Flying To St. Louis Tomorrow

[101stpathfinder]

   Tomorrow morning I will be flying to St. Louis to pick up my ‘18 FJR.  This will be my 1st new bike since I was 17 years old and bought a brand new 1979 Suzuki GS425E.

  I will be riding it home to Florida via non- interstate roads. I hope to get an idea for a route on the flight there. I am shooting for 2 days of riding, then parking the bike in my garage and taking my ‘09 to Texas for the B.A.T. Banquet. Need a BBG out and another back to Florida.

   This makes 3 FJRs and 1BMW In the stable. I need to get busy next year and thin the herd to 2.

-Tony

 

[escapefjrtist]

Congrats on the new '18 Tony! Giving Skooter a run for most FJRs in the stable??

~G

 

[RossKean]

This makes 3 FJRs and 1BMW In the stable. I need to get busy next year and thin the herd to 2.

Some people thin the herd by selling off a bike or two while others do so by wearing them out...

 

[SkooterG]

Congrats ya bastage!  Don't break it!

And enjoy the princess while you can before you turn it into another worn out bitch in short order I'm sure.....

 

[08FJR4ME]

You didn't want to wait and see what yamaha has for new FJR. We should know soon I think. I believe it is about this time of year they anounce the new model. I assume you got a great deal on it.

Enjoy the ride,

Dave

 

[101stpathfinder]

I had forgotten just how uncomfortable these stock seats are.. now I am unpleasantly reminded. My helmet is off to those who can ride them.

 

[feejerbkb]

I had forgotten just how uncomfortable these stock seats are.. now I am unpleasantly reminded. My helmet is off to those who can ride them.

++1.

I did a 773 mile day (somebody says, "is that all?") on I-70 from St. Louis, MS to Limon, CO the summer of 2017. It was windy and hot to say the least and that stock seat was just awful.

 

[travel_man]

Congrats Tony!

 

[RossKean]

I had forgotten just how uncomfortable these stock seats are.. now I am unpleasantly reminded. My helmet is off to those who can ride them.

I am managing with the stock seat - better than the Russell that was on my used 2011 when I got it!  Built for someone way smaller than me and mashed sensitive bits against the tank.  Gotta get a proper one!  

Everything is relative.  There isn't a seat made that could allow me to tolerate the miles Tony seems to do without effort.  I can do several successive 700 mile days and an occasional 1000 mile day.  But 30,000 miles in a month - no way!

Congrats on the bike.

 

[101stpathfinder]

Well, I had to stop for the night as I hit the 600 mile mark. Hopefully the local shop here will get me taken care of quickly tomorrow.

BTW: Has anyone else who owned a Gen 1 or Gen 2, REPEATEDLY turned the emergency flashers on when trying to start the bike?

 

[sector7g]

Congrats Tony!

 

[101stpathfinder]

BTW: I will post up in classified section later.

The dealership still has 6 ‘18 leftovers still in the crates. Out the door for under $12.2k, and you can knock off $400 more if you finance with Yamaha.

Tony

 

[dcarver]

Out the door for under $12.2k, and you can knock off $400 more if you finance with Yamaha.

Ridiculous!

 

[wabill]

And some in that area going for $11999 .  With shipping to WA it still would make sense to pick one up.

 

[FJR-Pilot]

I had forgotten just how uncomfortable these stock seats are.. now I am unpleasantly reminded. My helmet is off to those who can ride them.

I have tried two different aftermarket seats but I'm fine with the factory seat. I have done several 1000+ mile days on the stock seat - no complaints here.

 

[neanderthaler]

You've really earned the new bike, Tony.  Congrats

 

[101stpathfinder]

Day 5 with the new ‘18 and it has over 4700 miles on it- accidentally not by choice.

simply love this bike !!!

 

[Canadian FJR]

Congrats on the new '18 - glad you are happy with it.  Plenty of nice features once you get use to everything.

Canadian FJR

 

[dcarver]

Don't wear it out already Tony!