Search results

Prayers and best wishes. It reminds me how fortunate my wife and I are. We wrecked with the trike 9 weeks ago. We both are doing relatively well but I am certainly reminded how much worse it could have been.

You do not need to double clutch an FJR. You are either doing something wrong with your clutching or the bike needs adjustment if you end up in neutral very often when you want first gear. Neutral should be difficult to get into accidentally. You also need to plan ahead better and downshift...

I think bar risers might help me some but I also think the fixed position of my legs ends up causing problems too. Even on the trike (GW), I found that I needed to move my feet around. With my legs tucked behind me more on the FJR, it's more of a problem. I know, I could start replacing...

A year ago, I traded my Goldwing for he FJR. Oh definitely the FJR is sweet handling and runs circles (or at least curves) around the Goldwing. And so much lighter and easier to handle. The test drive was night and day on curvy roads. BUT..... the FJR has never been really comfortable...

Sometimes other drivers amaze you. Some obviously shouldn't be anywhere near the road. We had a bad wreck this weekend. A woman pulled out of a gravel parking lot, making a left hand turn across US52 (near Manchester, Ohio). She told the trooper that she saw us but "they didn't stop"...

Probably a VERY wise approach :D

Great, glad you found a good gen 1. Heat was the big issue as far as I was concerned with Gen 1 and it apparently was hit and miss for some reason. You apparently got a good one! Nice that your wife wants to ride with you. When I got back into riding, I first wanted an FJR and wanted my...

Well perhaps you will get back in someday. I sold my bike in 2002 after 17 years. I started riding horses instead. In my personal experience, motorcycles are safer :o I got back with motorcycles two years ago. Good luck. Ken

A little bit I will add: every model bike is somewhat different with brakes, how the brakes work, how much before the rear locks up, etc. The newer FJRs have the foot brake linked to the rear and front brakes, but the hand brake only applies to the front. And newer models have ABS and should...

Using rear brakes on many bikes can be very risky. You have to learn how to balance the front and rear brakes. Many people on the older bikes rarely use the rear although that is not ideal. Proper combination, and using the correct brake at the right time, is the best by far. That being...

"Character" is what you make of it and this FJR certainly has a character :o See this FJR with a character

Oh, okay. I thought maybe is was a girl rider ;-) Ken

Ibuprofen and naproxin ("Aleve") can cause kidney (or liver, I'm not sure which) damage according to our doctor. Be careful and don't overdo it. YMMV Ken

I feel your pain....literally :( Unfortunately I find the FJR riding position a somewhat less than ideal. What wasn't noticed in a 20 minute test ride shows up after an hour's ride. I'm 65 and the joints are complaining. It doesn't help that a horse kicked me in the knee a month ago and...

Most people who have concealed licenses realize that "when the gun goes in the holster, the ego stays behind". Or, as Heinlein puts it "An armed society is a polite society."

Let me see if I understand this right. You didn't want to wait your turn at the back of the line at a traffic light so you illegally passed on the right? And he got upset? Okay. Yeah, he was over the top, but it seems to me that you were wrong too. But then maybe I didn't understand what...

Yes, probably CB or GMRS is the most "universal" in that it works across manufacturers. But then you still have to integrate it into your helmet (if you wear one). It's hard to use a push to talk mike or a hand held while driving, especially with a full face helmet. I think some of the...

If you really liked your Wing, you may or may not be happy with an FJR. A used Wing can be found for less than an newer FJR and will have plenty of life in it. Last year I switched from a Wing to an FJR. I wanted to get away from the weight and the slow speed risk of dumping it. First...

Wow, I am surprised at how much response my original message generated! Just to be clear, I never said, "don't use the front brake lever", but rather that the foot brake does an excellent job since it activates the front and rear brakes together and has excellent braking for most stops or slow...

Drive sensibly and you won't have to worry about it. The cruise control is one thing I miss on the FJR vs. the Goldwing. Ken