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FJR Has Gotten Too Heavy. What To Buy?
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<blockquote data-quote="russperry" data-source="post: 1415955" data-attributes="member: 22548"><p>I've got a Ninja 1K and though I love it for commuting (60 mile round trip), my one trip of over 200 miles was not fun. It is tuned for torque, so getting away from stop lights is fun, and its light and narrow enough for splitting lanes, but its not too comfortable for longer stretches. It's also got crazy close ratio gears so in order to get reasonably low RPM cruising on the freeway you really need to increase the front sprocket teeth and/or reduce the rear teeth - I did both. if they had used anything like useful gear ratios instead of stealing a design from a ZX10R it would have been a much better long distance vehicle. A better seat would be in order too....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="russperry, post: 1415955, member: 22548"] I've got a Ninja 1K and though I love it for commuting (60 mile round trip), my one trip of over 200 miles was not fun. It is tuned for torque, so getting away from stop lights is fun, and its light and narrow enough for splitting lanes, but its not too comfortable for longer stretches. It's also got crazy close ratio gears so in order to get reasonably low RPM cruising on the freeway you really need to increase the front sprocket teeth and/or reduce the rear teeth - I did both. if they had used anything like useful gear ratios instead of stealing a design from a ZX10R it would have been a much better long distance vehicle. A better seat would be in order too.... [/QUOTE]
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