2004 To 2005

[madmike2]

I can't believe no one has given the "obvious" advice.
+ BUY THE BIKE

+ Move your farkles over

+ SWAP plastic -keep your unique silver

+ SWAP the ECU

+ Sell the '04 with the blue plastic and 05 ECU

You're welcome

....but really the 04 is the most sought-after year so you might just take that 1000bucks, give your beauty some nice attention and run her until her legs go straight out on the trail ---and that likely will be many years and miles down the line.

why are 04s more sought after than 05s? What is the difference in the ECUs?

Because the Cerulean Silver is a sought after color and there were more Galaxy Blue FJRs produced so the '04 color is more rare.

Some '05s suffered stumbling or hard at medium altitudes (3500'-5000').

Of course, with the '03s, they're the most desirable Gen I iteration (according to R.J.).

 

[Khunajawdge]

Looking for opinions..... I have a 2004 FJR non-ABS with 28k on it and its been a great bike :yahoo: A friend has a 2005 FJR with ABS and get this ONLY 3000 miles on it and it is completely shock and has offered to me for $7000.00, I know all my Farkles will swap over from the 04 to the 05, So what I'm asking is would it be worth it... I have owned hundreds of bikes over the years but never owned one with ABS :huh: I could likely do the swap from the 04 to the 05 with a cost of $1000-$1500 based on what clean 04's are selling for.
Thank You for your feedback,

Oh man.

"If" I had found this deal it would be a no-brainer. I'd love to swap out the many farkels on my Gen I '05 with 60,000+ on it for a low mileage one for the price you quoted!

 

[Rampant]

I can't believe no one has given the "obvious" advice.
+ BUY THE BIKE

+ Move your farkles over

+ SWAP plastic -keep your unique silver

+ SWAP the ECU

+ Sell the '04 with the blue plastic and 05 ECU

You're welcome

....but really the 04 is the most sought-after year so you might just take that 1000bucks, give your beauty some nice attention and run her until her legs go straight out on the trail ---and that likely will be many years and miles down the line.

why are 04s more sought after than 05s? What is the difference in the ECUs?

Because the Cerulean Silver is a sought after color and there were more Galaxy Blue FJRs produced so the '04 color is more rare.

Some '05s suffered stumbling or hard at medium altitudes (3500'-5000').

Of course, with the '03s, they're the most desirable Gen I iteration (according to R.J.).

I'm glad I got my sexy silver 04 then