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Upgrade 2006 FJR - Is there Something Better?
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<blockquote data-quote="sparky80" data-source="post: 1405067" data-attributes="member: 89152"><p>Ya know.... I was/am in the same position you are describing. I recently took a 7 day, 4000 mile trip from texas to mexico/canada borders. LOVED my '06 and performed flawlessly. Only had two complaints about the bike.</p><p></p><p>First was the lack of heated grips. On one sleepover in North Dakota, it rained really bad and I assume water got into the connections of my cheapo grip heaters. Next day they were toast (fuse was good). Since then a nice set of Oxford heaters went on and solved that issue.</p><p></p><p>The other "issue" i had was the lack of cruise. Before my ride, i installed a Kaoko throttle lock and it works great... if I'm leading the 4 bike pack we were on. Otherwise, it took too long to get the speed just right with the rest of the pack.</p><p></p><p>The ONLY bike i would consider is a '16 FJR. Fell in love with the Cobalt Blue color and won't ride an FJR if it isn't that color. As far as adding another bike to the stable, the FJR was the addition to my '07 FZ1 (also in Cobalt Blue) that i purchased new in '07. It i want to ride a bit more aggressively or in the mood to do a trackday, the FZ will work pretty well. For the fun of it, i added a Zuma 125 since i live on a military base and getting to work is 3 miles away and no more than 45 mph. works for that and for good laughs. But... like many guys around here.. the FJR and FZ1 made a nice combo for most guys.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sparky80, post: 1405067, member: 89152"] Ya know.... I was/am in the same position you are describing. I recently took a 7 day, 4000 mile trip from texas to mexico/canada borders. LOVED my '06 and performed flawlessly. Only had two complaints about the bike. First was the lack of heated grips. On one sleepover in North Dakota, it rained really bad and I assume water got into the connections of my cheapo grip heaters. Next day they were toast (fuse was good). Since then a nice set of Oxford heaters went on and solved that issue. The other "issue" i had was the lack of cruise. Before my ride, i installed a Kaoko throttle lock and it works great... if I'm leading the 4 bike pack we were on. Otherwise, it took too long to get the speed just right with the rest of the pack. The ONLY bike i would consider is a '16 FJR. Fell in love with the Cobalt Blue color and won't ride an FJR if it isn't that color. As far as adding another bike to the stable, the FJR was the addition to my '07 FZ1 (also in Cobalt Blue) that i purchased new in '07. It i want to ride a bit more aggressively or in the mood to do a trackday, the FZ will work pretty well. For the fun of it, i added a Zuma 125 since i live on a military base and getting to work is 3 miles away and no more than 45 mph. works for that and for good laughs. But... like many guys around here.. the FJR and FZ1 made a nice combo for most guys. [/QUOTE]
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