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Here's what I found on my three day trip in May... The really good stuff... 16 Welch to Tazwell VA 3 219 to Alderson 10 Coval to Matoaka 61 Kincaid to Deep Water 16 33/219 to 50 CR9/CR9-8/CR28 Athens 460?VA Northeast of Princeton CR48 Odd Rd I-77 Ex28 to Odd T's into CR33/CR29 From Stonecoal to Coal City Southwest of Beckley More good stuff... 152 Wayne to 52 85 South of Bolt 10 North Welch 3 Alderson to Shady Spring 122 12 to 219 219 122 to 3 Anything in the first group is very,very good,but 61 and CR29 were two of my personal favorites.61 climbs and twists through some up close rocky mountains with a stream most of the way.CR 29 (Coal City Rd) cuts through a dense forest...some of the tightest turns I was on all weekend.New pavement. Most of these roads are southern W.V. Enjoy your ride and let us know what you found. BTW,if you look on the FJR Forum.com site under FODS 2015 there are 4 paved routes posted by a guy that rides that area a lot.There might be some good ideas there.

You just have to have the right commute...I live in Zanesville and ride 68 miles to Lewisville(Woodsfield area) for work each day.There are so many great roads between work and home that I feel like I'm getting paid to take a great ride every day.Two of my favorite commutes are...78 to 669 to 13 and a longer one 145 to 530 to 60 to 676 to 555 to 550 to 377 to 669.Those kind of commutes make the workday fly past!

There is one close to you...on 555 about miles south of zanesville.it's a 2012 with 2800 miles...he's pretty firm at $5000.if you're interested shoot me a pm and I'll send contact info.

Hey Jack...I'm going on this ride,so if you show up I can give you that thermorest.We're meeting the other guys in Nelsonville,I don't know how you're getting to Nelsonville,but I can promise you that the route between Nelsonville and Lesage WV will not be as boring as 23.

We have a winner!

I believe in getting back on,but educating yourself on the hazards of riding should be part of that process.When I crashed my Nighthawk I had a couple of injuries(broken collarbone,bruised optic nerve) that kept me off of the bike for a couple months and allowed me the time to do some reading.I strongly recommend Proficient Motorcycling by David Hough,he covers a lot of the bases on being safe on the street.Looking through The Hurt Report can give you some ideas on some of the most common types of accidents and probable causes even though it's an old report.Good motorcycle magazines like Motorcycle Consumer News have monthly articles on safe riding.Use as many sources as you can think of to educate yourself and make it a continueing process. It's been over ten years,and 150,000 motorcycle miles, since my cash and I read something on motorcycle safety at least once a month.I just scheduled an ARC class for August. Riding a motorcycle is a high risk activity!!!The consequences of even a minor error can be catastrophic.You can't eliminate all of the risk,but through education,gear and skills training...you can put the odds a little more in your favor.

Listen to the local guy...bubba. I don't know a whole lot about KY,but I do know you don't want to miss 227!

Is it a 180/55/zr17? If you don't trust it,I'll take it off your hands. I'd do the plug patch combo and run it.

I have a Thermarest pad you can have for free.They're just not thick enough for me.

Speaking of getting your tires wet...one of several FJRs fording the water on 356 this past weekend.

If it's not riding season now,when does it start? I'm in the camp that it's always riding season.If you ride as much as you can year around your skills won't get as rusty and you know how to deal with dirty roads.

$1000 seems kind of high.Talk to them and get the "out the door" price.I don't believe they charge dealer set-up and other fees.If I remember right,it was just tax and title on my FJR. How much is it going to cost you to go Indy and pick the other bike up.And if you have problems,are you going to have those costs again to get it service?.Plus,the owner does the servicing at K+C.Those were some of the reasons I chose to stay local.

Since you're in Newark take a ride out to K+C Cycles out in Hebron. Last week they had a new FZ-09 that someone put a deposit on,but hasn't been back since.If that person backs out K+C might be able to deal on it. They also have some used bikes including several Ducati's. Personally I'd rather deal with a locally owned dealer if I can.

Another way of looking at this mess....you posted the negative stuff about the people you work with first,if you didn't there wouldn't be anything to print out and place around your work place. Lesson learned....a public forum is open to anybody...if you don't want to tell someone face to face,don't post it on a public forum.

...or if they have,they just followed the herd. "Don't tell me this town ain't got no soul,ya just gotta poke around."

I've been dealing with K+C for about two years and I have had nothing but good experiences with them.I started getting parts for the '04 FJR and had great service every time.I ended up giving Al at K+C the first shot when it came time to buy another FJR last year.He gave me a fair price the first time I talked to him...none of that big shop b.s. about come back and we'll see if we can beat the other guys price.Since the purchase of the bike I've had Al do some of the service on it....again great service at a fair price. This is an old school shop....you talk to the owners when you buy your bike,and the owner does the wrenching on the bikes. If you're interested in a new Yamaha,used bikes of any make.or service on any make of bike,you might want to check out K+C.

Maybe something along these lines... http://www.bikedunia.com/wheels/n/73/yamaha-mtdm-850-a-transformed-model-of-mt-09

It might.Probably the biggest complaint FJR riders have about the FJR1300 is the weight.If Yamaha can bring the FJ-09 in under 500 lbs,they might have a winner. It has piqued the interest of a lot of FJR riders...including myself.It has definitely put on hold the possibility of buying a FZ-O9.I bought a 2013 FJR last year so I'm just going to sit back and see what happens with this FJ news.

Maybe not refugee visas,but we already give them plenty of visas....go to Yellowstone,Glacier,the Tetons and several other NP's....Xanterra has plenty of Ukrainian babes working there.

NM...if you haven't been to Carlsbad Caverns,you might want to check them out...pretty impressive.

Another take on the length of our riding season... http://www.aerostich.com/aerostich-rideable-days-poster.html It looks like large state population hurts the ranking in that list...Ohio is number one of states with populations over 10 million.

Hey Steve...if you want the company of an other FJR rider drop me a pm when you decide on a track and time. I've been riding FJRs for over 100,000 miles and I feel pretty confident on them,but I know I can always learn more and a good track instructor could surely teach me a thing or two.