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<blockquote data-quote="UKDave" data-source="post: 477888" data-attributes="member: 15570"><p>I read all the comments about fork bush wear and can't believe it. 12,000 miles? No way! I've done 40,000 and 30,000 on two successive FJRs and the forks were fine. Virgin (of airline fame) offer a "Limobike" service in London using FJRs and they expect a service life of 60,000 miles without any problems. Of course, we don't have desert dust and dirt roads here but we have some shitty weather and plenty of corrosive winter road salt. You will get a slight hands-off shimmy at some point between 30 and 50mph, especially if the side cases are fitted. That isn't unique to the FJR and it doesn't mean the forks are faulty. I wouldn't trust that dealer!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UKDave, post: 477888, member: 15570"] I read all the comments about fork bush wear and can't believe it. 12,000 miles? No way! I've done 40,000 and 30,000 on two successive FJRs and the forks were fine. Virgin (of airline fame) offer a "Limobike" service in London using FJRs and they expect a service life of 60,000 miles without any problems. Of course, we don't have desert dust and dirt roads here but we have some shitty weather and plenty of corrosive winter road salt. You will get a slight hands-off shimmy at some point between 30 and 50mph, especially if the side cases are fitted. That isn't unique to the FJR and it doesn't mean the forks are faulty. I wouldn't trust that dealer! [/QUOTE]
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