Internet rumor about the FJR

[FJRenvy]

My other ride is a '99 BMW K1200LT ( The Enterprise) that I've put 1302k on in the last 5 years. With the Wilber's shocks it sits about 3/4" higher than stock resulting in a steeper lean angle available.

Both foot rests are ground to points & the passenger rests have significant scrape marks on them also.

There's a turn on the Cherohala Skwy that has a good portion of my R foot peg & a bit of the front fairing in the pavement (Damn decreasing radius turns)

I was suprised how quickly/easily the footpegs touched down on the FJR.

@ 6' 3" I guess that's the price I paid to be as comfortable as I am on the FJR.

Too bad they didn't build in the ability to move the footpegs up or down like my '00 K1200RS did.

Chris in MD

My other ride is a '99 BMW K1200LT ( The Enterprise) that I've put 1302k on in the last 5 years. With the Wilber's shocks it sits about 3/4" higher than stock resulting in a steeper lean angle available.

Both foot rests are ground to points & the passenger rests have significant scrape marks on them also.

There's a turn on the Cherohala Skwy that has a good portion of my R foot peg & a bit of the front fairing in the pavement (Damn decreasing radius turns)

I was suprised how quickly/easily the footpegs touched down on the FJR.

@ 6' 3" I guess that's the price I paid to be as comfortable as I am on the FJR.

Too bad they didn't build in the ability to move the footpegs up or down like my '00 K1200RS did.

Chris in MD

This is one of my major concerns about getting an FJR, because I haven't ridden one, yet. I occasionally touch a peg feeler on my 2004 BMW R1150R, and don't want to give up too much of that freedom to lean the bike with the FJR. It's hard to know what I haven't yet experienced. Is the lean angle and extra weight of the FJR going to

dampen my jollies on tight roads like Redwood Road in Oakland, and Mines Road and Morgan Territory Road in Livermore, CA?

 

[markjenn]

This is one of my major concerns about getting an FJR, because I haven't ridden one, yet. I occasionally touch a peg feeler on my 2004 BMW R1150R, and don't want to give up too much of that freedom to lean the bike with the FJR. It's hard to know what I haven't yet experienced. Is the lean angle and extra weight of the FJR going to dampen my jollies on tight roads like Redwood Road in Oakland, and Mines Road and Morgan Territory Road in Livermore, CA?

Yes, the FJR has less cornering clearance than a R1150R. It may be plenty for most (perhaps nearly all) riders and may be plenty for you, but if you're in the group who is close to the limit on a R1150R, you're probably going to be at or beyond the limit on a FJR. All bikes have strengths and weaknesses, and this is a strong area for the BMW and a weak area for the FJR. Certainly rider technique can mitigate the problem, but apples to apples, the BMW has more clearance headroom.

The FJR's cornering clearance issue is not one that has gone unnoticed in the press either - read any of the tests in the major publications and it gets a mention, not as a deal breaker, but as a weak point. All bikes are compromises and you don't get the extra room, extra power, extra comfort, extra weather protection, and extra reliabillity of the FJR over the BMW without making some compromises.

- Mark

 

[Fencer]

I've touched my pegs, kickstand, centerstand on both sides and my camera mount - mounted on my sliders. Not cause I needed to to make the turn but because I was trying to touch them. I guess I need to pactice more as I have yet to touch my exhaust.