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Hello friends, Well, I am 1 or 2 weeks away from storing the FJR for another season. This has been a great riding summer for me, with my 5000 km Montreal to Front Royal --> Blue Ridge / Tail of the Dragon and Cherohala skyway trip being the highlight. I also did a couple a shorter trips...

There was a great thread late winter and spring on doing more with your GPS: Using the memory card to hold your maps; updating / swapping from North American to European maps etc etc I got relatively handy (adequate) with MS Streets & trips and Garmin MapSource over the winter. I needed to...

I did an 11 day trip from Montreal in early June, down through many of the eastern states to Front Royal Va. Most of you will now guess correctly that we then rode Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway. You are correct of course. We then did the Tail of the Dragon as well as the Cherohala...

Hello all, I am planning a personal trip in early June. The plan is to do the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Tail of the Dragon. My sister and brother in law will be joining me from New Brunswick Canada at the Canadian-US border probably at Newport Vermont. 2 days down from Newport to Front...

Hello friends, Saturday, I when to get my bike out of storage. It is a 2009 Canadian model of course with 16400 km. It was stored at a dealer, heated and dry storage with battery tender. The bike had an oil change performed before I picked it up. I rode it home and proceed to replace the...

Hello all, I have an 09 FJR1300AE and a new to me ZUMO 550 GPS. Naturally, I will want to mount this thing come spring. I do not like the Clutch reservoir mounting position and much prefer a central position such as on the STEM, The TECMount solution seems kind of permanent. I'd rather not...

Hi everyone, My bike seems to be idl;ign a bit low ... about 900 RPM it seems. It is idling perfectly smoothly, but when the light changes, as I give it a little throttle, it sometimes has a slight stutter and dies. Hitting the starter button starts it right up again fine, but I'd like to...

Hello all, I've been riding my 09 ABS (Canadian) for 1 1/2 months now with the standard seat and standard bar setup. I have no short term plans to swap seats ... too many other higher priority add-ons I need first and a limited budget naturally. I do love the bike but am not 100% happy with...

I have a '09 model and live in Montreal Canada. If anyone has a set of bag liners they would like to part with ... or know of where to get a set, please let me know. Thanks in advance. Rheal

Hello new friends, I am buying stuff like crazy for my almost new '09 to be ready for my first few short trips (frame sliders, GenMar risers, MagKnight tank bra, clear film saddle bag protection). My next need is for a suitable mount and water proof/resistant cradle for my Garmin nuvi 1370T...

Hello all, I am from Montreal and have just recently become aware of the yearly(?) CFR run in Quebec and Parc Tremblant. I'd like to know where to go -or who to talk to- to get 2011 registration info. Thanks in advance.