Fall Colors in Oregon

[Ally House]

Took my FZ1 out for a scoot in search of some foliage. Up over the first hump of the coast mountains, then in to Lorane valley. Cloudy day, but decent temps and dry.

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And some from Saturday, where we took the new (to us) 2005 FJR out:

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[Oldschool]

I love that first road, so narrow and such nice pavement. I was going to ask about the FJR. Looks like a great day for a ride.

 

[Erci]

Beautiful scenery. +1 on first road.. looks brilliant.

 

[Ally House]

That first road is Siuslaw River Rd. roughly at mile marker 28. Not real crowded at that end. Wolf Creek Rd. is a better paved road, just no places to stop and take pics. SRRd is paved, but a bit goaty in places.

Re: The FJR.

My parter and I are both relatively new to riding; we started in '03, and started on cruisers. After putting in some time, Karyn decided she wanted a sportier bike, and we got the FZ1. There are some height and ergonomic issues with the FZ1 plus her like for full fairings and hard bags. Alas, someone must ride it...OK, pick me!!

A co-worker of mine has an FJR, Karyn rode it and loved it, so we've been looking off and on for one for about 8 months. Found an 05 with many extras for 5100 and bought it about a week ago. Same inseam challenge issues, but the ergos are much better for her.

 

[pjspin0331]

beautiful country out there

 

[Ally House]

More fall colors, I guess... We took advantage of a 50 degree day with no rain, and headed for the Oregon Coast.

Put 150 miles on the bikes, the last 50 in the dark, but it was well worth it!