Nice online article on the 06AE

[vinnie]

Click here

 

[twowheelnut]

What was the title, Squidding the Feej?

 

[shuswaper]

Good and frank read...thanks for that!

 

[tripletango]

What was the title, Squidding the Feej?

NAH feejing the squid. Far more fun!

 

[vinnie]

I mean, he says it and I do quote:

"Running into corners in crazy banzai braking moves, illustrated in a very immature (hey, I fit the FJR demographic) way..."

It sounds like many a folk on this forum. :lol:

 

[Dan23]

From the article:

>>the bike only requiring 86-octane gas,<<

What!? Is this true? Perhaps I should read the manual again....

 

[Constant Mesh]

This guy was testing a 2007 model. Wow!

I wonder where he got the 500 rpm reduction at 70 mph? That would correspond to >10% higher gearing than last year. I've seen the 500 rpm value in other articles. This misinformation is repeated again and again.

On my '04, 70 speedo mph occurs at about 3900 rpm.

3900 x (36/37) = 3795 rpm

A reduction of 105 rpm.

 

[twowheelnut]

From the article:>>the bike only requiring 86-octane gas,<<

What!? Is this true? Perhaps I should read the manual again....

This is true. MOM says so. The underseat label specs 91 ROM, which is the Euro standard for octane ratings. This equates to 86 or 87 octane using (R+M)/2, typically used here Stateside.

 

[Bounce]

I actually made note of [the bike width] just as I side-swiped a fellow journo with my usual CA shunt to the head of the traffic light queue habit.

What an :asshat2:

The scary part is that there are people out there who read this and their other stuff and go out and thing it's clever to ride like they report.

 

[Thug]

One of the best write ups Ive read in a while without the bullshit...Well maybe just a tad...

 

[vinnie]

Is nice to read the review from the ol' veteran sports tourer who

has been on the iron butt several times, but it's also nice to read

what a "squid" (some might consider) has to say. It's always nice

to get a different perspective.

 

[Dan23]

From the article:

>>the bike only requiring 86-octane gas,<<

What!? Is this true? Perhaps I should read the manual again....

This is true. MOM says so. The underseat label specs 91 ROM, which is the Euro standard for octane ratings. This equates to 86 or 87 octane using (R+M)/2, typically used here Stateside.

Yup, per the manual and thanks, 2W, for the clarification on octane ratings.

 

[Joe2Lmaker]

"I have no idea.." - Mike Emery

Stunta fool