Finally got one

William England · Feb 23, 2013

Been lurking for a year, thinking about one for years before that. Well, the dear wife (@nengland here) encouraged me to pick one up so we can do some 2 up riding. So we did!

Found this 2006 with 40K miles, 2 owners, down at Jay Hatfield Yamaha in Frontenac, KS. Right nice price from what I could tell - $7099 plus $199 fees. And the governors pound...

Now to get a little lower on it - Nikki is an elf of a woman and she wants to ride it too. (And I'm not the longest of leg either, so a nice solid 28-29" seat height will be quite nice.) Ordering up a Soupy's lowering link tonight. Already has the tump--over guards on it, crappy grips (need BMW Sport and the Symtec grip heaters).

William England · Feb 23, 2013

Oh - the obligatory photo, with nEngland on the bike:

Chuck35 · Feb 24, 2013

That a fine lookng gal you have there!

And congrats on the bike too

majicmaker · Feb 24, 2013

Yep! Any lady who wants to saddle up to an FJR is OK in my book! Congrats on your new ride.

escapefjrtist · Feb 24, 2013

Looks like she fits just fine! Better watch out...Nikki will have her FJR and you'll be left with a goose-egg!

Congrats on the purchase, enjoy the new [to you] bike!

--G

Graham Downunder · Feb 24, 2013

Good to hear, be safe and keep posting on here .

Dunk43 · Feb 24, 2013

William England said:
Oh - the obligatory photo, with nEngland on the bike:

Nice !! what windshield is on your bike ?

AKjitsu · Feb 24, 2013

Wow! Stunning!

And the bike isn't bad looking either.

bgross · Feb 24, 2013

Outstanding!

May the two of you enjoy many, many safe (s)miles!

William England · Feb 24, 2013

Something tells me over the course of the next year or so she'll be riding as much or more than I do! Betting by next year we'll have to get another one. What a shame!

William England · Feb 24, 2013

Dunk43 said:
William England said:

Oh - the obligatory photo, with nEngland on the bike:

Click to expand...

Nice !! what windshield is on your bike ?

I believe it's the Yamaha Touring Screen - really didn't have any makers mark on it, but the bike came with a flyer for the touring screen. We'll see how it works, thinking about trying it out for Moonshine on a SS1K. Been too many years since I ran an Ironbutt ride ('05 for my BBG).

ahchiu · Feb 24, 2013

Congrats on her..I mean your new bike,

show a picture of her feet on the ground, looks like you have an after market seat.

fossilrider · Feb 24, 2013

Being another short ***, I recommend you visit this post which solutions the kickstand issue for people who lower their FJR. The FJR will be sitting to vertical when parked using the kickstand.

https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php/topic/137851-side-stand-options-when-lowering-the-fjr/?p=878549

Tipa052863 · Feb 24, 2013

Looks like you might have to pick up another FJR. She looks pretty capable of handling that one.

Congratulations on your purchase.

SacramentoMike · Feb 24, 2013

Chuck35 said:
That a fine lookng gal you have there!And congrats on the bike too

I was thinking something similar.

Guess that pic on your profile is your dad?

ionbeam · Feb 24, 2013

William England said:
...Nikki is...a woman and she wants to ride it too....

Looking forward to seeing you on the back of the bike. Seriously.

If asphalt junkie had to ride home with his wife on the same bike, he would be on the back. I'm thinking that if Iris had to ride on the same bike with Zooomm he would be the pillion. When our (recently deceased) BMW owner friend had his BMW fail, he rode home on the 3x3 inch "pillion pad" on his wife's Harley. 5.2" wife rode 6.3" hubby home looking like a Shriner's stunt

SoCalFJR1300 · Feb 25, 2013

Congrats on the new bike!!

I wouldn't lower it much the FJR is limited on ground clearence as it is.

SkooterG · Feb 25, 2013

Congrats!

oki · Mar 3, 2013

William England said:
Oh - the obligatory photo, with nEngland on the bike:[img=[URL="https://will.mylanders.com/mc/2006FJR1300/2006_FJR.jpg%5D"]https://will.mylanders.com/mc/2006FJR1300/2006_FJR.jpg][/URL]

I don't think you'll need the green training wheels.

Congrats!

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