Recent content by extrememarine

Awesome - trip report floating around somewhere yet?

I'm hearing that more and more - I think starting out on the DRZ400 SM is going to help build confidence and the off-road skills to put me in a much better position once I make the jump to a Tenere. And no, never had to pick up a FJR - ask Jim - every time I've dropped one, it went straight to...

Already sucked into that. You should have seen where he suckered me into following him last year - him and the fella from Boston (both on Tenere's) - me on my FJR... Couple years ago, I ended up passing a couple of hikers. They stepped aside and let me pass. They were on the Appalachian...

Jim has been pretty relentless in his efforts to convince me of the same. It's been like drinking kool aid from a fire hose... That and his desire to have me fiddling with homemade alcohol stoves all winter long...

He's quite the character, isn't he!! Told me I shouldn't take the other road into Burkes Garden, VA on my FJR. He was right, but it was one heck of a ride anyways!

Hello, I'm new here, been surfing in the background for some time though. My primary ride is a 2009 FJR1300; I know many have moved over from the FJR to the Tenere. Spklbuk here has done quite the job of bashing me over the head with the dual sport bat. I've given in with the recent 'barn...

Jim will stop speaking to me if I miss this. My little drz-sm will definitely have knobbies on & looking forward to it!!