Is there a buyers guide on the forum? I want to know what things to specifically look at when I check out a Gen II bike. I haven't been able to locate one.
Buyers Guide?
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No "buyers guide", but we do have a list of things to remember as a new purchaser. It's and other things are included in the suggestions you were asked to read when you first signed up.
escapefjrtist
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All sorts of great information in the GEN II Bin of Facts. Other than that, use Google to search for specific items you have in mind.
AuburnFJR and the PNW group hosts spring and fall Tech Meets that will answer any question and provide details on most any farkle idea you have. Look for specific information in a couple months.
--G
AuburnFJR and the PNW group hosts spring and fall Tech Meets that will answer any question and provide details on most any farkle idea you have. Look for specific information in a couple months.
--G
Thanks guys! I will be looking forward to the meets. Ignaciao, thanks for the reminder...I originally joined the forum in 2010 and just came back 
There's also a lot of Gen II owners in your neighborhood that be happy to talk FJR's with you. I'm riding my very dirty 2007 FJR through Puyallup all the time!
A buyers Guide would be very short. It would go something like this:
"Find an FJR in the color (year) you want and at the price you want to pay, and buy it.
Now get on it and ride it.
Yes, they are all that good.
The End."
"Find an FJR in the color (year) you want and at the price you want to pay, and buy it.
Now get on it and ride it.
Yes, they are all that good.
The End."
08FJR4ME
-WYNPRO-
And I thought I was a procrastinator.
Dave
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maggot
Well-known member
And now that is how I'm getting mine!
maggot
Well-known member
Congrats...
Twigg
Just an old, bald man!
Mine was even easier ... It found me!A buyers Guide would be very short. It would go something like this:
"Find an FJR in the color (year) you want and at the price you want to pay, and buy it.
Now get on it and ride it.
Yes, they are all that good.
The End."
majicmaker
Well-known member
Mine came into my life as a full page glossy picture of it in Ultimate Cycling magazine. They had an article of the New AE. It was love at first site. My knees went wobbly on me and I couldn't get to the dealership fast enough.
maggot
Well-known member
Once I knew I wanted one. I drew a 1000km circle around where I live and started searching. Wanted to find a Gen II with decent mileage and in good shape.
Found one on ADV in Feb, 700kms away in Michigan. Bike had some farkles, mint, and I got an incredible deal giving the time of year and -25.
Daughter and I drove up and towed her home the next day.
Found one on ADV in Feb, 700kms away in Michigan. Bike had some farkles, mint, and I got an incredible deal giving the time of year and -25.
Daughter and I drove up and towed her home the next day.
Speaking of decent mileage, I assume that a 2008 with 67K is just starting to get broken in?
Twigg
Just an old, bald man!
It's a matter of expected longevity.
Clearly an engine should be fully "broken in" by 5000 miles at the most. For a motorcycle where the expected life is 100k, then 67k is 2/3rds done.
However, consistent reports suggest the FJR1300, given little more than routine maintenance and ridden in a variety of conditions, is well able to go over 200000 miles with no major mechanical issues. That is, the engines are not wearing out. In that respect, 67k is still a youngster.
The main frame member is almost indestructible, rear sub-frames need a quick check but are cheap to replace.
What will kill a bike is damage to expensive body parts and electrical gremlins. They are also not immune to needing regular suspension rebuilds or a good upgrade. Bearings, final drives and transmissions seem to be long-lived though.
No motorcycle with 67k is a spring chicken, but if it is an FJR it should be considerably "springier" than many others, and as prices are soft they make excellent buys.
Not exactly. As an industrial maintenance person, I was pretty anal about oils, longevity, etc. with my new '07. I had oil analyses done regularly to determine for myself rather than believe the wives' tales here and elsewhere.
The engine initial break-in/wear components began to diminish at around 7k miles and leveled off at about 10k miles.
