New FJR owner

[Jalecom]

Hello everyone. New FJR owner here in the Las Vegas area, used to ride a lot of sport and off road bikes in my younger days. Actually retired from off road racing just about 2 yrs ago and decided to slow things down and got a Stratoliner and lately a Harley. Well, it got too slow too soon, and since I got the FJR, I found the sweet spot. I just thought I'd share. I've always owned Yamaha sport bikes, R6's and R1 (although I only raced KTM's off road) so fitting only to look at the Yamaha FJR, went to the dealer and instantly, it got me at hello.

 

[BwanaDik]

Well done, nice choice. Why did you pick the AE?

 

[wheatonFJR]

Welcome. :clapping:

 

[TomInPA]

Welcome to the collective. Resistance was futile. I also did the cruiser thing for a while, but never looked like a pirate. The FJR is just so much better for the touring. See you soon at a gathering.

 

[Papa Georgio]

you will never go back :clapping:

 

[mk2wilson]

Your not the only one. I too had a harley prior to the FJR, an 06 Electra Glide. There really is no comparison.

 

[fljab]

Welcome!

There's a few, ur, maybe more than a few that are converted HD'rs... Some of us still have both!

Hope to see you on the road sometime - go to one of the gatherings, meet some folks, have fun riding that thing!

 

[wfooshee]

A guy moving from a Harley to an FJR reminds me very much of a guy moving from a Blackberry to a modern phone (iPhone/Android):

"Holy crap! I never know a phone bike could do stuff like this!!!!"

 

[Jalecom]

Well done, nice choice. Why did you pick the AE?

The AE is nothing like I've owned before, and I have owned quite a few bikes. I dared to try it, so far there's a learning curve, it has it's positives and negatives, but I adapted pretty well now. Besides, it's the only Sport Tourer that separates itself from the others, just my opinion.