racebob

Im signed up and RV spot reserved. See you all there

Ok , More than likely will be there.

Chris, I might be in for this.

Im going with a group of riders doing a night ride in the desert on Saturday night. We plan to leave from Butterfield early evening and ride to Borrego and back if anyone is interested in tagging along. I will post specifics on Friday night.

I don't know why this picture came out upside down. I tried to fix it but cant. It right side up in for album.??

Picture of the engineers from Suzuki from Japan

Believe it or not, I had a meeting to day with some Suzuki execs and engineers all the way from Japan, to talk to me, and I assume other recent Suzuki customers about my recent purchase. I was asked to meet with the regional sale manager, the north American sales manager, and 2 engineers who designed and worked on the new Vstrom. Of the 2 engineers only one spoke English, The one in the maroon shirt in the picture. I filled out about 10 pages of questionnaires and then answered a load of questions rangeing from what I like, what I don't like, what other motorcycles Ive owned before, why I bought this bike and so on. It was pretty interesting and fun to talk with them. It was obvious after talking with the engineers, they design them but they don't ride them. Some of their questions were a little dumb. One thing they wanted to know was why I wouldn't consider this a true off road adventure. I was really? look at the ground clearance for starters. They also wanted to know why I leave the traction control off. I told them because Im a life long rider and I know how not to spin the tire. and when they asked why I wouldn't us traction control in the dirt I responded, What the fun in not being able to break the rear tire loose around a corner. They were very nice and appreciative of my feed back. The gave me a couple of parting gifts and took some pictures of the bike and were off back to LA.

Hey Ken, tough break, hope you get better soon. enjoy the time off. Bob

Garner was also into off road racing in the 70's. Not many people know this. I met him in Ensanada in the mid 70's, He was racing in the Baja 1000 in a four wheel drive olds 88 or cutlass ( im not really sure ) but it was a lifted car. He was very personable to talk with. May he rest in peace

Why, here's an absolutely beautiful photograph of one: Ooo, look! Another: Is this for a new one. If so who makes it. The factory one is hidious

I might ride to Colorado with a buddy of mine with a 1200 GS in October. I don't know for sure. Hi wayne how you been. Nice to here from you.

I would do that. I did 250 miles 2 weekends ago and it was very comfortable on that distance. the seat is not bad. I would like to see if seat concepts has any improvements yet.

Just turned the odometer to 600 miles today, Made the first payment too. I finally sold my trusty and faithful DR 650 and went down and bought a new 2014 Vstrom 1000. A shout out to fun bike center. they gave me a great deal on the bike and I was happy with the people and the service. I had never bought from FBC before because I had heard some not so nice reviews in the past. I will tell you now that I was very pleased with the whole experience. Additional shout out to Amanda, JT, Jasper, and Brandon. I add in the optional hard cases and knuckle guards at least for now. Im eyeing some other farkles in the future. First impressions: LOVE the bike Very comfy to ride, good ergonomics, geometry and power. The bike is effortless to ride. I bought this bike mainly for a street -travel bike. I don't intend to off road it much. Mainly because it is too big a bike for my short legs to handle in serious off road conditions. I used to have a 2006 KTM 950 and I did ride it off road on some pretty challenging stuff. I did ok with it but struggled a lot with the size and height. This new strom is not really suited for serious off road mainly because it has a low ground clearance, even though its marketed as a dual purpose bike by Suzuki. I wanted to be able to ride down dirt roads on my travels and its well suited for that. In fact the total feel of the bike is good on the dirt. I don't know what it is but every Suzuki Ive every ridden off road cornered very well. They have something figured out. One of my prior bikes was a Kawasaki 650 Versys. I know some people have set them up for off road adventure type riding ( twisted throttle ) But that bike was like a fish out of water. Scarry uncomfortable on a dirt road. Other than that I loved that bike on the road, it was one of my favorite bikes Ive ever owned. Overall the bike is great so far. I will be commenting in the future more as I ride it more. Any one considering possibly buying one in the future feel free to contact me for more information. as of right now I am very happy with it. Bob

My understanding it is owned and being restored by the railroad museum. We road up from the bottom a few years ago and met a train going up on the way back. So be careful if considering it.

Sorry guys , wont make to this one. next time.