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Bounce, Good points, excellent addition to the discussion! Your comments jogged my mind. I am reminded of a thread I read a few days ago on a Ninja 250 forum: [Poster A]: Hi. I'm thinking of adding an FJR to my stable. Do you folks have any thoughts on that bike? [Poster B]: Are you kidding...

SilverHound, Good points. I'd forgotten about the potential petcock issue (as I said, I'm getting old); because of that, I'd gotten into the habit of manually turning it to the "off" position, even though it theoretically does that all by itself. The guy in Canada who bought my Interstate is...

Remember, Honda was updating the Goldwing with the new (fuel-injected) 1800 engine (and aluminum frame, etc.) in 2001. The Valks used essentially the same engine as the then-discontinued 1500 Wings, so when the Wings changed it was probably not economically feasible to keep making the 1500...

Hi. I'm not a frequent contributor here, as I own a 2007 Burgman 650 Exec. However, I did own a Valkyrie Interstate. I purchased the Interstate new in 2000 and sold it in 2007. The problem was (is) that my knees and ankles were (are) no longer up to the task of reliably holding up 900-lb. bikes...

My then girlfriend (now wife) and I took an Edelweiss Tour back in 1998. We took a 9-day tour called The Best of Europe, and if you're interested here are my observations. 1) Biker Heaven, because: - Nothing to worry about, because the hotels were booked, dinners and breakfasts were taken care...