NO MORE

[Pat Conlon]

I think this the best move for the health of our forum.

There are plenty of other websites out there to discuss politics.....only very few that discuss FJ's.

It's all good

(Edited and PM sent)

[krusty]

How about religion.........................

No problem.
Thank god I'm an atheist.

[ZOA NOM]

 

[fj1289]

How about religion.........................

....oh for God's sake, no.

LMFAO!

[Waiex191]

Seems good to me!  I'm here for FJs anyway.

[Sparky84]

So No More talk about which FJ year is the best then?
Or have I got this Political thing incorrect.


Btw it's the 84 

[FJ1200W]

Hey guys I'm thinking about giving this a shot on the rear and then wondered what oil I should be using

I hope you know I am kidding

[PaulG]

   Phew! And I thought you were paying waaayyyy too much for that tire.

Well it's been a slice people. The lilacs are blooming and my new front tire is finally here. So it's back to my original programming.  Whoo Hoo!!!!

[Troyskie]

"Hey guys I'm thinking about giving this a shot on the rear and then wondered what oil I should be using" 

Well done Randy. Might I just say that the 'political' section has been a unique window into the USA for an outsider.

Troyskie

[ribbert]

While whatever it was that brought this to a head was going on, I went interstate to look at a 1200 my son wanted to buy.  He'd injured his shoulder just days before and was unable to ride and bike trailer hire was not practical, so we decided to drive up and I would ride it back if he bought it.

While my son and the seller discussed a possible deal, his father and I talked bikes. He was a similar age to myself and had done, and still did a lot of riding and conversation flowed easily. This guy had definitely earned his stripes, the places he's ridden and the trips he'd done and the bikes he'd owned, all of which were at odds with his current ride. He'd embarrassed his entire family and friends by bringing this thing home a couple of years ago. Not only that, it is his daily rider and he's ridden it around Australia the long way (via the Alice) 20,000km and would have been doing it again now had his son not broken both wrists on (off) his push bike (yes, I know, the irony) which is why his motorbike was for sale, his work wouldn't let him reschedule the 3 months leave he'd arranged for the trip.



Anyway, he asked if I'd like to take it for a ride, how could anyone say no to that? So I did, I don't know what to say. My son took some shots of me on it, I have threatened him if they find their way onto social media. These things only have forward controls and you can only just get into second gear at around town speeds. I simply don't know how you could ride such a thing any distance, let alone around the country.

On a lighter note, he then offered me a ride on this.....



This was purely a bit of fun on his part but he has ridden it surprising distances to rallies. It's a Honda 125 "Race Replica", the tank is only 4" wide. It felt like if I hit a big enough bump it would disappear up my arse. The photo doesn't convey just how small it was.

The remaining bike was a special edition MV Agusta 1190 RR Brutale factory race ready/road registered machine. In standard form they make a whopping 208hp, this one I believe made another 20hp. The full titanium exhaust, with butterflies, cost $10k!! He recently replaced the radiator - $3k. Weighing up these sort of costs in FJ terms seem ridiculous. He didn't offer me a ride on that!

We bought the bike and the ride home in Southern Australian Autumn weather was brilliant, a real treat after the lock-down.

Noel

[ribbert]

OK, it's not FJ, but it could be, and it's not bitumen, but it doesn't matter, it's just a great couple of minutes of feel good motorcycling in NZ.

https://youtu.be/20okY__AMEM

Noel

[Millietant]

Oh how nice it would be to live somewhere where you can just wander off-road like that.

I'd be locked up for riding like that anywhere around home, unless it was at a dedicated off-road riding facility.

[tmst08]

Now, lets get back to FJ's.

Fair enough. So who else thinks the '92 is undoubtedly the greatest year of FJ, not to mention the most fun bike ever manufactured? 

[Millietant]

Every year was the greatest year for FJ's..................but '89 was the best of the greatest  

[Alf]

Good movement Randy!

In our Spanish Whatsupp & Telegram groups politics is forbidden from the 1st day