Recent content by Ken_SWOhio

Again, thanks all, and ride safe -

Thanks, all - appreciate the help. Remarks are pretty consistent with what Ive read elsewhere but I wanted to check. Now to consider what to do ...

Hi - Im thinking of getting back into FJR1300 ownership - had a 2010 I sold a few years ago. Choice is between a 15 and 16. I saw an earlier thread where the choice was between a 14 and 16 but, just in case someone has something to add - Questions are: 1. Does the ES version make a...

Congrats, oki - I got a '10 FJR two years back - love it. Went through the same list of competitors as you did (almost) and came up with the same conclusions.

Scrubbed in some new Pirelli Diablo Supercorsa's I put on last week -

I've had it a few times lately on my 2010 as well - not spending a lot of time worrying about it as everything seems to check out.

So - closure here - I tried the silcon lube in the slides approach last weekend (after an unnecessary attempt to disassemble the cowling - could have used another post in this forum I found from a couple of years ago). Seems to work pretty well in smoothing out the action, so far. Just in time...

Yeah, and to be honest I can't recall how long this has been going on - I bought the bike new 18 months ago and it has 9K miles on it now - It's been going on for some time, though. The bike is coming due for a tire change and when I bring it in I will probably instruct the dealer based on some...

Sorry to prolong an old thread, but I just joined. This is my only complaint about the 2010 FJR1300 I bought about 18 months ago. The windshield makes a very loud rubbing sound when it it retracts (it sometimes does it when I raise it, but to a lesser degree). The dealer who I had perform the...