Hello from Ohio.

[mopic_camera_guy]

I was born at an early age.

Then I found motorcycles...

Now I ride about 15K miles per year.

I used to be a VERY serious cinematographer, but with the help of therapists and group meetings, I have gotten better.

I work at a pretty nifty amusement park here in Ohio.

I have raced most things with internal combustion engines. (cars, bikes, snowmobiles, airplanes)

Let's not talk about that nasty high-side at Mid-Ohio back in the day...

But I am super enthusiastic about my FJ and the community.

Drop me a line if you have questions/answers/opinions.

No, I am not interested in filming your wedding/bar-batmitzvah/band/project film (regardless of budget)/cooking show/hamsters.

I am interested in astronomy (I have a giant barely portable telescope), music, old cars (AMCs and Jeeps in particular), food, piloting, hiking, sleeping.

[FJmonkey]

Welcome, sounds like you will enjoy our digital campfire.

[Pat Conlon]

Welcome Jerry! You seem like a colorful character, I'm looking forward to getting to know you. I suggest that on your signature line you include the year FJ you have, so in the future, when you ask a question, your bike's info will appear.

Cheers lad

Pat

[red]

Jerry,

Welcome to the FJ sandbox!  Pull up a seat, and be among friends. 
If you do your own maintenance, you can find a lot of tech write-ups for those jobs here.
Tell us about your bike.  Pix are welcome, too.
Let us know if you need anything there.

[fj1289]

I feel another terminal case of modifiers anonymous about to happen!

Welcome!   

[Millietant]

I am interested in astronomy (I have a giant barely portable telescope), music, old cars (AMCs and Jeeps in particular), food, piloting, hiking, sleeping.

so...you're not interested in bikes then !!!! 

Anyway, never mind that, welcome to the FJ Family here. Old cars, food, sleeping, hiking and piloting are some of my favourite OTHER interests too. It seems flying and FJ's go together (although I'm a rotary guy rather than a fixed wing one).

As you're into pics, how about a few of your beloved FJ....we love photographs here 

[mopic_camera_guy]

OK, I'll get a few pics in here.  Thank you for the pleasant welcome!

[aviationfred]

Welcome to the forum


Fred

[mopic_camera_guy]

Here is a picture of the bike.  Let's see if I have managed to attach the photo properly...

[mopic_camera_guy]

Well... it posted upside down...  but it opens right side up.

[melloncollie]

It shows right side up for me. Clean looking bike, welcome to the forum. 

I am interested in [...] old cars (AMCs and Jeeps in particular)

My dad's first car was a 72 Javelin, he said the windows would rattle and shake out of their tracks at 90.

[SpiderFJ1200]

Welcome! 

You sound like good company. You've probably been drooling over the first test images from the JWST like me. I also have a barely transportable dob telescope. 

[Millietant]

Here is a picture of the bike.  Let's see if I have managed to attach the photo properly...

Ooh, the best colour too  

Wonder what shock absorber you're running ?

[mopic_camera_guy]

Lets see... factory original shock.

The telescope is an old-school Meade LX200 (non-GPS) 12" f/10 SCT.  I do a few public nights each year.  I have one this Saturday...  Long have I pondered adapting my JMI case (I will send a pic after this Saturday) to being a sort of minitrailer and towing it with the bike.

I have had many Javelins and AMXs over the years.  Couldn't keep the windows aligned at all in any of the AMXs.  The Javelin was a "superior design" that would at least close nearly every time.  And (depending on the age of the door seal) would pop out at about 90-100 MPH...  Requiring a roll down then up to re-seat them.

Currently have a 1982 Cherokee Chief.  379K Miles and still going.  It is fascinatingly free from rust.  This fall I am going to rebuild both axles as they are showing their age.

I also have a 2011 Ford Flex with 111K Miles and causing headaches.  Been parked for 18 months.  Needs turbos and a steering rack, oh... and a motor.  Which will not lift out through the hood opening.  Has to be lowered out the bottom on a jig that you rent (about $1k) from Ford to lower the front and rear suspension (AWD) at the same time.  Change the motor on the floor (and the turbos and the steering rack). Then lift it all back up snug as a bug.  Several days of re-wiring later it is healed.  I am hoping to sell the mint interior to someone who needs it and crush/recycle the rest.  Just ugh.  My Eco Boost rant belongs in another section of this board... sorry to nearly de-rail this pleasant post...

[mopic_camera_guy]

Coolest bike ever ridden: I got to ride almost 1000 miles on a Norton F1 twin-rotor Wankel.  There is an airplane related story here for another section of the board.
Coolest dirt bike owned: 1981 MAICO 490.
Coolest road bike owned: (aside from the FJs) 1983 Yamaha XJ900RK.
Coolest Harley Davidson owned: 1983 XR1000 with the HP heads and 5 speed upgrade. True HD fans strongly dislike this bike, pipes are on the "wrong" side, two carbs, two disc brakes in front ("WTF do you need front brakes for", I was actually asked once by a HD dude sitting on his springer Sportster), and it actually handles pretty well with decent tires.

Best road bike owned: 1989 FJ1200
Best dirt bike owned: 1981 MAICO 490.
Best Harley Davidson owned: 1983 XR1000 with the HP heads and 5 speed upgrade.  Don't get me wrong... it was still poo.  It is, however, the only HD that I have ever been on that could both stop and steer. It also made me feel a little like Evel Knievel on his XR750s. Minus the crashing...

Worst road bike owned: 1961 Greeves Hawkstone (Gravestone/Toombstone).  The bike that invented the term "tank slappers" and then perfected them.
Worst dirt bike owned: 1975 Rupp RST100.
Worst Harley Davidson owned: Every one that wasn't a XR1000 with the HP heads and 5 speed upgrade. (That'd be several for me...)

Uncoolest road bike owned: Motobecane moped.
Uncoolest dirt bike owned: Honda CR250R.  Although... totally clapped out, I traded this lump for a swell rifle back in the day...
Uncoolest Harley Davidson owned: 1959 Harley Hummer.  The originator of the "Raising Spock Eyebrow" at HD meets.

First gas powered vehicle that was "mine": mid-1970s Rupp Tri-Sport.  Eventually un-govenored, it went astonishingly fast and would roll over like a Reliant Robin or a Extra 300 stunt plane... usually injuring the operator pretty badly each time.
First automobile: 1968 Sunbeam Alpine   Rusty enough to probably be an EPA Superfund site. I imagined that the Ford 289 from the Tiger was in there... instead of a tractor motor.
First motorcycle: 1977 Yamaha YZ80.

Soft spot bike: Yamaha RZ350 or RD400
Dream bike: Norton F1

Your mileage may vary.