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It makes want to cry,,,,,,,,,,but I have to let her go. Money has gotten so tight these days I can no longer justify the extra cost of keeping her. She has been the one thing that has made this old man feel alive.;(

I was traveling down a 2-lane state rd. And about a 1/4 mile ahead was a single axle box truck with his right turn signal on. So I start easing back on the throttle. As I start to close in on him I noticed a car waiting to cross my path,and sure enough as the truck turned the car went and...

I HATE FRIGGING CHIP-N-SEAL! My daily commute just got a lot more interesting. The state decided they would seal the road I take to and from work. I was unaware they were going to do it until it was to late,I was already into it. I rode on it for about 3 miles until I could find an alternate...

I had my stock mufflers off the bike the other day ( for what ever reason ) and went for a short ride with just the open header. Yeah I know some of you will say, WHY? Well, because I could! Thats not some thing I will do again but, was wondering what it could hurt. Will it burn exhaust valves...

How to convence my wife that the only girl friend I have is about 600lb's and blue ? She swares I must have a girl friend. Why else would a married man just suit up for no good resone and go for a ride at 1:am.? Why else would he take the long way home from work,or go for three or four hour...

One of the guys I work with has an Ninja zx-9r,it's a pretty quick bike and a lot of fun to ride. He takes the same path toward home as I do,so we some times engage in a little friendly roll-on speed compatition. He normaly starts to pull away from me in first,but buy time I hit 2nd. I am back...

Went for a ride through town yesterday and there were a couple guy's setting up an MSF practice coarse. So,being the curious person that I am I stopped to watch. They were struggling hard with most of the coarse especially the slalom. That and the box turn. After watching for a few min's. I...

:unsure: WTF is going on here?? On my way home from work I'm riding into the sun and I instantly notice some thing aint right. Cars are looking the coolest colors and the tar snakes are flourecent green, any thing that can reflect light suddenly became a metalic day-glo color. It was too cool...

Is it just a matter of preferance or is one better then the other? Picked up a friggin nail on the rear of my new Road smarts,from work I'm sure. :angry: This makes the 5th. nail in three years that I have had from this place. The first four were on my Jeep. I have Sticky string but I was...

Ran my battlaxs down to the point of being scary. Almost lost the front end on a tight 90 the other day. Thats it, gotta get new tires! So spent all my mad money and got a new set of roadsmarts Friday. :yahoo: Damn! So this is how an fjr is supposed to handle. No more following the grooves...

I did the mod this morning,it was very easy and straight forward. At first I did'nt think it had much effect but,after riding for a few min. it became clear that what it did was cure the jerky throtle problem that my bike had. Now it is smooth as butter. With my bike before the mod,it was never...

Just wondering,I have about 9200 on mine and am starting to hear that tell tell sound. Is that normal. The sound not me! It's hard to do a very good visual inspection so I'm not sure what shape they are in. Rotors are nice and smooth with no edges. I think they should have some good life left...

Decided to go for a nice little ride around the lake the other night. It started out to be an enjoyable ride on one of my favorite local roads. I got about half way around the lake,just far enough to be comitted to continuing. When I saw the road construction sign's. If...

When I first got my 06 I thought that the forks felt a little stiff. At a slow rolling speed when I would apply the front break hard the forks would make a sudden but abrupt dive. So,I backed them off a few clicks and it seemed to help smooth that out. Now I'm wondering if it may be too soft...

I WANT ONE ! Cant afford it and wont get one but, I WANT ONE ! Stoped by my local dealer and sat on the one they have there. It was all black. The bike does set very tall as compared to my fjr but, it had a very balanced feel to it.Could only imagin how bad ass this bike must be with all that...

I glance out my kitchen window this after noon and what do I see, my boss pulling up on his new HD super dyna wide road thingy. And what was he waring, T-shirt,short pants and sandles. No helmet,no eye protection,no gloves,not even a shield on his bike. I almost pissed myself laughing. You have...

I am tall and thin so I always felt like I needed to set a little farther back on the seat. That put me where I thought was my best balance point. The problem with that is it puts a lot more pressure on my hands and wrist. Not to mention pressure on my tail bone. Lately I have found myself...

Had a great ride today. The longest ride I have got to take sense buying the fjr last spring. Five and a half hours in the sadle with an 1hr break at 3 hr's. into the ride. I'm not sure wich hurt more my butt or my knee's,or my right wrist. I know I can and will replace the stock seat. And I'm...

:o Cruising down the road minding my own bussiness when out of the corner of my eye I catch movement. Turn my head to the right just in time to see this duck at my head level and coming straight at me. At the last second he made a hard turn to the right and flew right beside me for a few...

:o Was on my daily commute home after work. I only live about 15 miles from work but, I take a nice little stretch of two lane state hwy. that has a four tight 90's in a row seperated by 1/4 to 3/8 mile in between them. A lot of fun ! I some how got behind a semi and a car going through the...