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If you will be riding two up, then the FJR should be great. My wife has spent up to 9 hours (with several breaks) riding pillion. That was a little too much. She said that up to 5 hours would have been OK. By the way, my wife is 5' and 110 lbs. I love the 2005 FJR that I ride. It's now pushing...

email sent today, 5:30 pm RMT Ron

If it was the weekend before, then I could have said it was my wife and I. This weekend, we were in, ughh, Pittsburgh and State College, PA. On the 23rd, Jane and I rode from Golden, out to Berthoud Pass (11,500 ft), Winter Park, Grand Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park and back via Ward and...

This is not the only bike forum where the kickstand topic comes up frequently. Here's one from the ZRXOA (Kawasaki ZRX1200): https://zrxoa.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&...light=kickstand If you search the ZRXOA, you'll find complaints about the flimsy kickstand, the kicstand that needs to come...

Here's the 07 color: Pretty Panties Pink Ron

You have my best wishes for the fast recovery of Dakota. If he's going to get bitten by a pit viper, then it's better that it was (might have been) a copperhead. They are the least venemous of the group. Is he being treated with antibiotics as well? A snake bite can give a nasty infection. Ron

Rest your fears and stop the hand wringing. The horns use the same fluids as the blinkers. I use 5 wt blinker fluid with success- $16 for 4 fluid ounces at Auto Checker Zone and $1.98 at Walmart. Ron

Interesting. I've had the FJR up to 125 (indicated) with the side cases and GIVI V46 top case and had no shimmy or shake. I have had to struggle a bit to hold it my lane of interstates while passing big trucks. Like KSFJR, though, my KLR 650 is a real handful in a high wind. Ron

I lost my first pair of Magnum Blaster horns after too aggressive a wash. They went from sounds that stop trains in their tracks to peeping like Tweety Bird. I cut out pieces of speaker cloth and glued them to the openings of the replacement horns. They now have survived torrential rains and...

A lot of Jeff's around! lol Don't work for NASA direct, but for the prime contractor USA (United Space Alliance) here at KSC. I work on the boosters avionics systems and refurbishment of the main booster structures. Isn't that the Colonel's fried chicken place? Ron

Thank you for your comments. I'd love to have enough time to ride through Washington and Oregon and do it justice. There is just so much to see. Last year, I rode to Yakima, WA, going through Idaho and NE Oregon and returned by going across Chief Joseph Highway (Rt 12), then Western Montana...

Ah, yes. 14 east from Walden will take you through Poudre Canyon and into Ft. Collins. 14 SW will intersect Rt 40 and put you near Steamboat Springs. Right between the two, going due south, is Rt 125. Ron I was on 14. Different that 125?

Itis hard to say which park I preferred. They offer so dramatically different characteristics. Yellowstone is so unique with its vocanic features bubbling to the surface. Glacier has fewer visitors and less traffic and you don't have to go very far from the road for solitude or to get eaten by a...

My wife Jane and I just returned from a vacation trip to Montana and Glacier National Park. I rode the FJR and Jane followed in our Subaru. She was willing to take day trips on the bike once we were in Whitefish, MT, but was not ready to ride all the way there. This represented great progress...

Could it be that the speedo was in kilometers per hour? That would make the top speed 132 mph. Ron

You mmay be right about the FJR yelling, but I think it is saying "Oh, $h.t!!" Ron

You folks are just wimps. Sure the FJR can do gravel and dirt. I posted this once before, but I guess I have to do it again for the old coots. Ron

Whoops! :blink: Sorry about that, Groo. Ron

Actually, here in Colorado, the frost forms on the other side from my arse. ;) I count on the heat from the FJR to keep icicles off my test..... :) Ron

Lots of good ideas here. One that was missed is the Springfield XD series (someone mentioned the 357 model). You can purchase a Service model (4" barrel) XD 40, XD 9, XD 357 and now the XD 45 for about $430 NEW, if you look around (including the internet). Ihave an XD 40 and I have purchased...