Recent content by Ural Guy

Update:  Bike sat on trailer until Saturday-  then we had a forecasted stretch of highs in 40/50's, sun, and most salt/sand off roads. 800 miles since then.  Took off work Tuesday, the nicest day, wound up in Catskills so called out another day, no toothbrush or nada. Engine is phenomenal and...

Yep, input shaft.  One local shop doesn't work on BMW's except tire changes.  The closest BMW shop is about 180 miles away, and they can't give me a price estimate until they tear it apart.  They won't install a transmission I pick up off E-bay, which would cut labor cost way down. So it's a...

Kinda a joke, Syracuse typically doesn't get much sun, Lake Ontario has something to do with it.  And yes, we did get 5" of snow yesterday. But today, it was 39 leaving my house an hour north of SYR, and sunny and 47 in SYR. And the trailer was loaded with a real pretty 2004 fjr.  Bike was in...

Heading down in a hour to look at it....with trailer and $ in hand.  5" of snow at house yesterday, good thing bike is in sunny Syracuse.

Holy crow guys, thanks for the almost instant responses! I'm pretty much an AGATT rider, with jeans and leather chaps; no shorts, never ever.  I have a mesh armored jacket, didn't even know they had pants like that.   Appreciate the feedback, just what I was looking for.   My other bike that...

Hello-  My RT1150 just blew up the input shaft at 90,000 miles and I'm looking for a replacement.  Love the BMW, but don't have the ability to make this repair.  After buying the parts, and paying someone to install, this used FJR may make a lot of sense. There is a 2004 FJR for sale near me...