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« Reply #40 on: June 21, 2012, 01:11:56 PM »
Quote from: stevent on June 21, 2012, 10:53:56 AM

Let's not be hasty here, FJR riders like Harley Davidson riders show a considerable amount of loyalty to their mounts, often mistaking the excess weight and lack of power as somehow positive attributes. Much like the Buick Electra's they were patterned after they tout their girth as "road holding weight" and the mushy suspension as providing "cloud like comfort".... Can you really blame them for their naivete`? 


Oh I get it, kinda like GS riders thinking their bikes are great off road right?
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« Reply #40 on: June 21, 2012, 01:11:56 PM »
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« Reply #41 on: June 21, 2012, 01:31:46 PM »
Let's face it guys. Moto Guzzi is the only safe bet.
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« Reply #42 on: June 21, 2012, 06:51:28 PM »
Quote from: bungie4 on June 21, 2012, 01:11:56 PM



Oh I get it, kinda like GS riders thinking their bikes are great off road right?


I don't recall Ewan and Charley riding FJR's around the world but I may be mistaken......
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« Reply #43 on: June 21, 2012, 06:56:12 PM »
Quote from: stevent on June 21, 2012, 06:51:28 PM



I don't recall Ewan and Charley and a support team of thousands riding FJR's around the world but I may be mistaken......


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« Reply #44 on: June 21, 2012, 07:01:58 PM »
Quote from: birdrunner on June 10, 2012, 10:51:43 PM

BTW,  to save you all sorts of aggravation,  let's just cut you some slake.   FJR's are the current focus of good natured jokes on this forum.  Their owners seem to be able to handle it, so we'll continue until someone blows a gasket or something.   Prior to the fat overweight FJR's, VFR's were the target, as they are just too heavy, complicated, expensive and underpowered to be taken seriously.  We'd make fun of Guzzi riders, but they'd not notice as they're all comparing Cappuccino  recipes right now.  Basically any bike bigger than a CBR1100xx is a fat pig, anything smaller is underpowered and too tiny to take seriously,  if it's not blue, it's slow,  if it's red, you're an attention whore,  loud pipes=small penis,   ....   anything I miss???


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« Reply #45 on: June 21, 2012, 10:31:51 PM »
Quote from: birdrunner on June 10, 2012, 10:51:43 PM

Their owners seem to be able to handle it, so we'll continue until someone blows a gasket or something.



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Whose FJR is fat and underpowered now biatches????     Twofinger


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« Reply #46 on: June 22, 2012, 07:20:06 AM »
Quote from: NoGear on June 21, 2012, 10:31:51 PM




  

Whose FJR is fat and underpowered now biatches????     Twofinger


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Nobody ever said the FJR was underpowered... Bigsmile
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« Reply #47 on: June 22, 2012, 07:23:47 AM »
So I guess you're updating the presidents personal kill list? Drone some more US citizens.  It's the new american way!
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« Reply #48 on: June 22, 2012, 07:33:45 AM »
Quote from: stevent on June 21, 2012, 06:51:28 PM



I don't recall Ewan and Charley riding FJR's around the world but I may be mistaken......


Of course they had loads of people following them in cars to assist with uprighting those heavy beasts every time the fell over. Bigsmile
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« Reply #49 on: June 22, 2012, 09:33:47 AM »
The FJR would be a lightweight compared to those overloaded GS's
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« Reply #50 on: June 22, 2012, 01:09:19 PM »
Those two are Hollywood types, of course they needed a ton of crap and an entourage to do anything. Normal GS riders take only the standard BMW tool kit consisting of a cell phone and credit card plus a Leatherman tool on our globetrotting jaunts

 
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« Reply #51 on: June 22, 2012, 08:07:30 PM »
Quote from: stevent on June 21, 2012, 06:51:28 PM



I don't recall Ewan and Charley riding FJR's around the world but I may be mistaken......


Because KTM turned them down.....doubting their riding abilites which would make their product look bad.....(CB has yet to finish the Pair to dakar on a BMW)
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« Reply #52 on: June 22, 2012, 11:47:18 PM »
Quote from: county on June 22, 2012, 07:20:06 AM




Nobody ever said the FJR was underpowered... Bigsmile



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« Reply #53 on: June 22, 2012, 11:55:54 PM »
Quote from: Cablebandit on June 22, 2012, 07:23:47 AM

So I guess you're updating the presidents personal kill list? Drone some more US citizens.  It's the new american way!


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« Reply #54 on: June 24, 2012, 05:53:45 AM »
Quote from: NoGear on June 22, 2012, 11:55:54 PM



Actually the Intelligence Oversight Law forbids me to target U.S. Citizens within the boundaries of the United States.   If it's part of a Federal investigation I can assist in the collection but can not keep files. The files belong to the FBI.  The rules are strictly followed by the military and most 3 letter agencies as far as I have seen.   But if you end up on the "No Fly" list even by accident then you're pretty much screwed.

Do all FJR bashers get on the No Fly list? Don't their wives, GF, tell them their flies are open?
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« Reply #55 on: June 24, 2012, 06:17:23 AM »
Quote from: PatM on June 24, 2012, 05:53:45 AM


Do all FJR bashers get on the No Fly list? Don't their wives, GF, tell them their flies are open?



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« Reply #56 on: June 24, 2012, 06:48:19 AM »
Quote from: NoGear on June 24, 2012, 06:17:23 AM




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« Reply #57 on: June 24, 2012, 06:58:52 AM »
Quote from: PatM on June 24, 2012, 06:48:19 AM

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I got it. But then most don't get my brand of humor either.

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« Reply #58 on: June 24, 2012, 09:34:49 PM »
Quote from: PatM on June 24, 2012, 06:48:19 AM

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I was scratching my head because I didn't think FJR Bashers had wives or girlfriends    Lol
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« Reply #59 on: July 16, 2012, 03:34:11 PM »
Quote from: birdrunner on June 10, 2012, 10:51:43 PM
...any bike bigger than a CBR1100xx is a fat pig, anything smaller is underpowered... if it's not blue, it's slow,  if it's red, you're an attention whore,  loud pipes=small penis


Being relatively new, it's nice to know the generally accepted rules of the group.  Reminds me of a list of personal ad definitions I saw once...

40-ish..............................49
Adventurous.....................Sleeps with everyone
Looking to settle down.......Slept with everyone, an now has an STD
Athletic............................sma ll breasts
Emotionally Secure............On medication
Outgoing..........................Loud and embarrassing
Etc.
Etc.

Like I said...good to know.  Can we assume if it's black, the owner is anti-social?

BTW, my bike has stock pipes.... Bigsmile



Quote from: stevent on June 21, 2012, 10:53:56 AM
FJR riders like Harley Davidson riders show a considerable amount of loyalty to their mounts


So lets see all those FJR tattoos.

And so as to not totally wander off topic, I voted.  Nice to have an option for 'maybe'.
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