Well I screwed up big time.
It all started with a sly gen 2 owner putting a Russell Day Long
up for sale. I love them so much, I rapidly jumped on the purchase
for I knew it wouldn't last long.
Here is how that went down:
https://www.fjrforum....howtopic=145571
So...Now I was the owner of a gen 2 RDL seat and owned a GEN 1 FJR.
Well no one likes to admit they flat out made a mistake, I am no different.
The seat arrived and I scrambled for ways to creatively put it to good use.
Plan A- Switch the seat and restaple it to a Gen 1 pan.
Soon after sorting out seats I realized that I already
had a Gen 1 RDL seat:
Plan B- Mount the seats to outdated barstools we had on the
kitchen counter. We could have longer meals with greater
comfort. (AND they would even swivel!) How cool is that!
Then my wife arrived home from "El Dorado" furniture...
Seems my purchase of the RDL put her in the mood to spend
also. She purchased... new barstools:
Plan C-Store them on the shelves and sell them ASAP. One look
at the crowded shelves and I could see they would offer no
refuge for the seats:
Plan D-(The fatal mistake) Find some place to store the seats...
After all you DON'T put RDL on the floor. I purchased the
1st POS gen 2 I could find on CL. You know... as a seat
storage unit.
I have not given her a name yet, for I know she will not be in my
possession long enough to name her. (Plus I prefer not to use
vulgar language)
I have not ridden her since I brought her home. I threw a cover
over her so I would not offend my "Baby Blue" '05 with all her
well earned beautiful battle scars from over 100k of troublefree
miles she has given me.
I will probably need to take my wife along (Should I attempt to
ride it) She can help me push it WHEN it breaks down.
In bringing it home the 250 miles seemed to last FOREVER with
the heat nearly melting me away.
I have spent the last week trying to figure out where the darn
PARKING BRAKE is on the POS. It Must have one- it is so darn
sluggish and s l o w.
Can't wait to dump this bike as my '05 GEN 1 will probably last
forever. We are best buds... just like all you Gen 1 owners.
So now my Gen 1 brothers...
Lets RIDE !!!
It all started with a sly gen 2 owner putting a Russell Day Long
up for sale. I love them so much, I rapidly jumped on the purchase
for I knew it wouldn't last long.
Here is how that went down:
https://www.fjrforum....howtopic=145571
So...Now I was the owner of a gen 2 RDL seat and owned a GEN 1 FJR.
Well no one likes to admit they flat out made a mistake, I am no different.
The seat arrived and I scrambled for ways to creatively put it to good use.
Plan A- Switch the seat and restaple it to a Gen 1 pan.
Soon after sorting out seats I realized that I already
had a Gen 1 RDL seat:
Plan B- Mount the seats to outdated barstools we had on the
kitchen counter. We could have longer meals with greater
comfort. (AND they would even swivel!) How cool is that!
Then my wife arrived home from "El Dorado" furniture...
Seems my purchase of the RDL put her in the mood to spend
also. She purchased... new barstools:
Plan C-Store them on the shelves and sell them ASAP. One look
at the crowded shelves and I could see they would offer no
refuge for the seats:
Plan D-(The fatal mistake) Find some place to store the seats...
After all you DON'T put RDL on the floor. I purchased the
1st POS gen 2 I could find on CL. You know... as a seat
storage unit.
I have not given her a name yet, for I know she will not be in my
possession long enough to name her. (Plus I prefer not to use
vulgar language)
I have not ridden her since I brought her home. I threw a cover
over her so I would not offend my "Baby Blue" '05 with all her
well earned beautiful battle scars from over 100k of troublefree
miles she has given me.
I will probably need to take my wife along (Should I attempt to
ride it) She can help me push it WHEN it breaks down.
In bringing it home the 250 miles seemed to last FOREVER with
the heat nearly melting me away.
I have spent the last week trying to figure out where the darn
PARKING BRAKE is on the POS. It Must have one- it is so darn
sluggish and s l o w.
Can't wait to dump this bike as my '05 GEN 1 will probably last
forever. We are best buds... just like all you Gen 1 owners.
So now my Gen 1 brothers...
Lets RIDE !!!
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