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Here ya go, Bust:

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I don't know if that's Mamola, but these are, doing stand-on-the-pegs burnouts at the US introduction.

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Yo Carver! I don't know what kind of stinky bait you are using but you be reeling em in right and left!

 
THIS is a wheelie.. not those short stubby little wheel lifts an FJR can barely do...


I did one of those on the FJR, 'cept I had Line on the back.

She was laughing, thought it was great fun.

Me, I still have **** in my pants.

 
Neat pix...
but no way an fjr wheelies, even in first, with just throttle, on a flat road...

Neat pix...
but no way an fjr wheelies, even in first, with just throttle, on a flat road...
What? I started on two AE models. Just ride in 1st gear 4500 rpm roll off the throttle and snap it back on and hang on and let the big girl down gently.
I've had my AE's front wheel off the ground twice. Not nearly as high as the picture, and both times unintentionally, but it will do it.

 
Probably have done a few hundred wheelies with my FJR and the clutch, fork seals and steering bearings are all fine through 50k miles... it's just about putting it down smoothly. I've come down hard a couple times no problem for the bike, but wouldn't want to do that a lot obviously.

 
I've done 1 wheelie, just 1.

I was going on a nice ride, on a beautiful day. A guy in a Ford Mustang GT passed me on a 4 lane road. A minute later, he was going slower, so I passed him. Another minute passed, and he passed me. This went on for 10 miles or so, and I started to get aggravated with this cat and mouse game, as I just wanted to ride carefree. Eventually, we end up at a redlight, with him in the left lane and me in the right, right up front. He was in a convertible, with music a blaring. As we waited, I could hear him revving his engine, but never looked my way. I thought to myself that he might want to pull off the line, and if so, why not. So I looked at the light for the other traffic crossing in front of us. I thought I would wait to see what he would do when the light turned green, just to be sure I didn't misinterpret his intentions. When I saw the yellow for the other traffic, I heard his engine rpm's rise. Still, I had to be sure. So when it turned green, he jumped off the line.

I rolled for a 1/2 second, then poured on the throttle. In an instant the front end came up, about 8 or so inches (felt like 2 foot) and then slowly came down about the time I hit 2nd. Before I knew it, I was doing about 90 mph, and the mustang was way back there. I slowed down to the speed limit. The mustang got into the right lane, and stayed at least 300 ft. from me for the next 4 miles, before turning off.

That was it, my only time pulling a wheelie. It felt friggin' great! But....as great as it felt, I haven't done it again.

 
Silliness, wheelies are for dirt bikes! Still fun to see though, but I'll save my steering bearings thank you very much.

 
So those are some nice photos. But the coolest one that I've ever seen had absolutely nothing to do with the performance of these bikes. To me, that is like sex... something that you just keep between your girl (your bike) and yourself.

No, the best ever FJR photo is one that emotes the biggest strength of our big Feejers, and that is that it can, and will, take you to special places and immerse you in the whole experience. Here is the best FJR photo ever, the one that has graced the desktop of my computer for several years now.

All credit to the photographer: Old Michael.

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