Recent content by FJRBound

If for no other reason (and several have been enumerated above)... cruise control. If you've never had it, you can't appreciate how much you'll use it. (I really miss it, having stepped down from the FJR's height, width and weight to a Kawasaki Z900.)

I've always found the Triumph twins appealing. If I could get my wife on a bike of her own, a Bonneville or Street Twin would make a fine second bike for her. (Unfortunately, that ain't gonna happen.) Kawasaki cleverly added a helmet lock to the 2020 US Z900, voiding a mess of previous luggage...

Deal pending.

I really have no idea -- I've never had Canyon Cages -- but I would suspect not. If I still had my FJR, I could mount it up and send you a photo. Unfortunately, I don't. 😔

I had begun to doubt that I would find something that would fit me, that I would enjoy riding as much as I enjoyed riding my FJR. Those worries are now in the past. What a sweet engine! What a well-engineered chassis! I will miss the FJR's shaft drive, its comfort, the way it looks, the weather...

Well... I won't be riding an SV anytime soon. My day started with a stop at the Honda dealer, and a look at their (not-ready-to-demo-ride) CB650R. My notes: "Can almost flat-foot it. Feels no heavier than my Guzzi. Swaged handlebar might make a windscreen an interesting project. Very red...

I'm looking at $18.34 estimated shipping to NoVA (FedEx) or more (UPS) or considerably more (USPS). I think I need to stay at $60 shipped, unless you wanna ride out here and pick it up. 😁

No interest at $75 shipped. Now on offer at $60 shipped.

Base mounts up easily to a passenger footpeg. 1-gallon capacity. Blue insulated jug. You can have my hose and bite valve, if you want 'em, but you'll probably want to source new ones. These are going for $100 new, I believe, plus shipping. I'm asking $75 shipped. Photos on request.

Well...the love affair is over. It never really got started. On Saturday, my buyer rode off on my 2016 ES. On Sunday I went for a 150-mile jaunt on the Guzzi. I was pushing it harder than I had yet, and I found its limits, it wallowing in fast, bumpy sweepers, and grinding off a bit of...

Deal pending.

Price reduced to $11,250. Added a few miles, keeping fresh gas moving through it.

Price reduced to $11,500. Miles increased to 11,018.

I doubt that many (any?) current FJR pilots are going to be particularly interested in this, but just in case someone is going down the same road, a bit behind me... Two days ago, I took delivery of a pristine 2018 Moto Guzzi V7 III Milano with 2,966 miles on the clock. I've put about 150 miles...

Hey, Chris. Nice to hear from you. Importing the Monster into the US when we returned (August, 2018) would have been prohibitively complex. So I sold it before we moved back, then found your bike's sibling at a dealer in Wisconsin. Only a couple dozen in-between yours and mine on the production...