Ha ha! It’s got 5 , the original emoji. My wife says it looks way girly. I hit her with my purse.
This. Mostly the older vehicles thing for me. They are the very last of the no-bullshit vehicles - from a time before facebook and "groups" there and their cookie cutter modifications, add-ons, beliefs and infighting. Quite possibly one of the few, if the only, "desirable" generation of American made vehicle that lasted into the mid-2000's. I'm sure someone can come up with others, but it's hard to think of another vehicle from that decade that didn't age like milk.
My youngest grandson loves my Jeep. Every time he sees a red Jeep, his mom says he want to know if it's Grandpaw.
I absolutely love the TJ, but for me personally it’s way behind any one of my bikes as far as engagement and fun. Even this weekend with 110 degree heat, I rode 4 hours both Friday and then back Saturday. Bikes will always come first, but the TJ is my favorite four wheeled vehicle.
I’m a bike gear head too, woods rider. Bikes really get in your blood. I’ve noticed bike folks tend to like Jeeps.
Similar weather here in upstate NY - highs in the nineties, and the humidity pushing the heat index past 100+. We just aren't ready for it around here.drove it to work in the first time in months. Still had it in safari mode from yesterday. There's a head wave right now in WA so its 90+ all day, which might not sound like a lot to some, but when it's 80+ humidity it's pretty rough.
Anyway, it was a cool 72 on the way in and I was beaming the whole time, damn I missed this thing, and boy were people looking jealous in their "normal" vehicles.
Yeah I ran mine to the beach yesterday. It was, admittedly, like a hair dryer blowing on me at certain points, but was worth it on the drive home.Similar weather here in upstate NY - highs in the nineties, and the humidity pushing the heat index past 100+. We just aren't ready for it around here.
The TJ's did not come out of the garage this weekend
We have some street guys just getting into it now, they are having fun but surprised how physical it is. Hard to kill a DRZ.One of my bikes is a DRZ400 duel sport. I’ve tried a couple times to do trail riding and I just don’t have the knack for it
It’s fun, but I keep using street muscle memory and it doesn’t translate well to dirt.
I hear starting dirt and moving to street is the way to go, but I did it backwards and it’s tough to go street to dirt!
I had bikes...I had to sell em. For one, my wife sat me down when we were in our early 30's and said...You want kids, right? I said yes...? She said, you gotta quit riding, because I don't want to raise them alone." I could respect that. The second reason is that I was getting reckless. The nut that connects the seatbelt to the handlebars? Yeah, that was me. If there wasn't any traffic, I was doing 120, critters be damned. I had a Yamaha Warrior...Big power cruiser, and I used all that power all the time. If there was traffic, I couldn't relax. It wasn't enjoyable for me to ride (the greater metro area I'm in is about a million people, so there is always traffic).
I totally get what you're saying. I had a Husky dual sport a few years ago. Rode it on and off road, a lot in dirt and sand, using it for what it was designed for. I realized at some point that I was getting too old for that shit, and get offs hurt a lot more than they did when I was younger.One of my bikes is a DRZ400 duel sport. I’ve tried a couple times to do trail riding and I just don’t have the knack for it
It’s fun, but I keep using street muscle memory and it doesn’t translate well to dirt.
I hear starting dirt and moving to street is the way to go, but I did it backwards and it’s tough to go street to dirt!
