I will never purchase an extended warranty. It's rewarding the OEM for poor quality. If they have good quality, they should provide an extended warranty free of charge to demonstrate their confidence in their product.
Well, I'm not a big group ride kind of guy, prefer going to the Pacific NW by myself. But I crashed my 3rd FJR in Oct '20 and looking for another one. And probably going to avoid the in-town riding anymore. So... this might just be something I should do. I'll try to remember. Meanwhile, anyone...
Yeah. I think that at higher elevations, the engine makes less power at a given throttle setting, or stated another way, equivalent power requires a more open throttle. The more closed the throttle, the more work (PMEP) the engine has to do drawing air across the throttle "orifice". At high...
Guess I'm a youngster at 56. But been knocked off of 3 FJRs in 14 years on the way to work and last one broke a bunch of stuff and wife is not happy. For now, compromise is to lay off the streetbike in trade for continuing roadracing. Wondering how long I can continue to endurance roadrace and...
In my 14 years of FJR ownership (1x gen 1, 2x gen 2's), I have had 6 >300 mile tanks. Best was 319 miles. That one had 53.3 mpg and *only* a 5.99 gal fillup. (Max fill-up was 6.50 gal.) Also note that that 319 mile tank was through the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone NPs. Typically, my best mileage...
The count UP is MUCH better than the countdown because you can do math on it. The countdowns are always WAY conservative (my Mazda 6 has 40 miles left or about 1.3 gal left when it say "0 miles remaining"). Yes, I am a mileage dork. Don't worry, I also roadrace so I'm well rounded, but knowing...