James Burleigh
Well-known member
After much (okay, some) on-line searching, and with a final kick in the keister from Fairlaner ("Just f**king buy it!), I bought a replacement 2005 FJR from a guy in Phoenix. :yahoo: It has just under 20K miles, and is an ABS. I paid $6K. Not too many farkles.
I will be flying to Phoenix on Friday, July 1, to pick it up and ride it home Saturday, with a night in L.A. if my candy-butt requires it, though I'd like to get home to the Bay Area so I can start transferring stuff from my current bike. It's about a 740-mile ride down 10 and up 5 (and no, Jerry, I don't want to go an extra 300 to get my IBA certificate :glare: ).
Skooter recommended a nicer ride through Death Valley and up the back of the Sierra, but to be honest, I just want to get it home and have a couple days of the holiday weekend to start setting it up.
Here's a big THANK YOU to all the forum members who supported my search with advice or eyes and ears. And a special thanks to SkooterG who went and looked at this bike for me and wrote up a very detailed report, and also to Neil San Diego for going to look at an '04 down his way and writing up a similar report. :clapping:
And here's a special thank you to Zac at Roseville Yamaha who helped me figure out the economics of my fix - buy decision to the detriment of his own economics, because I know he put a lot of effort into working with me and diagnosing the bike.
I want it now!
Here are some pics:
I will be flying to Phoenix on Friday, July 1, to pick it up and ride it home Saturday, with a night in L.A. if my candy-butt requires it, though I'd like to get home to the Bay Area so I can start transferring stuff from my current bike. It's about a 740-mile ride down 10 and up 5 (and no, Jerry, I don't want to go an extra 300 to get my IBA certificate :glare: ).
Skooter recommended a nicer ride through Death Valley and up the back of the Sierra, but to be honest, I just want to get it home and have a couple days of the holiday weekend to start setting it up.
Here's a big THANK YOU to all the forum members who supported my search with advice or eyes and ears. And a special thanks to SkooterG who went and looked at this bike for me and wrote up a very detailed report, and also to Neil San Diego for going to look at an '04 down his way and writing up a similar report. :clapping:
And here's a special thank you to Zac at Roseville Yamaha who helped me figure out the economics of my fix - buy decision to the detriment of his own economics, because I know he put a lot of effort into working with me and diagnosing the bike.
I want it now!
Here are some pics:
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