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My lovely wife and I are going on our first road trip together. We're headed to the general area of Nelson/Nakusp British Columbia. She used to live around there many years ago so she has a vague idea of what towns are "pretty". But she's not a rider so she wouldn't know of any fun motorcycle...

Even though I’ve put tens of thousands of kilometers on my 2014 Yamaha FJR 1300 ES Sport Tourer, it was all (except for a ride to Vancouver Island last summer) on Lower Mainland roads so I’d been itching to “get out of town” on a long ride. I’d heard from several fellow riders that the “Duffy...

British Columbia Riders: Going to do a solo route out of Vancouver - I think it's often referred to as the "Duffy Lake Loop" - this coming Saturday/Sunday (stop overnight in Kamloops) for my birthday. Never done it before. Route will be: Vancouver -> Whistler -> Cache Creek -> Spence's...

Just found my new favourite motorcycle... I have a 2014 FJR ES. Yesterday, I was out riding and started "playing" *much* higher in the RMP range than usual. Yes - my new favourite motorcycle is a 2014 FJR ES in 3rd gear at 8K rpm! OMG IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT BIKE UP THERE! The acceleration was...

Most of you undoubtedly already know about Alex and RealTime Industries and the reflective decals he sells. But, in case some of you didn't, I wrote a post with some pics of my latest set of FJR decals. Alex also sent along a set of fairing decals but I haven't put them on yet as it's been too...

I was "worried" (not really - mostly curious) about the gas mileage on my new 2014 FJR ES. I was only getting 13.5 km/l (31.75 mpg). On my two previous FJRs, I was getting, on average, about 18 km/l (42 mpg). So, I reset the mileage and rode for two full tanks of gas, trying to get better...

After a 2008 (lost in a divorce), a 2012 (lost in a Calgary accident), I've been the owner of a 2014 FJR for two months as of yesterday. 3750 KMs (2,330 miles) in two months, given the season, isn't bad. And every single centimetre/inch has been a blast. I'm not a hugely experienced rider and...

Dammit, Yamaha! Stop making your keys out of such cheap metal. I've bent the hell out of the *second* 2014 FJR key - first one bent in the saddlebag locks, second one in the ignition. That's in less than two months. I had to use the super special RED KEY to start the bike today. Lucky for me...

No, it's not what you think. I was wondering about the differences (and the whys of them) between the Canadian 2014 FJR and the USA one. I've found three: 1) Color - Sexy Canadian Black versus gorgeous USA Red 2) Canadian bike can't be switched to USA measurements (mpg, mph, etc) 3) Canadian...

My poor brand new 2014 FJR has to sit out in the rain until I move so I'm looking for a cover for it. Both the Dowco/Guardian web site and Amazon *SUCK* when it comes to specifics. So can anyone here point me to the right all weather, heavy duty (not travel) cover for an FJR that is available...