WOO HOO!!! Getting an FJR!!!

[burnergold2B]

 Congrats!! I'm on my way to getting one too! Can't wait...

[Karmak]

This is sometime true. Make sure that either direction you point it, you take the slack out of the drive shaft. I think the other thing people do is they don't get their side stand down all the way. Just give it an extra check to make sure it is all the way down. The side stand on the FJR seems to leave the bike more upright than others I've had.

But having said all that, I'm a big doofus and I've never tipped mine over.

As part of the farkling process, you take your Dremmel with the cutting wheel and carve out a bit where the kick stand rests and voila!  You get more of an angle!!

[RideAboutNow]

Wow! Nice bike Thomp! Congrats, I'm glad you're enjoying it so much.

Getting a new is so much fun...doncha just love that honeymoon phase, where you get to taste a bit of the excitement you felt when you first started riding.

[ctfz1]

Meyer saddle, Rick or Bill(Rocky?).

[BruceK]

Congrats on the Bike!!  How many miles do you have on her now?


-BruceK

[thompsonian]

Well, after almost a month of ownership, she has gotten a little over 1000 miles from me on her. Now most of those were done a couple of weeks ago when my Dad had to have quadruple bypass surgery in Charleston so I just rode the FJR down I-77. Got a lot better gas mpg than I would have in the car so I took it. Man, she can eat the highway miles with ease!! I haven't had her on too many twisties yet, but the few I have I keep dragging my toes and I'm not used to that just yet. I haven't gotten to add any farkles to her yet, but they are in the planning process as we speak. I have taken the wife for a couple of jaunts around town and she loves it also, so I think this one is a keeper

HOPEFULLY....here in the next year or so I might try to get ahold of a Gixxer 750 for the track or maybe a 600RR. Not sure yet. Once the wife graduates from college is when I can start thinking of other toys!!

[BruceK]

My wife loves the bike too!   We just went on a 900 mile Blue Ridge Parkway Trip. plus the 1000 miles I drove her home. I'd like to do another trip this fall if I get the chance. The 2006 FJR is a keeper!!!


-BruceK