GOD I WAS PISSED! I ride the FJR for work, and I get to put on quite a few miles ,lucky me. Well I needed to check a job in East Providence RI which is about 70 miles from my house and 100 from my office, yea, my life sucks ;-) Anyway, I left the jobsite and headed for home, I take Rt. 146 out of Providence. It was one of the few nice days we've had this spring and I really enjoyed the ride. I stopped in Auburn Ma. to make an appointment for new tires (again) and when I dismounted the bike......CRAP and SH@@$#$ and @#%R@#$ and, and, the left saddle bag was gone......just GONE.....@#@#$ and some more @#$%$, you know? Well, the bag gone's not bad enough, there was about $500 worth of gear in it. Well I back tracked as far as practical and of course NO BAG!
Well now I'm counting my blessings because in the right saddle bag is the company laptop, oh my GOD, if I lost that I would be in really deep do do.
So now I'm thinking, "crap, even if I replace the bag, can I afford to take the chance of losing the company computer?" And the answer is NO! So I get this bright idea, HEY, I'll bet the bags don't fall off of the ST1300! And when I bought the FJR it was between the two, although I never really checked out the Honda 'cause I fell into a really nice '05 FJR.
So I trot down to a dealer and they have, no shit, a leftover '07 ST1300, and it's nice, and they cut me great deal, but, I looked at the spec sheet and holy crap, the ST1300 weights as much as my Road Glide! So now I'm thinking I don't need two porky bikes, don't get me wrong, I love the RG but the FJR is fun and DIFFERENT.
So anyway, I came to my senses and ordered another bag for the FJR. I may bolt it to the bike but, I can't give it up ,it's too much fun.
PS. if anyone in RI found a Galaxy blue left saddle bag on Route 146 north PM me please, the bag's probably worthless but, I'd like the contents back.
PSS. Yea, it was probably operator error, so no need to remind me.
Well now I'm counting my blessings because in the right saddle bag is the company laptop, oh my GOD, if I lost that I would be in really deep do do.
So now I'm thinking, "crap, even if I replace the bag, can I afford to take the chance of losing the company computer?" And the answer is NO! So I get this bright idea, HEY, I'll bet the bags don't fall off of the ST1300! And when I bought the FJR it was between the two, although I never really checked out the Honda 'cause I fell into a really nice '05 FJR.
So I trot down to a dealer and they have, no shit, a leftover '07 ST1300, and it's nice, and they cut me great deal, but, I looked at the spec sheet and holy crap, the ST1300 weights as much as my Road Glide! So now I'm thinking I don't need two porky bikes, don't get me wrong, I love the RG but the FJR is fun and DIFFERENT.
So anyway, I came to my senses and ordered another bag for the FJR. I may bolt it to the bike but, I can't give it up ,it's too much fun.
PS. if anyone in RI found a Galaxy blue left saddle bag on Route 146 north PM me please, the bag's probably worthless but, I'd like the contents back.
PSS. Yea, it was probably operator error, so no need to remind me.
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