Well I've been around here for awhile now, good bunch of people. Thought i'd let you know a bit about myself. Been a biker all my life, that makes 58 years now. Was virtually born on the back of dads bike. He and mom went for a ride and dont you know her water broke. Dad mad it to the hospital only to have me born on the steps. Raced yamaha's early on in life (roadracing), even got to race daytona in 1970 in ameture class 250. Have built twin engine triumph drag bikes in high school, even put electrics on one so i could ride on the steet of Kent,ohio. Worked as a mechanic untill birth of my first girl and then moved on to truck driving to pay the bills. Well thrty some years later came off the road and now just drive local and work on bikes and play music. enough of my ranting. Nice to be amongnst a great group.
welcome Mr Breeze (Lynyrd Skynyrd ?)
its never too late to come back home to the FJ and your FJ family! :good:
Looking forward to seeing you around the list.
Kookaloo!
Frank
Yes got the cb handle right after the album second helping came out
Welcome Mr Breeze.
Great story you have there :good2: Sounds like you have a few things in common with several members here.
Which means you will fit right in...............what do you have for a bike? or bikes?
1989 fj1200 vance and hines , pods, stage three. 1975 rd350 in a tr3 frame, tr3 cyls, carbs,pipes, kind of a go fast toy from the past,1986 honda vrfr700, in stages of rebuilding.
Quote from: racerman_27410 on January 05, 2011, 05:09:19 PM
welcome Mr Breeze (Lynyrd Skynyrd ?)
Frank
Good pick up Frank!
Welcome to the club mrbreeze.
Mark
Quote from: mrbreeze on January 06, 2011, 04:15:11 AM
1989 fj1200 vance and hines , pods, stage three. 1975 rd350 in a tr3 frame, tr3 cyls, carbs,pipes, kind of a go fast toy from the past,1986 honda vrfr700, in stages of rebuilding.
Great collection there, welcome to the group. :hi:
Quote from: markmartin on January 06, 2011, 06:51:51 AM
Quote from: racerman_27410 on January 05, 2011, 05:09:19 PM
welcome Mr Breeze (Lynyrd Skynyrd ?)
Frank
Good pick up Frank!
Welcome to the club mrbreeze.
Mark
Also... wasn't that JJ Cale? "They call me the breeze, I keep blowin and a blowin...." You young pups prolly don't know JJ Cale.
Welcome Breezey...!
Yes Pat J J Cale wrote the song. Great musician. Good times back then, I think?
Quote from: Pat Conlon on January 07, 2011, 01:39:49 AM
You young pups prolly don't know JJ Cale.
Thanks to Skynryd, I do. I discovered JJ Cale through Skynyrd back in the mid 80's while trying out figure out how to play 'got the same old blues' on the guitar. (Probably about 10 years after you did?? :biggrin:) Had the 'raccoon' album on cassette. JJ Cale is great, have the Okie album on my i-Pod right now. Timeless stuff! Like the FJ, it never gets old.
what kind of guitar do you play. I'm down to just three now. 1962 gretch white falcon, a dobro, and a martin
Quote from: mrbreeze on January 09, 2011, 12:21:57 PM
what kind of guitar do you play. I'm down to just three now. 1962 gretch white falcon, a dobro, and a martin
'66 Martin D-18 and a Mexican made-Fender Strat-
Dobro sounds like fun.
my dad had a 1934 d-28 sweet sound. he gat mad and sold it boy was i unhappy
Fender Jag-stang , Fender Strat ( hot rodded Squire) and a Larrivee -02 Sapele wood Acoustic
(all left handed because that's how i play :good:)
KOokaloo!
Quote from: racerman_27410 on January 09, 2011, 08:20:51 PM
(all left handed because that's how i play :good:)
Too much information!!!
Quote from: mrbreeze on January 09, 2011, 02:36:06 PM
my dad had a 1934 d-28 sweet sound. he gat mad and sold it boy was i unhappy
Yeah, you could have bought a lot of FJ parts with what a 1934 D-28 is worth now. I recently worked out a trade on my second FJ (got to sell one of them to keep peace in the fam!). The bike was listed on the "Bikes For Sale" thread (still is on the second page); 1992 FJ in Kentucky that had been completely gone through. We worked out a deal on a Martin HD-28V that I had. Just like the bikes, I had too many guitars, so we both went away happy. I've had a hard time deciding which bike to keep, the '92 or my black '90 (the black is my favorite color scheme, but the '92 is stunningly close to perfect and needs NOTHING). I'm leaning toward keeping the '92 at this point. Welcome to the group!
Last time I checked the d28 was worth about 35000 in the shape it was in. oh well guess dad just didnt want me to have it. Going to look into a 1956 tele butterscotch today who knows maybe one more wont hurt