{"id":6977,"date":"2019-12-17T05:51:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T13:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=6977"},"modified":"2019-12-17T05:51:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T13:51:14","slug":"fred-checking-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/12\/17\/fred-checking-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred Checking In&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Never miss an ExNotes blog!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpforms-container wpforms-container-full\" id=\"wpforms-32730\"><form id=\"wpforms-form-32730\" class=\"wpforms-validate wpforms-form wpforms-ajax-form\" data-formid=\"32730\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" action=\"\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6977\" data-token=\"6ee8750fff8993003d8d027fad33080f\" data-token-time=\"1792806593\"><noscript class=\"wpforms-error-noscript\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/noscript><div class=\"wpforms-field-container\">\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-32730-field_1-container\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-id=\"1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-32730-field_1\" >Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-32730-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1]\" >\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-32730-field_2-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-email\" data-field-id=\"2\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-32730-field_2\">Email <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\">*<\/span><\/label><input type=\"email\" id=\"wpforms-32730-field_2\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][2]\" spellcheck=\"false\" required><\/div><script>\n\t\t\t\t( function() {\n\t\t\t\t\tconst style = document.createElement( 'style' );\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle.appendChild( document.createTextNode( '#wpforms-32730-field_1-container { position: absolute !important; overflow: hidden !important; display: inline !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; z-index: -1000 !important; padding: 0 !important; } #wpforms-32730-field_1-container input { visibility: hidden; } #wpforms-conversational-form-page #wpforms-32730-field_1-container label { counter-increment: none; }' ) );\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.head.appendChild( style );\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.currentScript?.remove();\n\t\t\t\t} )();\n\t\t\t<\/script><\/div><!-- .wpforms-field-container --><div class=\"wpforms-submit-container\" ><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"wpforms[id]\" value=\"32730\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"wpforms[time_token]\" value=\"1792806593.7b3abf430b1af4e778f1c3987560127790a66df85494339c983724d3a40335e2\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"page_title\" value=\"\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"page_url\" value=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6977\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"url_referer\" value=\"\"><button type=\"submit\" name=\"wpforms[submit]\" id=\"wpforms-submit-32730\" class=\"wpforms-submit\" data-alt-text=\"Sending...\" data-submit-text=\"Submit\" aria-live=\"assertive\" value=\"wpforms-submit\">Submit<\/button><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wpforms-lite\/assets\/images\/submit-spin.svg\" class=\"wpforms-submit-spinner\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\" alt=\"Loading\"><\/div><\/form><\/div>  <!-- .wpforms-container -->\n<hr \/>\n<p>The call we put out earlier about sending a photo and describing your first bike was answered almost immediately by our good buddy and YooHoo aficionado Fred.\u00a0 Check this out, boys and girls:<\/p>\n<p><em>JOE!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>There was a Tecumseh-powered Mini-Bike before this one, but I consider my Yamaha Mini-Enduro to be my first REAL motorcycle (picture attached). I put 100&#8217;s a miles a day on it in the woods around Woodstock Connecticut and Sturbridge Massachusetts&#8230;.especially in the woods around Bigelow Hollow State Park &#8211; got lost in there more times than I care to remember!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6978\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mini-Enduro-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"537\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mini-Enduro-002.jpg 537w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mini-Enduro-002-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 537px) 85vw, 537px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Note how skinny I used to be&#8230;..Mom wasn&#8217;t stocking up on the Yoo-Hoo for me&#8230;..<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Fred<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We wrote to Fred and asked what he&#8217;s riding today, and here&#8217;s his answer:<\/p>\n<p><em>Only the finest motorcycle known to man (or woman) &#8211; my trusty 2007 Caspian Blue Triumph Tiger 1050 &#8211; pic attached.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6980\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DudaTriumph-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DudaTriumph-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DudaTriumph-600-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Over 76,000 trouble-free miles and smiles from North (Nova Scotia) to South (Florida) and West (Arkansas) and back East (Connecticut).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And it&#8217;s got PLENTY of storage for the Yoo-Hoo.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Fred<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Fred, we admire your choice in your first motorcycle, your current motorcycle, and of course, beverages.\u00a0 I used to ride a Caspian Blue Tiger as well; mine was a 2006 and I loved it. \u00a0Thanks for writing and ride safe.<\/p>\n<p>So how about the rest of our riders and readers?\u00a0 Does anyone else care to share their first ride with us?\u00a0 Write to us at <a href=\"mailto:info@exhaustnotes.us\">info@exhaustnotes.us<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Never miss an ExNotes blog! The call we put out earlier about sending a photo and describing your first bike was answered almost immediately by our good buddy and YooHoo aficionado Fred.\u00a0 Check this out, boys and girls: JOE! There was a Tecumseh-powered Mini-Bike before this one, but I consider my Yamaha Mini-Enduro to be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/12\/17\/fred-checking-in\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fred Checking In&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[96,140],"tags":[982,94,862],"class_list":["post-6977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feel-good-stuff","category-vintage-motorcycle","tag-tiger","tag-triumph","tag-yoohoo"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6977"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6983,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6977\/revisions\/6983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}