Motorcycle .com 2014ES review

[Fred W]

I think the main knock against the bags is that their capacity is not that great considering their outside dimensions. This is due to their double wall construction and the amount of dead air space between the outer skin and the inner liner. This goes for the side bags, but especially the OEM trunk.

The FJR has a pretty wide berth with those side bags on there, but I never bother to take them off anyway.

 

[Warpdrv]

The FJR has a pretty wide berth with those side bags on there

I'm pretty sure that what you meant to say here Fred - is the FJR is a FAT @$$ !!

 

[Allen_C]

Good catch. There are 8 pistons in the front caliper - the rear lever controls 2 and the front lever controls the other 6.

So technically they are correct: The front brake lever has 6 active pistons and the rear brake pedal has 4 pistons (two on the front wheel and two on the rear)

Nope, here is their quote: "Since the brake pedal applies the rear brake and two of the six pistons on each of the front calipers..." It should have read 2 of the 8 pistons. Also, when commenting on the cruise control, they indicate it will go up or down by 1 mph, but it actually changes by 2 kph (1.25 mph).

 

[Fred W]

Oh. Sorry, I did not actually read the article.

Guess you guys are right. They don't actually know what they are talking about.

No big surprise there...

 

[RadioHowie]

Slight possible error in the article mentions the front brakes have 6 pistons....... it seems to be the 8 pistons in the parts catalogues.....
Interesting to note they thought also a firmer rear suspension setting was desired.......

KJ, there seems to be a trend by most writers that they don't want to offend anyone, always being diplomatic in their final conclusions.......

Good catch. There are 8 pistons in the front caliper - the rear lever controls 2 and the front lever controls the other 6.

Then, technically, while the front calipers DO contain 8 pistons, only 6 of them are for the front brakes. That is, again technically, two of those pistons are controlled by the rear brake, so the "front brakes" truly are six pistons, the rear brakes are three...one in the back, two in the front.

 

[Intech]

Slight possible error in the article mentions the front brakes have 6 pistons....... it seems to be the 8 pistons in the parts catalogues.....
Interesting to note they thought also a firmer rear suspension setting was desired.......

KJ, there seems to be a trend by most writers that they don't want to offend anyone, always being diplomatic in their final conclusions.......

Good catch. There are 8 pistons in the front caliper - the rear lever controls 2 and the front lever controls the other 6.

Then, technically, while the front calipers DO contain 8 pistons, only 6 of them are for the front brakes. That is, again technically, two of those pistons are controlled by the rear brake, so the "front brakes" truly are six pistons, the rear brakes are three...one in the back, two in the front.

Yeah but, if they are braking the front tire they are still "technically" FRONT brakes!

 

[RadioHowie]

(Standing by for NEPRT transferral.....)

It does seem like a matter of mechanical pedantics...are they "front" brakes because they act on the front wheel? Or "rear" brakes because they're activated by the rear-brake activation mechanism?

And to further stir the mud, those two pistons/two pads are NOT activated by the "front" brake lever.

Oh Woe Is Me!

 

[RaYzerman19]

I won`t call anyone wrong on this. Just re-read this quote from the article......

`Since the brake pedal applies the rear brake and two of the six pistons on each of the front calipers, we think that applying the rear brake slightly before the front allows the linked system to settle the back end, preventing the weight from shifting forward as dramatically as it does with using the front brake only.

So do we have 12 pistons......

 

[RadioHowie]

I'd say 13....one in the rear brake caliper, 8 in the two front brake calipers, 4 in the engine block.