To get an FJR or not to get an FJR, that is the question

[charismaticmegafauna]

<snip>... but at 60 I'd suggest your goal is unreasonable and dangerous to your continued existence.

"Alas, poor Yurick -- I knew him well."

 

[Dan23]

>>I let two young GiXXR boys pass me because I was slowing them down. <<
If you think the FJR will keep up with a real sport bike you have a very painful lesson ahead of you. The FJR suffers from the laws of physics.... laws that will bite you hard if you violate them. The owners here who report otherwise suffer from delusions of grandeur. There are lighter, faster sport-touring capable bikes that will come closer to your goal... but at 60 I'd suggest your goal is unreasonable and dangerous to your continued existence.

I think somebody missed the message. He obviously wasn't on an FJR when he decided to let the other bikes pass him. I'd assume he was on his Sprint ST, and now, as he said, he's looking for something more sedate. I think the FJR will fulfill that goal quite well.

You are correct. I missed that he is loking for a sedate bike. Silly me, I always assume the central idea of a post is near the opening... but we are not professional writers.

The FJR isn't exactly sedate, although it can be ridden sedately.

BUT have you broken anything lately??? I broke an ankle about two years ago and it still isn't right.

As a matter of fact I have. Perhaps I had a better surgeon as I see no limit to my ongoing recovery. I thought I was done breaking bones... even if this was my first motorcycling. Previously it was sky diving and tobogganning. Sorry yours is not feeling better.

Be very careful of the FJR as it's weight disappears until traction is limited. That's part of what bit me... the other part was some miscreant spilling gasoline at an off-camber intersection.

Get the FJR. As a guy tapping on 60, I know this bike sure put the spring back in my step

You sound like me.

 

[sprint_st]

Just in case my use of the word "sedate" offended someone, I apologize. If the FJR was dozer, I definitely would not have chosen it. Most of the cruiser crowd is what I really put in the "sedate" category, maybe even comatose. Maybe a better choice would have been a word that describes the shift in rider emphasis to the touring side of sport touring rather than the sport side. For me, if I totally shift away from the sport side, just box my keester up and let a groundhog deliver my mail.

 

[kindofblue]

Just in case my use of the word "sedate" offended someone, I apologize. If the FJR was dozer, I definitely would not have chosen it. Most of the cruiser crowd is what I really put in the "sedate" category, maybe even comatose. Maybe a better choice would have been a word that describes the shift in rider emphasis to the touring side of sport touring rather than the sport side. For me, if I totally shift away from the sport side, just box my keester up and let a groundhog deliver my mail.

Sprint ST, Should you decide to sell your bike, let me know. A riding buddy of mine totalled his ST about 5 weeks ago when a guy turned left in front of him. No broken bones but he's had a month of PT and is now getting close to being released medically. He loved his ST and has been thinking of getting another but if he did would need to get something used.

 

[sprint_st]

Just in case my use of the word "sedate" offended someone, I apologize. If the FJR was dozer, I definitely would not have chosen it. Most of the cruiser crowd is what I really put in the "sedate" category, maybe even comatose. Maybe a better choice would have been a word that describes the shift in rider emphasis to the touring side of sport touring rather than the sport side. For me, if I totally shift away from the sport side, just box my keester up and let a groundhog deliver my mail.

Sprint ST, Should you decide to sell your bike, let me know. A riding buddy of mine totalled his ST about 5 weeks ago when a guy turned left in front of him. No broken bones but he's had a month of PT and is now getting close to being released medically. He loved his ST and has been thinking of getting another but if he did would need to get something used.

I've already got it listed on eBay, no offers but lots of folks are looking. If it doesn't sell, I've decided to keep it. Take the bags off, put the stock bars and double bubble back on, and use it for local twistie runs. If your friend is interested, please give him my email address [email protected]. It is a super bike, well maintained and with all the right farkles.

Thanks,

Rod

 

[Lake Powell]

Ordered a new 07' A model yesterday, should arrive sometime in December.

Merry Christmas to me!

 

[painman]

In the group I ride with we have a rule: when buyig a new bike, you must keep the old one!
Keep your sprint and go for the FJR and do your own comparo!

John

In the group I ride with we have a rule: when buyig a new bike, you must keep the old one!

Keep your sprint and go for the FJR and do your own comparo!

By the way, I am the youngest in my group- all my friends are over 60 and each has at least 3 bikes- usually 2 Ducati's and Two Beemers! They all can carve corners like 20 year olds- so I hav to ask you to define "old"

John

John, great minds think alike....+1. PM. <><

 

[lucky]

I had the same problem.. Having a Gold Wing (I'm old) and a FZ1 to keep me yound, why do I ned a FJR in fact, my wife Diane keeps saying "why do you need another bike" So I bought an used 05 ABS on ebay. Ask me if I am excited. I already bought all the farkles waiting fot it to get here.

You wont be disappointed I guarantee it... By the way I am 65 next month and I am keeping the Wing selling the 01 FZ1 w/ 18000+ miles

Lucky

 

[Rickster]

good luck with your decision.

BTW -- get the FJR, the AE version.

 

[sprint_st]

good luck with your decision.

BTW -- get the FJR, the AE version.

I went back and looked at my post and I failed to say, I have an 07 on order, due in December-January. Also, it is my wife who is saying to keep the Sprint, ain't that amazin'? Rickster, sorry, don't think I could handle the AE, I still get manual trannies in my cars. This old dawg may be capable of learning a new trick from time to time but that's one I just don't want to learn. The down side to having two bikes is I'm a master farkeller, and it will limit my farkel funds, but the FJR doesn't "need" too many farkles that I can see. (that's what I always say when I get a new bike )

 

[SilveradoSlick]

but the FJR doesn't "need" too many farkles

You're right, but the "want" list will have the wife shopping at the thrift store and the kids won't be gettin' no kolledge edgycashun.

 

[luvtoride]

No I haven't ridden an FJR yet, BUT if you think you can hang with a Sprint in the twisties on an FJR you will have great surprise in store for you AND I'm talking about a pre-05 model. Don't get me wrong, I truly believe an FJR is a great handling bike, but if tangle with with a well ridden Sprint on it's own turf, be prepared for disappointment.

Sprint, in my post I was talking of the FJR being fast & quick as compared to the Sprint "in a straight line" & not sedate as you put it. Of course the Sprint will out maneuver the FJR in the twisties. What is it??? like... 200 pounds lighter & a sportbike?

Good luck w/ the new bike... she's gonna' be a purdy one!

Heidi

 

[sprint_st]

What is it??? like... 200 pounds lighter & a sportbike?
Good luck w/ the new bike... she's gonna' be a purdy one!

Heidi

That cough syrup color is starting to grow on me and I can't wait to see it in the sunlight. When I take all the touring stuff off the ST it will be somewhere in the 150 to maybe 200 pounds lighter range especially when you consider I always ride with my bags full of survival stuff like tools and a mini-compressor. Back in '86 I fell in love with the concept of a Concours. Got a new one in 02. Talk about trying to put an elephant in ballet slippers!!! That was a case of totally screwed up expections. I know what I'm getting into with the FJR, so there are no inflated expectations of running with the R1 and GSX boys through the twisties, BUT let them stick with me on a sun up to sun down run without needing a chiropracter at the end of the day. I can be on the Cherohala in less than three hours from home and there are even better roads on the way there, so a mix of an ST and FJR just might be a great combination for me.

 

[Fred W]

Add one more to list of recent FJR converts! :yahoo:

I just bought a nice used '05 A off fleaBay. I can't wait to pick it up, though the riding weather will probably be less than spectacular for the rest of this year... at least up here in New Hampshire.

I have been riding an '01 Concours most recently, and will be selling that off come the spring time, and also have a VFR for blasting around on (definitely keeping that).

Just saying HI!

 

[Bluebullet]

Thou shall love thy God with all your heart soul and mind...

Thou shall love thy FJR just a wee bit less

 

[sprint_st]

Looks like I WILL have two bikes. No bids on eBay. This is the second bike I put on eBay. The first one was a real learning experience and this one cinches it. Don't think I could be a saleman, I think I would teminate too many people who are obnoxious or are just plain dumb.

Actually, I'm looking on this as a favor because I know I'd regret selling it the day after it left.

 

[FJRMGM]

I believe the question is not "Should I get an FJR?" but instead "Why the Hell SHOULDN'T I get an FJR?"

I say - GET ONE.. If nothing else, as a reward for making it to age 60 cause just getting an AARP card is not enough.