Dropping The FJR and YOU
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Silver Penguin
Silver Penguin
What about a special category for less than 1mph? or another for ignition off? I claim both of those.
Jill
Capt. Bob
Bilge pump. A novel idea.
What about "while lowering the jack too quickly" ? 
Capt. Bob
Capt. Bob
Waaane
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+1 And it was my dog's fault or my wife's, she let the dog loose. So technically I have never dropped my bike
Greg E.
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I've not dropped my FJR ('Cuz I haven't picked it up yet) I HAVE dropped my VF500F, by riding up, stopping and forgetting to put down the sidestand. Things start to happen REAL fast when you start to step off.
rogdeb
Scouser
Dropped one time only. I won't mention crashing yet :lol:
Wasn't expecting Debbie to mount up when she did - I "caught" it half way and lowered it as gentle as I could - not a scratch anywhere. This was when she was silver and before any crash, back in 2002. have not dropped her since ------- Deb or FJR
Wasn't expecting Debbie to mount up when she did - I "caught" it half way and lowered it as gentle as I could - not a scratch anywhere. This was when she was silver and before any crash, back in 2002. have not dropped her since ------- Deb or FJR
Silver Penguin
Silver Penguin
Isn't that a great idea? I love it. When we get our bigger garage, that will be perfect but in the meantime, we have one car, six bikes, workbench, rollaway, storage racks and a freezer crammed into a humble two-car garage.There was a thread recently about a product that may interest you.
... but you can't take it with you to help with your low speed u turn's.
Jill
GalaxyBlue
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I refuse to vote in this poll to avoid being jinxed... :nono:
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meosborn
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Dropped mine while trying to turn around after getting stuck in about 4" of snow. That was an interesting day.
painman
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Dropped mine in the parking lot of the motel in Red Bluff at 0' dark thirty. I had put a cable lock on the rear wheel the night before, something I had never done, and started to head over and meet the group for breakfast when, wham, does not compute and we were down. I broke most of the fall with my leg, (not my leg luckily), and only damaged the left mirror, edge of slider, and edge of rear hard bag. This is not a good start to a day of riding beautiful hwy. 36. It did wake me up though and I did pick up the bike real quick so as no one could see the event for some reason I don't know. Bummer to do to your "new" bike but minimal damage and being with friends helped ease the pain also. PM. <>< <_<
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i had a zero speed drop about 3 weeks into ownership :grrr:
Pulling into a Mickey D's carpark. there is a very slight down grade to the car park.
i pulled in, turned to the right (intending to reverse the bike into the parking spot),
applied the front brake, and as the bike came to a stop, it over ballanced and i failed
to stop it from going over..... managed to let it down very gently though.
only damage was to the right side mirror. just a little paint off.
jason
Pulling into a Mickey D's carpark. there is a very slight down grade to the car park.
i pulled in, turned to the right (intending to reverse the bike into the parking spot),
applied the front brake, and as the bike came to a stop, it over ballanced and i failed
to stop it from going over..... managed to let it down very gently though.
only damage was to the right side mirror. just a little paint off.
jason
FJRScorpion
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Being a tippy-toe rider (32" inseam) I have lost it twice, both times with the wife on the back. Seems that it's just enough extra to make the FJR 'top' heavy and shift the center of gravity to the point of instability. We had slowly pulled into a 'cut out' for admiring the scenery along the Blue Ridge Parkway when the bike leaned unexpectedly to the right instead of the kickstand side- gravel I guess. No damage at all. The next time I had slowed down in a parking lot to check the 'Open' hours posting on the entrance door for a local restaurant and took the turn too sharply- down she went. I estimate about $500 damages to the cowling based on discussion elsewhere although I covered most of it up with creative pinstriping. Every successful stop I make on this bike I feel like I've cheated the body shop!
EXPDSGT
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There should of been a box for "almost falling over". Every time my wife gets off we have to make sure I am ready or we about go over. In the beginning she would just hop up on or hop off and it was quite a surprise for me. We were failing to "communicate".
Oh by the way; on my previous Harley I rode off with the lock on the front disk. That is a 25 MPH rear wheel crash and a "0" MPH front wheel fall over. I needed one of those orange tags.
No drops on the FJR
Oh by the way; on my previous Harley I rode off with the lock on the front disk. That is a 25 MPH rear wheel crash and a "0" MPH front wheel fall over. I needed one of those orange tags.
No drops on the FJR
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chornbe
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What year is yours? Might want to consider different seat foam or cutting it. I suspect your problem isn't the seat height, but rather the width. My '06 has the Corbin seat and I've got a 30" inseam and I'm a balls-of-my-feet guy when stopped. Never really feel like it's going to go over.
squeezer
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airboss
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First of all I'm not braggin, I've dropped every bike I ever owned. I just haven't dropped the FJR yet. I guess those TOGs I put on in the dealers parking lot really work.
Last weekend, 2 days after putting Ian's delrin sliders on, near stop packed gravel, slow unstoppable laydown. It still bothers me. No damage. Did discover I can't right the bike by myself. :blink:
Dennis
Dennis
Metcalfe1963
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Hey, I'm afraid to vote. If I tell the truth, then next time out probably will be the day it happens so I say nothing.
