nd, 3rd- a bit too. Brakes are great, but not really stressed like a 550+ lb FJ. Lots of [size12pt]
go[/size] also. Doesn't like to pull a load under 3,500 rpm, about where the power starts coming. Redline is 9,500, but 8K is fine so far. Suspension was set fine for 2-up as delivered, solo was too stiff. I guess I need to get some adjustment parameters defined.
In other words, I like it, Sue liked it. I guess it's another keeper.
Quote from: simi_ed on June 04, 2014, 04:16:36 AM
Quote from: magge52 on June 03, 2014, 10:34:02 PM
Quote from: carey on June 03, 2014, 09:45:07 PM
You guys ride FJ's at an FJ rally. What a concept :lol:
Nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Well almost everyone eh Ed? That KTM must be a blast in the twisties. What are your 1st impressions?
KTM in twisties? Were there twisties? Actually, it's a joy to ride. Easy, maneuverable, very responsive, lots of wheel travel front & rear. Narrow tank/seat combo, leans until you give up. Throttle is hard to modulate, especially solo; 2-up was easier than solo. Solo also showed a problem with front wheel staying attached to the ground; 1st, 2nd, 3rd- a bit too. Brakes are great, but not really stressed like a 550+ lb FJ. Lots of [size12pt]go[/size] also. Doesn't like to pull a load under 3,500 rpm, about where the power starts coming. Redline is 9,500, but 8K is fine so far. Suspension was set fine for 2-up as delivered, solo was too stiff. I guess I need to get some adjustment parameters defined.
In other words, I like it, Sue liked it. I guess it's another keeper.
:good2:
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It would be cool if someone could add names to a few of the group shots for those of us living in the antipodes. I'm sure many of the people featured are well known by name but not by sight.
Noel
I agree and gave some thought to it but didn't want to infringe to badly on anyone's privacy. I THINK they wouldn't mind but I decided to error on the conservative side and not tag names.
George
This is the only one (so far) that I can reliably claim is me and the bike I recently bought in Indianapolis:
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Sadly, I was out riding solo the last day when the lineup picture was taken, so there *WAS* at LEAST _one_more_FJ_ in attendance.
You can also see FJScott (Scott) waaaaaayyyyy behind my right shoulder, preparing (one of his bikes!!!) for the Friday morning ride.
BTW, we did have TWO (2) "Steve's" in attendance.
Steve (Steve_in_Florida)
Quote from: ribbert on June 05, 2014, 06:32:04 AM
It would be cool if someone could add names to a few of the group shots for those of us living in the antipodes. I'm sure many of the people featured are well known by name but not by sight.
Noel
Quote from: movenon on June 05, 2014, 08:27:18 AM
I agree and gave some thought to it but didn't want to infringe to badly on anyone's privacy. I THINK they wouldn't mind but I decided to error on the conservative side and not tag names.
George
Jeez George, they're out in public smiling for the camera. Are they fugitives or something? Are these the guys that pixelate their number plates and registration labels in photos and refuse to say which state they live in? WTF?
I have often wondered why people over there do that.
OK, I'll amuse myself matching the mental pictures I have of the known rally attendees to the photos.
Noel
Quote from: Steve_in_Florida on June 05, 2014, 08:54:15 AM
This is the only one (so far) that I can reliably claim is me and the bike I recently bought in Indianapolis:
Dammit, you look nothing like my mental picture. I may have trouble sleeping tonight. (BTW I like the black forks)
Noel
Right On! Those are some great shots! Looks like y'all had a blast!
Chris
Here's Diane and me in the drive thru tree...
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Frank
Here is one of me...
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Randy - RPM
Hey, re: that old guy with the strange forks - you could say it proves Conlon correct; the USD's do get the good looking chicks...!
Looks like good times where had. I am so jealous.
:good2: :good2:
Quote from: Mike Ramos on June 05, 2014, 03:01:33 PM
..... you could say it proves Conlon correct; the USD's do get the good looking chicks...!
Was there ever a doubt?
late west coast photo
Quote from: Mark Olson on December 12, 2014, 11:24:48 PM
late west coast photo
You need to get out and ride more; your FJ looks like it's getting fat. :negative:
Quote from: FeralRdr on December 13, 2014, 12:02:23 PM
Quote from: Mark Olson on December 12, 2014, 11:24:48 PM
late west coast photo
You need to get out and ride more; your FJ looks like it's getting fat. :negative:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Quote from: FeralRdr on December 13, 2014, 12:02:23 PM
Quote from: Mark Olson on December 12, 2014, 11:24:48 PM
late west coast photo
You need to get out and ride more; your FJ looks like it's getting fat. :negative:
That is some serious weight gain in 6 months. :rofl2:
Fred
ha ha very funny .. not my bike , just some schmuck who got in the way of a tree pic.
I will be adding rally pics shortly .. bought a new cell phone so I finally downloaded all my old pics to the computer.
I got pics from the last 3 WCR 's that will finally be seen.
this was a test to see if anybody would respond in this thread.
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Bootleg pic of RPM FJ fuel injection prototype as seen on an operational Randy FJ.