Long Beach, I am a relative newbie here, just picked up a used 06 in late March, and drove back from Alabama with the wife. I asked her if she wanted to flying out to Alabama to pick up a bike and drive it back. Response "Can we go next week?" Now that was the right answer. I think she is a keeper. She likes traveling and I like riding, so it works out. Our longest day coming back was 660 miles and that morning it got down to 23 degrees F, and she handled it no problem.
My first outing (significant mileage) was several weeks ago, and I ran into Jill (Silver Penguin) and hubby, off of Lockwood Valley, North of Ojai/Frasier park. You guys are everywhere!
I have wanted this bike for years, but finally pulled the trigger. I am looking forward to a week long solo ride the first week of August, not sure where to go yet. Being a sport biker mostly, I have done all of the local roads around So Cal and even up to SFC. So the FJR was the next step to expanding my horizon.
Hopefully our paths will cross with you only being in Torrance, and what seems to be a pretty tight and very friendly community.
Where were you coming back from? You were on you FJR coming south when you spotted us?