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So I got the 2016 FJR in October 2016, we had 2 good weeks of riding before being put up for the winter with 1433 miles. The 16 was purchased to replace my 05 as a Buick hit it, and me June 3, 2016. The first farkel was the Yoshimura cans, seat was sent to Seth Laam then the Heli Bars, the...

Has anyone experienced front brake chatter on a gen 3? Late last summer I noticed that the front brakes would chatter under hard braking. When I took it in to the dealer they could not find anything wrong and Yamaha had not heard of any others having this issue. Now it seems like when I brake...

I have several things I'd like to sell from my 05. None of which will fit on the 2016 FJR I have. First, the seats, front and rear. These were redone by Rick Meyer in 2005. I got the bike in August of 04 and on a trip to St Louis found the stock seat to be lacking. Front seat, top and...

Will the FZ1 mirrors work on a 2016? I had them on my 05 and they were great. The mirrors on the 16 are great for looking at my elbows again.

Every year Vicki & I try to host a Pizza meet for all of our riding friends from STN and the club we belong to. This year is no different. After checking with the Rider Coach to make sure all was cool y'all are invited to our house for a Pizza Meet :yahoo: We all kick in for this so bring...

As some of you may know last year we had gone west to Custer SD for vacation, on the return trip Bluebear06, Vickis, ignition had crapped out in Valentine, NE and we ended up having to backtrack 200 miles to Rapid City SD to get a truck to bring home her 06. We also stuck mine in there as well...

I took this photo in Hot Springs SD. When I brought it up on my PC at work as my wall paper I saw somthing I thought was odd to say the least. See if you can spot it. This may be a better view of it. Look about half way down the waterfall. Let me know what you see. Pete

Here are a few shots I took on our way out to Custer SD. Stopped for lunch in Iowa at Brightbachs(sp?) An overlook along the river A wind farm in Iowa Entering MN Then into SD Never saw a SD trooper so how can this be? A corny shot SD 34, miles of nothing Then these...

As you may have read BleBear's 06 is having ignition problems. This all started in Valentine NE which even people in NE consider the middle of nowhere. This happened last Thursday, June 14th. We spent all day Friday trying to get a rental truck or get it to a shop in Perre SD. Well we get a...

I saw this topic on STN an figured I would start it here as well. So what kind of year did you have in 2006? This was what my year was like. January 06, after 2 interviews with a different company I was all set to take a job as their Operations Supervisor. This meant no more working nights &...

My brother sent this to me and I thought I'd share it with a few of my biker friends. Enjoy and expand. :bike: FRIENDS VS. BIKER FRIENDS FRIENDS: Never ask for food BIKER FRIENDS: Are the reason you have no food. FRIENDS: Will say "hello" BIKER FRIENDS: Will give you a big hug and a kiss...

Thank you all for coming out to this years CFO, Vicki (BlueBear) and I had a great time. Also, a big THANKS to all who donated or scrounged stuff for door prizes and thanks to Wheaton for the routes. So, what about CFO 07? I was thinking SE Missouri in the Mark Twain National forest. And...

As of today we have no door prizes for CFO. Can we get some volunteers to get stuff for CFO 2006? I know it's 5 months away but if we get started now we should have a good number of goodies by September. We already have some people ready to scout out rides, WheatonFJR and others have said they...

So the wife, Bluebear06, has her 06 FJR A on order and I asked her where ya wanna go for vacation this summer? She says where ever SO since we'll both have FJR's what better place to go than Deals Gap? I started planning our trip a few weeks ago and 4 other friends of ours want to come along...

MODS. PLEASE PIN THIS. Here is the info for CFO 2006. After you make your reservation please PM me with your info. I have 40 rooms blocked, well 39 now that I made our reservations. CFO 2006 DATE: September 15-17 2006 LOCATION: Best Western Sparta 4445 Theatre Road Sparta Wisconsin 54656...

For those of you wondering here's the scoop on CFO 06. WHERE: Sparta Best Western Trail Lodge, Sparta Wisconsin WHEN: September 15-17, 2006 I also need know about the menu. Here are the choices we have, let me know what you would like. I want to get this finalized before riding season starts...

I've been talking to the Sparta Best Western for the 06 CFO. They cannot handle more than 50 people for dinner in one room. We can use 2 rooms that will accomadte 80 people total. My contact is looking into some off site places and should know more in a few weeks. My questions to all are; 1)...

I posted this on the STN board but this is just to much fun for one board. Did you ever get a call from someone who has dialed the wrong number but doesn’t know they have? Well, Sunday morning I’m on my way to the store when my cell rings. Thinking it’s the wife, she was still sleeping when I...

I have a question to ask all. When listening to the radio which artist do you turn off right away? For me it's Kid Rock, who I think is an :asshat: There's a lot of good music out there but his stuff AINT. IMO the Kid sucks moist ass cheese. System of a Down is bringing me down with their...

Saturday afternoon the wife and I went down to the stealer and put a deposit on an 06 FJR. :D The wife will now have her own bike for next season, and I got it for the same price I paid for my 05. grnarrowe