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My brother wants a FJR 2014A
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<blockquote data-quote="Redfish Hunter" data-source="post: 1184054" data-attributes="member: 28773"><p>My boring story:</p><p></p><p>Dad had a wonderful, wineberry red, '84 GoldWing which we "shared" for 11 years. I totaled it while on a lunch date in the summer of '95. We did not replace the bike, we both got out of the motorcycle game, <s>mostly</s> entirely for financial reasons.</p><p></p><p>In 2005 I bought a Suzuki Katana 750. It was the best brand new bike that I could afford. Dad got the fever for a new bike, which was what I intended all along.</p><p></p><p>In 2007 Dad told me to find his "retirement bike". He needed a comfortable, classy, gentleman's express. It needed to be reliable. It needed to handle, accelerate and decelerate well enough to overcome the effects of old age on his reflexes. The FJR was my #1 choice, my only fear that it might be too powerful for his out of practice skills. As Dad says, "Just because you have all that horsepower does not mean you have to use it. You can control that with this right twistgrip you know."</p><p></p><p>So, after 12 years away from motorcycling Dad jumped in headfirst. He has dropped it a couple of times, he has made a few mistakes with it but he had very little trouble overall. Old skills, old memories, old reflexes, all transitioned smoothly into new happiness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Redfish Hunter, post: 1184054, member: 28773"] My boring story: Dad had a wonderful, wineberry red, '84 GoldWing which we "shared" for 11 years. I totaled it while on a lunch date in the summer of '95. We did not replace the bike, we both got out of the motorcycle game, [S]mostly[/S] entirely for financial reasons. In 2005 I bought a Suzuki Katana 750. It was the best brand new bike that I could afford. Dad got the fever for a new bike, which was what I intended all along. In 2007 Dad told me to find his "retirement bike". He needed a comfortable, classy, gentleman's express. It needed to be reliable. It needed to handle, accelerate and decelerate well enough to overcome the effects of old age on his reflexes. The FJR was my #1 choice, my only fear that it might be too powerful for his out of practice skills. As Dad says, "Just because you have all that horsepower does not mean you have to use it. You can control that with this right twistgrip you know." So, after 12 years away from motorcycling Dad jumped in headfirst. He has dropped it a couple of times, he has made a few mistakes with it but he had very little trouble overall. Old skills, old memories, old reflexes, all transitioned smoothly into new happiness. [/QUOTE]
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