maggot
Well-known member
Hey folks,
It saddens me to post this, but I may have to sell my FJR. I just returned from a 3 day trek with my 13yr old daughter around Lake Huron, covering almost 2k kms. The knees and buzz to the right hand upon completion wasn't fun.
I'm a fit guy that weight trains 5 days a week, so I'm not sure I can adapt myself to overcome.
The stock seat doesn't bother me, and I have pegs on the engine/fairing guards. I have an omi-cruise lock on the throttle.
She's an 07 with 33K, this is my 2nd summer with her and most of my rides are over nighters with the wife or one of the kids. I can easily cover 1k kms on the first day, but consecutive days become painful. Most of my treks with the kids are 3-500kms out, camp, and return. So i'm rarely on the bike long enough. But this 3 day'er was brutal at the end.
I'm looking at her in the garage as I type this, and after recently following the iron butt, noticing that the bike is a legend in distance riding, but I'm not.
I've had many bikes, last were a couple Stroms, never get attached as it's just a machine that's easily replaced. This one's a little emotional though as I first saw one in 2002 in Greece and knew i'd have one. Logged on here in 2005, so I was a lurker for 8ish yrs.
She's not going yet and i'll give a few more similar runs before deciding for sure. If we're not a couple, a divorce will follow.
Anyone gone thru similar...
Thoughts. Replacement bike, Tenere maybe.
Cheers.
It saddens me to post this, but I may have to sell my FJR. I just returned from a 3 day trek with my 13yr old daughter around Lake Huron, covering almost 2k kms. The knees and buzz to the right hand upon completion wasn't fun.
I'm a fit guy that weight trains 5 days a week, so I'm not sure I can adapt myself to overcome.
The stock seat doesn't bother me, and I have pegs on the engine/fairing guards. I have an omi-cruise lock on the throttle.
She's an 07 with 33K, this is my 2nd summer with her and most of my rides are over nighters with the wife or one of the kids. I can easily cover 1k kms on the first day, but consecutive days become painful. Most of my treks with the kids are 3-500kms out, camp, and return. So i'm rarely on the bike long enough. But this 3 day'er was brutal at the end.
I'm looking at her in the garage as I type this, and after recently following the iron butt, noticing that the bike is a legend in distance riding, but I'm not.
I've had many bikes, last were a couple Stroms, never get attached as it's just a machine that's easily replaced. This one's a little emotional though as I first saw one in 2002 in Greece and knew i'd have one. Logged on here in 2005, so I was a lurker for 8ish yrs.
She's not going yet and i'll give a few more similar runs before deciding for sure. If we're not a couple, a divorce will follow.
Anyone gone thru similar...
Thoughts. Replacement bike, Tenere maybe.
Cheers.
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