Thought about making an apple an orange, decided to buy an orange -ADDED PICTURE

[JonS]

I thought you bought a KTM with comments about oranges and all.

Congrats.

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Congratulations! I don't think you could have bought a more competent tourer and the deal seems very good. Your 919 must be in great shape.

[2RR2NV]

Grats!  excellent choice!!  Have tons of fun. i'm already planning a trip to WI next summer in late May, early June. roughly 800 miles 1-way. too bad i couldn't sign up or whatever for an IBA event along the way. either way, can't wait.

[sfalexi]

bump to show I added pictures in the first post . . .

[cyclopathic]

It's a 2003 FJR with a top box as well, what looks to be a power socket for something? (not the car adapter that I'm used to . . . ), and 18000 miles.  Price will be 6800 OTD.  After my trade in of the 919, I'll owe 1000.  

Dude there isn't any friggin' way you'd turn 919 into STer for 1000$, good move!

yeah go practice in parking lot, and when get comfortable load cases with rocks /gradually/ to get used to ride with load: you don't wanna drop that thing with GF on board  

Perhaps getting frame/swing arm sliders and riding w/o side cases  for now would be good too good luck

[klavdy]

Wow.
FJR as your second bike you say, with six months and 5000 miles riding under your belt.

That's the spirit.

Low speed, use clutch and rear brake only, don't touch the front brake under 5-8 mph, you should be able to roll at less than walking pace with a little practice, hold the revs at about 1500,with just a touch of rear brake on, and then use the clutch to modulate your speed.
Hold revs at 1500
Lightly hold rear brake.
Use clutch, slip it in and out to vary your speed.
Remember, don't vary the throttle speed, you use the clutch for that at low speeds.
Practice this heaps , get the hang of it before you get a passenger on the bike.

[sfalexi]

Wow.
FJR as your second bike you say, with six months and 5000 miles riding under your belt.

That's the spirit.

Low speed, use clutch and rear brake only, don't touch the front brake under 5-8 mph, you should be able to roll at less than walking pace with a little practice, hold the revs at about 1500,with just a touch of rear brake on, and then use the clutch to modulate your speed.
Hold revs at 1500
Lightly hold rear brake.
Use clutch, slip it in and out to vary your speed.
Remember, don't vary the throttle speed, you use the clutch for that at low speeds.
Practice this heaps , get the hang of it before you get a passenger on the bike.

Well, technically, my third bike.  First was a suzuki C50.  Also very heavy, but got that one pretty good.  Could u-turn in a space of two parking spots after some practice.  DEFINITELY gonna practice my stuff on this one, but so far so good.  Been able to crawl along in traffic using clutch and keeping constant revs (heavy clutch though!), so far no jerky stops or starts (except when trying to put on a throttle rocker and it being adjusted too high - the weight of my wrist got it until I readjusted it), and I'll be practicing u-turns tomorrow.  I can do a u-turn in a regular residential street (have done a few so far, only to the left and I want to practice getting it perfect and completely controlled).  I won't be having a passenger on there for about a month (I was gonna say a thousand miles, but I'm gonna hit that on Monday - five days - hehehe).  

Had some fun exploring so far.  And accidentally took a road that turned out to be an unpaved farm road (worse than the fire-roads that I'm used to).  Man.  I felt like I had just tried to turn the FJR into a dual sport because of the territory.  Took it slow, came off a rock or two with a slightly bigger than normal drop (5 inches or so, couldn't see because of the angle), but made it.  Definitely fun.  And I think my next bike (in addition to the FJR), WILL be a dual sport.  I think I'd have a blast tearing up some dirt paths!

Alexi

[mxvet57]

congrats on the (new) FJR. i got my 04 with zero miles and I'm 1300 miles short of the 100K mark. i have no regrets ever buying the bike. i ride it every day. I've had no problems other than a battery going dead. for comfort i put on bar risers and a Sargent seat and improved the comfort level 100%.
it didn't take long to get use to the weight. i have even taken it on a track day.
have fun and ride hard.

[cyclopathic]

DEFINITELY gonna practice my stuff on this one, but so far so good.  Been able to crawl along in traffic using clutch and keeping constant revs (heavy clutch though!), so far no jerky stops or starts (except when trying to put on a throttle rocker and it being adjusted too high - the weight of my wrist got it until I readjusted it), and I'll be practicing u-turns tomorrow.  I can do a u-turn in a regular residential street (have done a few so far, only to the left and I want to practice getting it perfect and completely controlled).  I won't be having a passenger on there for about a month (I was gonna say a thousand miles, but I'm gonna hit that on Monday - five days - hehehe).

How much the MSF ERC in your heck of the woods? consider

[Malks]

Nice ride.  A friend of mine just bought an '04 and while on a recent two day ride down through NY and PA we learned how easy it is to tip over and how difficult it is to pick up.  Be careful of your footing when stopped.  When/if it starts to tip, don't try to stop it, just slow the fall.  It took three of us to right the beast, I think it is a little heavier than my ST11.

Malks

[sfalexi]

 How much the MSF ERC in your heck of the woods? consider

Free for me if I do it through the military (I'm gonna ask the commander to go through it as soon as I get back from school in early november).  If he can't afford to let me go to get it done during the duty week, it's only $60 through the local yamaha dealership and it's one saturday.

Alexi

[cyclopathic]

Free for me if I do it through the military (I'm gonna ask the commander to go through it as soon as I get back from school in early november).

If you're in military and own sport-touring bike you're required to take military sportbike course; it is mandatory beware

[Karmak]

SFALEXI, go to www.fjrforum.com- more than you'll ever want to know.  FJR owners on this Forum have posted everything you might possibly want to know about the FJR, including how to work on them.  If you have any questions about how to get at stuff, etc., PM me & I'll be glad to help.  I've had an '05, now have an '08 and have had them apart, upside down, inside out!  here's the '08:

[2RR2NV]

If you're in military and own sport-touring bike you're required to take military sportbike course; it is mandatory beware

whenever it gets here. they don't know anything about it yet.  heehee