bluesdog
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Best. Review. Ever!
Oh for God's sake Steve-O why don't You and GreggieM just get a room together at the Love Shack, include odot and Bust for a real "man love" daisy chain!GreggiePoo,
Great, OBJECTIVE write-up.
Not much more to say than that.
Good Job!!!
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no comments from anyone on the more accurate speedometer? My GPS showed 98mph with 100 indicated..not bad. My Gen I and Gen II were better than 7 mph off at that speed.
It doesn't pain me to agree that this was a really good review of the 2013, especially since he used a low mileage GEN2 as a baseline. His comments about the demo's handling was a surprise and it certainly does make one wonder what the moto journalists are being provided with to test. I have a C14 sitting next to my FJR for the last 5 years and the road tests of that bike have been all over the map. You can read the first "shootout" between the FJR, C14, and ST1300 at www.motorcycle.com. It appears they got a FJR that was dialed in....and it also had a pretty good dyno curve.Yeah... much as it pains me, I have to agree: That was a pretty darned good, relatively objective, review of the 2013.
And it is incredibly interesting how much you perceived that the handling varies between the BigDon's bike and the demo trash.
I too like the shifting, and it keeps getting better the more I ride it....except......that stopping at a redlight and looking down to see you're in neutral not 1st. Trying to shift into 1st gets nothing. I have to pull in the clutch, hold down on the shifter and roll the bike a few inches. Now maybe this is just me screwing up somehow, as I am new to it, but I'm more concious now when coming to a stop and making sure it's in 1st gear before a complete stop.The '13 tranny shifts smoother than my '09. I have zero complaints* about shifting with my '09, as it is very smooth and better than the Gen I, but the '13 is just a bit better. Seamless. Smooth as butter......
* One exception: My '09 has the annoying habit of sometimes not wanting to shift into 1st gear when stopped and in neutral. I have to put the clutch into the friction zone and release it again to get that successful shift into first. None of my Gen Is ever did this. Annoys the crap out of me when it happens.
Holy Cow Gorgeous George, leave the FJR Forum Women out of this! For Petey's Sake: Barb, MEM and Tyler read these threads! jes' sayin' and nuff' said!Just needs a little back and forth rocking to go in.
--G
Every once in a while, my '06AE refuses to shift into or out of first, and I find a little roll forward or back allows it to then shift properly. I know it's a different setup (neutral at the bottom) than a non-AE, but it's interesting that it seems the same in this regard.BTW -- My '09 occasionally does the same thing when engaging first gear. Just needs a little back and forth rocking to go in.
--G
Yes. Every damned time I sit on a Gen III my hemeroids hurt!Oh, my gawd, can we find anything else to ***** aboot you old whiney ghash whife whanna-bees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????????
Holy Cow Gorgeous George, leave the FJR Forum Women out of this! For Petey's Sake: Barb, MEM and Tyler read these threads! jes' sayin' and nuff' said!Just needs a little back and forth rocking to go in.
--G
I rode my Gen III home in 85 F. Mixed freeway and stop-and-go traffic. No leg heat. None. Zip. Nada.Excellent write up comparing the models...Thanks, very, very informative.
Having owned the Gen I, 2004 "heater", the heat (even with all the mods) was too much for me in SW Florida, at least in the summer months...
I know your testing was done during the winter months, but can you compare the heat (if any/little, etc) to the Gen I which I'm most familiar with...
Thanks, Scott
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