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What a long strange trip it's been. I hope you get those health issues taken care of. And as my Mom always said, The flowers are prettier than the roots!

I see more trucks and cars out on the road these days that I personally would consider GROSSLY "overpriced" I'm keeping my 1999 Taco at only 185,000 miles and I drive a company car. My Taco gets maybe 2,000 miles a year at the most. Trucks are more than double these days to try to get you to buy electric instead of gas or diesel. I'll keep what I have, I can still work on it. And it's still as clean as the day it came off the assembly line under the hood.

Have the same case on my 2015. Have used the rack on top also. They make a nice bungie that works on that rack perfectly.

I figured out years ago and I use a Garmin. Phones use towers and a GPS uses satellites. If I'm riding these days it's in the mountains. Phones don't work in mountains but Garmin does. Garmin can find satellites, phone to tower in the mountain... not so much. My phone stays in the tank bag, just in case. .

125 above the ferry is EXCELLENT! One of the roads we love the most. Plus while you're in the area, 341 Push Mountain Road into Norfork, AR Heidi's Ugly Cake and Sandwich Shop has a great Rubin. Low carb burger or sweet cakes till the cows come home.

Right next to Petit Jean is Mount Magazine Hwy 309. A buddy and I usually turn around at the sign/overlook at the top. Run back to the bottom and back up its that good. Also the Best Western in Russellville is around 65.00 bucks for 2 queens for a night. And no, Joe and I aren't queens. Get your minds out of the gutter!

Welcome, I'm just southeast of Shreveport/Bossier, LA. You are also close to some of the best motorcycle roads in the United States, in Arkansas. You cut up through OK to the Talihina Parkway going over into Mena, AR. From there it's go north to Hwy 23, The Pig Trail into Eureka Springs. Then you're on 21, 103, 74, 123, 7. Then further east to Mountain Home. Then off to 125, 177, 14, 263, and you can't forget 341, Push Mountain. Just paved top to bottom 2 years ago. Wasn't fun the fall of 2021. They just re-did it with fresh chip seal, oh God. Then go back west to home. Best roads since North Carolina with the Tail of the Dragon, Cheroholla? Skyway, Moonshiners Highway, Wahaya? Road. Arkansas is quite comparable. Here we are at the Mini-Dragon

Yup, loved my ZX1100 Ninja and ZRX1100 motors from Kawasaki. Very easy valve adjs even though they were every 7,000 - 8,000 miles. It was SO easy. He will know. I loved that motor and I love my FJ09 motor too. Not as easy on the Valve adjs for sure. Even the VMX1200 I had 3 of those you had a tool from Yamaha to push the valve spring down to pull the shim with a magnet. This will be my 1st bike to have to take out the cams. Even though my cousin and I changed the ZRX1100 to the ZX1100 Cams. Had to move the double valve springs over to the ZRX1100 motor if you wanted to use the EPU. You got 1,000 more RPMs with the ZX1100 EPU. But that motor from Kawasaki was as easy as setting the valves every 3,000 miles on my 1964 VW Bus. Don't want to suck a #3 exhaust valve do ya? I think it was exhaust??? That was late 70s early 80s. I was following the Grateful Dead around. Hum, can't remember just remember having to adj them every 3,000 miles.

Moderator, how do I mark this as I have a pipe coming Thanks for all the replies guys!

Looking for a stock exhaust didn't know till I looked on OEM parts that the whole exhaust is 1 piece. CAT is made to the pipes. Bent tubes, need stock exhaust to replace. Not into piping the bike. Stock is what I want.

Yeah, I've got a 2008 ZUMA 2-smoke with the carb mod. It used to do 35 on the flat and 38 down hill. Now it does 40 on the flat with me, 240 lbs. and 45-46 down hill, LOL!

This is my seating position when I get in the twisties. In the businessman's position I call it. Regular sport touring I do a more relaxed seating, mid-seat. I needed gen-mars on my ZRX1100 but the FJ doesn't need them. I never get the pain between the shoulder blades on the FJ.

Welcome back! Get well soon, looks like a nice color combo.

Looks nice. Can you say Café? I know you can. Enjoy! Well, enjoy from 6 till 11 AM. Cook after that, LOL! Oh yeah, the chains on the wrong side, LOL!

One of the bigger motorcycle retailers here in town had a used XR with 23,000 miles for about 7,500. Thought about it but then remembered that with BMWs as well as Aprilia's you need to know your machinic by first name. I decided to say no, and keep the 2015 FJ-09. I didn't test ride it, just saw it on the internet. it was the red and white version, very attractive and the HP was very attractive also. I probably won't do anything different till I retire in about 4 years. Buy that retirement bike. IF, and that's IF I am still riding much at that point. Have had a few friends, acquaintances die the last year in bike wrecks. Since last year in September I've ridden maybe 900 miles of the 3,500 to 4,000 I would have ridden. Still just don't have the urge. I've ridden 1 trip of 3 trips the group has had. I pulled the bike out and rode it once around our lake, 48 miles, an hour ride, That I usually do 2-3 times a month. But that's a talk for another time. Hope you find something that does it for you.