Faced with a fix-or-buy decision:

[HIGHLANDER]

Try to keep up will ya.....

the leading contender is the 27k ABS

<here's ya refill for aricept>

Thank you all for all the great advice! This has been extremely helpful. It looks like not doing the repairs is the right decision. That bike in Mission Viejo looks like a smokin' deal compared with what I've been researching out there on the west-ish coast (thanks, Skoot). And Richard, thank you for that offer. I may take you up on it. Where's Mission Viejo compared to your house? I may have to make a move this weekend; otherwise, I'm outta weekends till Fourth of July.

Mission Viejo bike Skoot found.

JB

PS: And yes, ABS is a must for me.

 

[FJRBluesman]

Need help looking Hans?

PM sent.

 

[dcarver]

Best - Buy a new FLHTCU and be done with Japanese tin then ride with pride.

Hans is heterosexual so that isn't really an option.

Uhh, SkootieBoy? Remember this? What does that permanently make you?

Notice the LOUD PIPES TO SAVE LIVES, the really gayreen color, doode, where's the after pix when you installed the rainbow tassels?

 

[James Burleigh]

Uhh, SkootieBoy? Remember this? What does that permanently make you?

Notice the LOUD PIPES TO SAVE LIVES, the really gayreen color, doode, where's the after pix when you installed the rainbow tassels?

Ew... BAM!

 

[Tree Doc]

Hans, if you find something that needs to be ridden home from "anywhere," Other than training my puppy, I have nothing but time so I could ride it back for you. You buy gas and my Motel 6 stays (I'm a cheap date). Myself and a buddy are pilots so if our schedules jive, I could fly down and ride home. He can ferry the plane.

Also, if you drive south, I'm a mile or 2 off the 101 here on the coast so you could swing by and snag the trailer, too. I wished I lived a little closer 'cuz after you get a new to you, I'd slam another motor in that thing for you so you can recoup some coin after you defarkle your current ride.

 

[beemerdons]

Uhh, SkootieBoy? Remember this? What does that permanently make you?

Notice the LOUD PIPES TO SAVE LIVES, the really gayreen color, doode, where's the after pix when you installed the rainbow tassels?

Ew... BAM!

dcarver: Thank you so very much for bringing the Castro Gulch-Polk Street Special back to life; I was just looking for this pic the other day, I had lunch with SkooterG today and found out that he did sell it to a San Francisco buyer. He even delivered it to The City himself. Not sure if he stayed at the YMCA though! Village People!!!

 

[James Burleigh]

Hans, if you find something that needs to be ridden home from "anywhere," Other than training my puppy, I have nothing but time so I could ride it back for you. You buy gas and my Motel 6 stays (I'm a cheap date). Myself and a buddy are pilots so if our schedules jive, I could fly down and ride home. He can ferry the plane.

Also, if you drive south, I'm a mile or 2 off the 101 here on the coast so you could swing by and snag the trailer, too. I wished I lived a little closer 'cuz after you get a new to you, I'd slam another motor in that thing for you so you can recoup some coin after you defarkle your current ride.

Holy cow! Tree Doc just raised the forum generosity level off the charts, when I already thought it couldn't be done! :clapping: Thank you for that offer! (BTW, he's one of the guys who helped me haul it from SLO.)

And that offer brings this bike into play, which is from a forum member. So if Klunkshift were to accept, say, $5,800 to help defray TD's beer and table dance costs, then maybe I should consider just fekkin' getting off the pot and doing a Monty Hall....

<<EDIT: See here at bottom.>>

 

[dcarver]

Get off that wallet, Hans!

 

[SacramentoMike]

Holy cow! Tree Doc just raised the forum generosity level off the charts, when I already thought it couldn't be done! :clapping: Thank you for that offer! (BTW, he's one of the guys who helped me haul it from SLO.)

And that offer brings this bike into play, which is from a forum member.

Ditto on Tree Doc. What a great offer! And that bike is really set up. TWO radiator guards, for just one thing. Um, but what's a "yamaha fjr fjr1300 bmw?" Some kinda hybrid, I guess. I think it looks like your next bike, Hans.

Hmmm, now what do I want off'n your old one?

 

[James Burleigh]

Hmmm, now what do I want off'n your old one?

Make me an offer....

 

[Tree Doc]

Shit-HOWDY! I ne'r been to San Antone before! I'd have to load a bunch of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys on my iPod for that run! :yahoo:

One way commercial would be way cheaper than general aviation down to there. We'd burn more than twice as much $$ in fuel alone than a one way airfare which is about <$300 from SBP (San Luis Obispo). I'd send the front half of my Russel down there and I could make it a 2 day run. I'd just slab it but would have to leave enough time to at least swing by and do a drive-by burn out on Skooter & Beemer's lawn.

Looks like a pretty well set-up machine. Hopefully the cost of getting it here balances out, otherwise the California units may be a smarter move. For grins & giggles, I should go look at the one here in Atascadero that's over-priced but has 7k on the meter. Maybe he'll come to his senses?

 

[Fred W]

Hans,

Here's another thought on what to do with your old bike. Yeah, you could piece it out, which is a whole lot of work and hassle, making connections and shipping stuff, blah blah blah.

Instead, why not just sell off your old bike complete, in it's known broken state, (after stripping all the farkles you want to re-use) for roughly what it's worth now. Maybe $2500? Someone with the mechanical skills (and time) to make the repairs needed would have a hell of a nice bike for seriously short money and you'd have a nice wad of greenbacks in your pocket that could be applied toward a new bike. Add that to the $5k you didn't spend on those same repairs and you're in fat city, bubba!

I'd also be looking for a replacement 1st gen. The ticker thing is NOT a big deal, IMO. Seriously much ado about nothing. Being able to strip all your farkles and re-use them IS a big deal. I added up all of the money I've spent on 1st gen farkles and I nearly shit myself. I certainly wouldn't want to have to do it again on an inferior 2nd gen bike. If ever the day comes that I need to replace my '05, I'd get another 1st gen in a heart beat.

 

[Tree Doc]

I added up all of the money I've spent on 1st gen farkles and I nearly shit myself. I certainly wouldn't want to have to do it again on an inferior 2nd gen bike. If ever the day comes that I need to replace my '05, I'd get another 1st gen in a heart beat.

:rofl:

I have to embellish the old saying "God, when I die, please don't let my wife sell the contents of my gun safe and all my farkles for what I told her I payed for them!"

 

[Fred W]

Ha ha... No no no. I have never revealed the farkle tally to SWMBO. :nono:

 

[Fairlaner]

San Antonio has too many miles...Mission Viejo with less miles + way to go...

R

 

[Tree Doc]

San Antonio has too many miles...Mission Viejo with less miles + way to go...

R

Saw it mentioned but missed the ad.

Agreed, way better deal in the long run.

 

[James Burleigh]

San Antonio has too many miles...Mission Viejo with less miles + way to go...

R

Saw it mentioned but missed the ad.

Agreed, way better deal in the long run.

My purchasing advisor has counseled me to cool my jets, recognize that San Antonio would cost me $500 in transportation costs and $500 in a valve job, and look at Ashland, with similar miles and $5,250 asking price.... (Mission Viejo has sold.) So I'm gonna take a breath and keep looking, including call Ashland, which is closer.

 

[puppychow]

San Antonio has too many miles...Mission Viejo with less miles + way to go...

R

Saw it mentioned but missed the ad.

Agreed, way better deal in the long run.

My purchasing advisor has counseled me to cool my jets, recognize that San Antonio would cost me $500 in transportation costs and $500 in a valve job, and look at Ashland, with similar miles and $5,250 asking price.... (Mission Viejo has sold.) So I'm gonna take a breath and keep looking, including call Ashland, which is closer.

Ashland is a great little town. Fly into Medford, go buy the new to you bike in Ashland, catch the Shakespearean Festival in town, ride the bike to Crater Lake and then ride home. Take the Mrs with you.

 

[BanjoBoy]

Here's one fer ya neighbor...

Cycletrader '03 FJR1300

I can't believe they want $4 to $5K to rebuild the tranny? You should see if you can find a local shop and see if you can get a better deal? MotoJava or Werkstat come to mind.

Also elskipator over at BARF (bay area riders forum) is supposed to be a good local mechanic.

Good luck,

BB

 

[SkooterG]

Here's a new one for you Hans: Clicky.

If the bike is satisfactory, and you can get him down to an acceptable price, you could probably talk me into riding it out for a plane ticket back home.

I can also go look at it for you.