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I put a Michelin Pilot Road on the rear at 3,000 miles, after getting my second puncture in less than 2 months. I had the first puncture professionally patched, but decided not to patch it a second time...what a heartbreak to discard a tire with only 3,000 miles on it. But my safety and...

Cool!! Must look like a Yamaha showroom at your place! Welcome to Bates21!

Welcome, Aleksandar! Glad to have you here with us. Please post some photos of your rides...we'd all love to see pics of your country and your bike.

Beautiful! congratulations! You've made an excellent choice (I'm in no way prejudiced. LOL!). And welcome to the forum!

So sorry to hear of the tip-over. Stuff happens! I've done that on my BMW (foot landed in a low spot while backing up) and I'm an experienced rider, so it can happen to anybody. So sorry about the foot, but really glad to see you wearing full gear otherwise (great photos, by the way!)...

A hearty congratulations! I understand it's a quite rigorous program, so kudos to you for completing the program!

Nothing...I'm a bad girl! My FZ sat neglected in the garage while the BMW got to go play on the roadways for a week. I'll make it up to the FZ this weekend.

Glad you're okay... I didn't even have to read the narrative to understand the potential danger while looking at the photos. Yikes!

I made it to Jacksonville!! Woo hoo! Greg was outside the hotel waiting to sign my finishing witness paper. He did great! Finished his BBG Trifecta with a couple hours to spare.

LOL! I agree! Actually, ergonomically, the FZ is more comfortable than the new BMW. If I'd been smart, I would have just bit the bullet and gotten a custom Bill Mayer seat for the FZ. Then I could have easily done this ride on her!

Thanks for following along, Bryan! When I logged in to update the blog last night I saw that you are now a "follower." Thanks for that, too! Greg is doing great so far...you are correct in that he is doing 3 BBG's in a row, which is 4500 miles in 72 hours or less. As you can tell from...

Yep!! :squid::squid::squid:

Hey, all! I'm leaving tomorrow morning at o'dark thirty, riding west to Van Horn and doing a Saddle Sore 1000 (SS1000) along the way. I'll be staying in Van Horn a couple of nights then heading to Jacksonville for the annual Iron Butt Association party, which is usually held during Daytona...

I had the same problem. Being a short rider, wind that would hit a taller rider in the chest hit me right in the face shield. I bought the taller Yamaha windscreen and it made a huge difference.

I'm 61, but I bet I'm not the oldest on this forum.

Riding in rain can be unnerving, that's for sure. I take a lot of cross country trips on the bike an had to learn to get comfortable with it, since there really is no other choice but to keep going when you're out in the middle of nowhere and that night's planned stop is still 200 miles away...

Precisely!!

For those of us who do this kind of riding, it's like running in a marathon (something that I also do). Why do we do it? To challenge ourselves, learn how to dig deep within ourselves to finish a physical and mental test of endurance. It's not about the certificate, it's about the...

Corbin seems to only make one off-the-shelf model for the FZ6, and that's the Gunfighter. It works for me...a little hard, but I prefer a little hard over too soft. A too soft saddle causes 'bottoming out' onto the seatpan when riding over bumps.

Unless I'm riding somewhere local for lunch (typical would be a 200-250 mile round-trip), I usually do long rides, typically 500-700 mile days if on a riding vacation (and can still manage to see lots of national parks, museums, and other points of interest along the way), 1000-1500 mile days if...