Hello from Texas!

[JoelTheMole]

Hello from the boring flat plains of South Texas!

I got my first 2014 FJR1300ES in December 2023 and was wiped out by a truck swerving into me in June, and I got my second 2014 FJR1300A in October. It needed quite a bit of love as it had been sitting outside not running for something like 7 years.

I am more about function than looks with my bikes, especially as I daily my FJR, so it is definitely not to the taste of some, and also still very much a work in progress.





Beat up Shad 58X top box that survived my previous FJR

Double darkside tires - Mutant rear up front and Crossclimate2 rear

Virago 250 handlebars

Kury mini floorboards

RDL seat

R7 Brake master cylinder

ES front end, oddly enough my forks were still straight from the ES bike, although I have no fender and one of my fender mount tabs broke off the fork

And other stuff


This was my previous 2014 ES after the accident:

 

[Old Michael]

Welcome, Joel.
Virago handlebars?!
How difficult was that?

 

[JoelTheMole]

Thanks, nice to be here!

And the Virago handlebars were not that hard really, I have a somewhat gouged up ABM handlebar conversion from my wrecked bike, so just took a brake line extension and throttle cable reroute:


You can do the same thing pretty cheap with the stock top plate though:

 

[SkooterG]

Oh ****. Who let you in?

 

[fastpappy]

Many of the same characters here so you're already well known but good to see you here also.

 

[JoelTheMole]

Lol, well I figured this would increase my chances to annoy Whoooshka and take flack from SkooterG!

 

[tschutter]

Welcome Joel
How far is your daily commute?
I was doing that (summer only - here in Michigan) till a cager decided to hit my rear left bag. After rehabing, my wife put the xneigh on daily commuting. Now I work from home and my commute is a trip downstairs.