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The English I had the most trouble with was rural Scotland. I recall 4 of us standing around listening to a docent, and looking at each other and shrugging. Every 3rd or 4th word we recognized as english but we had absolutely no idea what the guy was saying. And we really tried... he repeated...

Sounds like the GenII wiring harness recall symptoms ?? I'd would have hoped Yammy would have improved harness a bit to avoid a repeat. then again... sometimes things just happen... and it is a 10yr old bike the clean, much more expensive route, would be to replace the associated wiring...

ATGATT (all the gear, all the time) 'cuz I'd rather sweat than bleed (been there, done that) My recollection on the Concours (from MANY years ago) was that scalloping front tire also pointed to possible headset bearings (stickiness??) but I don't know if that was ever 'confirmed' as causal

I know a weird offer... but here goes... Later in August I'm driving from San Diego, thru LA, on up to Ashland OR, via SF bay area. There will be plenty of spare space in the hatchback and I'm willing to transport items that won't dirty the interior (no leaking oil, etc)... so, if interested...

Yup, (been there, done that) that why I'm also a long-standing member of the ATGATT crew... Aerostich RoadCrafter 2-piece for last almost 30 years (almost 200K miles) ... in Death Valley in 120+ degree weather, mountains in the snow. I commuted for decades... folks got used to the look [Power...

Sold, picked up this AM Thanks Dan

Dan, I have an '08 so same black... I'm interested in the Smuggler, and possibly a few other bits & bobs ... I'll DM I'm presuming/hoping the Smuggler has all mounting hardware, original accessories, etc?

I've got over 30K commuting miles on GMax (installed 9 years ago... _lots_ of tread left). I'm around running around 30 psi on rear tire (maybe a little lower)

As noted above, I'd suspect if you did side-by-side comparisons, that if anything, that changed aerodynamics with a trunk installed, in your case, would be no impact, to helpful. I've got 200K miles on a Concours and FJR with Givi V46 always installed. side bags only used on multi-day trips, as...

My 2009 Lap of California included that section of road. I was using mountain biking skills to keep front wheel planted, the road was so bad (patch on top of patch on top of patch, etc ... for decades ). But even then, I never felt unsafe... just annoyingly slow.

Premier Cycle Accessories had a couple revisions of Givi mount direct to tail area of the FJR. I'd post pictures, but I don't have the image anywhere online and apparently can't post [presumably reasonable security and disk space reasons]. a quick Google image search isn't turning it up Helps...

First and foremost - welcome as for darkside - Depends on your riding style and priorities. I was using my '08 (now around 95K miles) for SoCal commuting (can't stand sitting in traffic), and have a spare set of wheels, having one rear wheel be a CT made sense (I had previously test rode a...

If you were in SoCal, I'd send you to my uncle, a very experienced and well-known auto upholster (featured many times in hot rod and similar mags back in the day). He's done one m/c seat cover for me years ago (not the FJR) using high quality scrap black leather he had laying around... so, I...

I was thinking the same... except As I looked for a replacement for my ZG1000 back in '09, I test drove both BMW K and RT series bikes, and the Concours 14. Problem was expected lifetime maintenance costs drove me away from all of them (and middle USA service availability on the BMWs) and to...

I'm 2nd owner of my Aerostich Roadcrafter 2-piece (mfg in '96) in Blue w/ red ballistics. I've personally got close to 150K+ miles on this 'stich (first on '90 Concours ZG1000 and now the FJR). Blue has definitely faded, sent back for 'service' once (almost 10 yrs ago?? deep cleaning, zippers...

On my '08 with tinted Rifle, I don't recall having any issues of fully raising the windshield at 100mph (done only as a brief test, mind you, regarding windflow, buffeting, passenger impact, etc).

Understood. My commute was down I-5 into San Diego and avoided that when practical. It is largely how I put over 80K on my '08 FJR (and many miles on my ZG1000 Concurs before that). Welcome

Lots of folks have done such https://www.ironbutt.com/themerides/ssseries/ I personally got very close to a Saddle Sore 1000, but as that wasn't the intent, (getting home after COG Ride the Rockies rally in Avon CO was) and after a long day, we stopped in Reno NV [as going further was doable...

Good to hear Rifle still in operation. I've loved my Rifle windscreen on my Concours then the FJR (almost 200K miles between the two at this point) As for email- often quick but was designed decades ago, and store-and-forward does happen. One can review email header logs and geek out on where...

I finally am swapping to a new Aerostich 2-piece Roadcrafter and using my prior one for 20+ years and 200K miles (between prior Concours and current FJR). And I was 2nd owner after medical issue forced prior owner to get newer, larger suit after barely using it. So yea, pricey new, but...