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I bought my brand new 2014 FJR ES in January of 2014.  I bought the YES warranty since it had the new suspension and a bunch of stuff my 2006 didn't have.  I had to wait for it as it was one of the first ones in California.  I now have 91,193 miles on the bike and my horn failed, shit.  I...

I pulled the wheels off my 2014 ES to put on some new Pilot Roads. When I was putting it back together I noticed my rear brake pads are worn out. Found it just in time. All 4 sets of front pads have lots of life left. This is at 41,000 miles. My 2006 wore all 5 sets of pads out around...

I’ve managed to put some miles on my 2014 ES since January and I’m very pleased with the bike. The back Bridgestone lasted 12,000 miles and the front almost made 15,000. I hear people say a lot of bad things about the OEM tires but they lasted well and had good performance. I put a PR2 on the...

I was at Mission Motorsports in Irvine, CA to drool over the new KTM Super Duke 1290. It's cool. There is a 2014 A and 2014 ES on the showroom floor for anybody that is interested. I thought they were hard to find and these two are sitting there ready for a new Feejer guy to buy them.

Dumb but when I park at work I put gear in one side bag and helmet in the other. I put my dirty old leather chaps on top of the rear tire. Ran an errand during the day and put on my jacket and helmet and took off. My leathers got stuck, locked up the rear tire and tore my rubber flap and put a...

I tell myself that I don't put too many farkles on my bike. My 2014 ES doesn't need many but as I was washing it, it seems that I have a few. Some I took off my 2006 FJR and transplanted on my 2014. Garauld who is on the forum and makes very cool custom made luggage racks built a rack with...

Well I’ve managed to put 1700 miles on my 2014 ES now in 3 weeks. I’m enjoying the bike a lot. It is comforting hopping off my 2006 and being very familiar with the FJR the new one felt great right away. Hands down the biggest change I notice is the suspension. I’ve adjusted suspension on my...

Just a short note to say I've moved up from my 2006 FJR will 135K+ miles. Got me a new 2014 FJR1300ES. Very cool bike and I'm having fun. More to come as I put miles on the new toy.

Well my 06 FJR finally let me down. And to think it only has 116,000 miles. Rode to work and made a stop and it started very slow (original battery). Stopped for gas across from work and it wouldn't start. Got a battery at lunch and put it in and ran good. Took it home and 30 miles into my 50...

I’ve been plagued with my idle going low when the bike is between cold and full warm. This showed up when I had around 50,000 miles on the bike. It is also hard to start and idle sometimes on a very warm day after it’s been sitting a short time and still hot. I had it into my good mechanic at...

Well I finally made the 100K club although I'm lagging behind a number of folks on Skooter's mileage milestone list. What a great bike, this thing just runs and runs. My only mods are better head lamps, barbarian jumper mod, frame sliders (one side used once, glad I had them), highway pegs...

I set a new record for miles on a set of tires. I have almost 85,000 miles on my 2006 and have been through lots of tires. I usually get around 9000 miles per back tire of mostly freeway miles. I've had lots of front tires that cup and my current favorite is the Avon Storm on the front, it...

Just a note to let you know I've found my favorite tire combination to date. I've put 69,000+ on my 06A in three years and have tried many tires. I'm not afraid to drag a peg once and awhile but I do mostly freeway driving. On the front the Metzler, Bridgestone and Dunlop Roadsmart cup and...

Help if you can. I searched the forum and haven't found a similar problem to mine. I have an 06A California model. When I start it cold it runs fine. When I get about 2 bars on the temp and not fully warm it idles low, hasn't died but will go down to 600 RPM and I give it some gas. It...

Can somebody direct me to the best price for a set of Dale Walker Holeshot mufflers for my 06A? Let me know. Thank you,

Just went on a ride with my brother and his HD buddies. They were headed from So. Cal. east across the desert. They were staying out of town and my plan was to ride out with them, turn around and come home, make it a day ride. Five HD’s and my 06A. Cool guys that ride and appreciate any...

Procrastination and forgetfulness. I ride my 06 so much, I change the oils and keep up with all the good stuff but I forgot my sparkplugs. I put iridium plugs in at 20,000 miles and thought they would be good till 35,000. I did valve check, steering head maintenance a lots of tires but forgot...

I just performed the Barbarian Jumper Modification on my 06A with great results. I followed the guidelines on the forum but found one problem. When the procedure said to hold down the select and reset buttons for 2 seconds to reach the CO settings it went to a D setting. This had way more...

Member Niehart responded to a post I made about my ECM recall and suggested that I do the "Barbarian Jumper Mod" to my 06A. Great advice and the results are outstanding. I would recommend this and the throttle spring relief farkle to every FJR rider (no cost fixes). I took my test drive and...

Just had my ECM replaced on my 06A in 25 minutes while I waited. Shop was great and there doesn't seem to be any changes in the bike. Took a 230 mile freeway run yesterday and it runs great. I did have the affects of altitude problems a few times in the past. I'll have to wait and see if it...