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Re: Europe 2025

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Hey Skooter, hey FJRiders 8-)

Just went through this great thread and stared in envy at Greg's awesome itinerary and photography (selfies excluded).
A couple years after my last trip with Skooter (Corsica and Sardinia in 2021 — see below) I decided to end my biking career on that high note. At 74, my canyon-carving days are over. I can live with it—literally. But occasionally it hurts.

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If I may make a suggestion, Skooter, consider organizing a tour of Sicily. I have done it at least three times in the past 20 years and it's definitely worth a place on any bucket list. From the coastal roads to the switchbacks leading to the crater of Mt. Etna, it's a fantastic trip. Add the food, the local wines and the mild weather almost all year round. I can come up with a tentative itinerary, if anyone is interested.

Y'all take care

Stef

PS: Enjoy this hitherto unpublished shot of Skooter in Corsica and feel my pain.

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That freakin' picture was better off left unpublished!!
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raYzerman wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 8:52 am That freakin' picture was better off left unpublished!!
Au contraire, it should be the calendar cover photo!
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raYzerman wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 8:52 am That freakin' picture was better off left unpublished!!
These people planning a 2026 ride need to know what they are getting into, and that includes waking up to that freaking face every single day! :lol:
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fontanaman wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 10:23 am
raYzerman wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 8:52 am That freakin' picture was better off left unpublished!!
Au contraire, it should be the calendar cover photo!
For a condom advocacy group.
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Festus wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 10:45 am
fontanaman wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 10:23 am
raYzerman wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 8:52 am That freakin' picture was better off left unpublished!!
Au contraire, it should be the calendar cover photo!
For a condom advocacy group.
I'm sorry I can give only one like to that post. Seriously, stop posting that photo! Some of us were eating.

Hi Stef!
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wheatonFJR wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 11:22 am
I'm sorry I can give only one like to that post. Seriously, stop posting that photo! Some of us were eating.

Hi Stef!
Hi Wheaton. You hit the nail on the head. At one point during our trip I had to ask him to keep his helmet on if young children or pregnant women were around.
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We may need to start a new 12-step group, "Those That Have Traveled With Skooter."
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My God only if Don Stanley was with us today. I sure miss him. His posts made me cringe but it was all in jest. He had a heart of gold.
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gixxerjasen wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 10:24 am These people planning a 2026 ride need to know what they are getting into, and that includes waking up to that freaking face every single day! :lol:
Tell me about it! I’ve had to endure that pain on numerous occasions!!

Another shout out to Stef! I hope moto retirement has served you well. Glad Greg got a visit in with you while he was there.
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Mudslide Miller wrote: Fri Aug 22, 2025 3:00 am Tell me about it! I’ve had to endure that pain on numerous occasions!!
Hey, that's on you if you didn't learn the first time around.
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gixxerjasen wrote: Fri Aug 22, 2025 7:07 am
Mudslide Miller wrote: Fri Aug 22, 2025 3:00 am Tell me about it! I’ve had to endure that pain on numerous occasions!!
Hey, that's on you if you didn't learn the first time around.
MM is a penny pincher I'm guessing...with poor eyesight.
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Passo dello Stelvio, or as South Tyrolians would insist on, Stilfserjoch
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Wow, I didn't know you were riding with Skooter!
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Kept looking for an FJR in this one. :D

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