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Sold my bike tonight and I'm as low as snail's belly. Told my sons it is a classic example of doing the right thing, even when it is hard. Just didn't need it for commuting anymore, and it was too much cash to sit in the garage M-F when I've got kids in school and stuff. This forum has been...

Don't make this any more painful for me. Just buy my bike and drive it away and enjoy the hell out of it, as I would. A job change has removed my "need" for the bike, and I can't justify having it sit in the garage most of the time. It is as pristine as a bike can be, with many upgrades, and...

As a Bainbridge Island based rider, I tend to do my joy rides on the Kitsap and Olympic Peninsulas. Not a bad stomping ground. I've been taking pleasure rides in various locations for years, but did a combination ride yesterday that was just outstanding. There are endless great variations, but...

My Cal Bears basketball team just got into the NCAA tournament and is playing Hawaii in Spokane. I'm looking into getting a ticket and considering riding my bike out there. The forecast is clear for Thursday and Friday, but freezing at night. Any local riders have advice on the suitability of...

Has everyone seen and read the latest MCN review of sport touring bikes? This time they look at the FJR, the BMW 1200 and an Aprilia. Long and short, the Yamaha wins overall and for long distance, the Aprilia for a few things, and the BMW for nothing! They rave about the smooth motor and...

So I got a nail in my front tire, and fortunately it had about 5,000 on the stocks and I wanted to switch to PR4 before winter anyway. My local dealership had the PR4 GT in stock and so I put a plug in my front tire and went on over. The tire itself was a good price, I thought. $161. But out the...

So I caught a little staple in my tire and discovered it last night. I pulled out my never used slime kit and went to work. After getting the patch in and trimmed, I plugged my slime compressor into the cigaratte lighter and it ran for about 1 second before going dead. I troubleshooted and found...

I'm only coming up on 3,000 miles and have noticed my throttle feeling sticky on my 2014 Gen III. Sometimes it has seemed like it was actually binding, or stiff. When the bike is off and I spring it down, it seems a little sluggish to return. Is this a simple matter of lubing something...

So I wear a full face helmet and need a pinlock most of the year due to our rainy and cool climate. I had one setup that never gave me problems. I replaced the shield, and reused the pin lock, and now the pin lock won't stay stuck. It has a gap and so that part of the shield fogs up. And the...

So on Saturday I went for a joy ride, ostensibly to get gas, but really just to enjoy the beautiful weather and get away from home. I go off our lovely island, get gas, and on my way back, I see a guy up ahead walking on the shoulder of the highway. Then I see he is carrying a helmet, and I...

So I'm 6'2" and have the seat on the high setting with MV bar risers. Man I'm loving my position. On long trips though, cruising at 70, the wind was too much from the stock shield. Even all the way up, the wind hit me at the neck. So I bought the Cee Bailey and wow, what a difference. Now down...

As a new FJR owner I am continuing to consider the farkles that will make my ride safer or more enjoyable. I've done various things already, including mirror extenders, frame sliders, and canyon cages for the side cases. The persistent question remaining is whether I want to do bar risers. I...

Had the chance to visit the Barber Motorcycle museum while doing some work in Birmingham, and now that I have learned how to post pictures here I will include a few. It utterly blew away any pre-conceived notions I had. It is world class. Takes your breath away. 5 floors of motorcycles with just...

So I had begun to notice a slight squeak in my clutch lever, and since I abhor any squeak or metal on metal I decided to go ahead and pull things off and lube them properly. I did that in all of 5 minutes tonight, and sure enough the factory had put a scant amount of lube on the works. I lubed...

So this is an ode to riding. I'm in Birmingham, Alabama for a work conference, and have now been away from my bike for a few days. It is killing me! I can't believe how much I miss my daily ride to work. It's cold here and not too pleasant, but I still can't stand driving a cage all around. To...

I'm interested in hearing how other FJR owners shift their bikes most of the time. Not when racing, or escaping, or generally being bad ass, but just getting from A to B. As a general rule, do you do a "fast shift" where everything happens simulataneously? Or do you "slow shift" where there is...

Doing my daily commute here in Seattle on I5 and cruising along in the fast lane in normal traffic. I'm in my bubble, with space in frton, space behind, and no one to my right. All is well. Suddenly I see a car coming from 2 or 3 lanes over and directly at me. Changing all the lanes at once, no...

Since buying my bike I have only been commuting my 30 miles a day, with 6 of those on one side of the ferry and 9 on the other. Mainly 2nd and 3rd gear riding, with a short stretch of freeway. Often bumper to bumper 1st gear traffic on the way home. So today during a lull in the rain I took off...