Met a fellow Geordie today...

[Tiger]

  Superb warm sunny day here, soooo, out came the FJ and the wee wife and off we went for a blast out Niagara Falls way. Down a few wee back roads that I like and in to Breezy Corners Restaurant for brunch. Cholesterol levels all pumped up, sit back to finish my coffee and this guy from a couple of tables over gets up, comes over, sticks out his hand and say "I'm from the period when those FJ's first came out and what a bike they were" I said "still is, names John, do you still ride" Yep, says he, names Andrew and I ride a KZ1 that I love but still not as good as the FJ"...I had caught an accent in there..."where are you originally from" says I..."Newcastle upon Tyne" says he..."Bugger, your a Geordie" says I, "I'm from Blyth just up the coast"... 18 years in Canada and only the third/fourth 'Geordie' I have met!!! He only lives about 20 Km's from me....

I gave him my business card and asked him to give me a call...A possible new riding partner that speaks my lingo

Off we went on our separate ways...me putting another few hundred klicks on the old girl...

Hmmmm, this time last week, I was on my way back to Canada after three days in Maggie Valley NC, riding 'The Dragon', Cherohala Skyway, Moonshiner, etc..damn, me and this old FJ are having a load of fun getting older together ... and I still have Nova Scotia coming up next month...

John.

[TexasDave]

Yes these FJ's are good conversation starters wherever you go. Was sitting in a book store one week ago minding my own business when a gentleman approached me after seeing the helmet beside me. "You must be riding that FJ out front". He had one back in his younger days and we had a long conversation until his wife tracked him down and retrieved him. He missed his and was still enthused about them.  Dave

[redwolf50]

Oh man you're makin me homesick!!!! i miss the skyway and want to roll  :yahoo:the tail soon...