What did you do to your FJR today?

[mcatrophy]

Three things! A productive day.

First, checked the tightness of the side-case lock screws. All ok.

Secondly, fitted a poppy ready for Remembrance Day tomorrow.

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Thirdly, fitted my garage door remote control on the bike and mounted a switch for it.

Trial position, fits nicely. Final fitting



Button mounted on bracket held by panel screw



More pictures.

 

[wheatonFJR]

Wheatie's a pussy. Just sayin'

Could be...I ain't arguing with you on that score. ;-)

However, I don't commute on my bike...because of safety concerns and keeping my license concerns. I

don't want my life to be held in the fragile hope that the person(s) tailgating me every commute have my utmost well being uppermost in their minds. I also know that to prevent some of that from happening, I may have to ride in an aggressive (from an outsider's or leo's viewpoint), but in control, manner to extricate myself from said derelicks.

Therefore, I take my cage to work and back...keeping my blood pressure down and my law of averages up. If I make a mistake, and I do...I'd rather it not be in front of a rolling 4000lb vehicle.

So yeah, I'm a pussy. And it's freakin 59 degrees and sunny down here. Burrrr!

150k vacation miles since 2003.

 

[Uncle Hud]

^^^^ Live long and prosper ride a lot more miles. Especially during the deep, dark SC winter.

 

[gixxerjasen]

Last weekend I put on some of the reflective black stripes from our own Alex at Real Time Industries. I like them a lot.

https://www.realtimeindustries.com/fjr1300-fairing-decals/

 

[TomInPA]

Nice reflectives!

Today my FJR taunted me while I changed the front wheel hub on an inherited Olds Aurora. Bad bearings. You guys should do this sometime, it's a really fun time.

 

[creg-ny-baa]

I lamented not being able to clean 'er up...

And went for a ride on the KTM.

 

[bluesdog]

There was frost still on the shady bits of yard and fields, and the temps were hovering in the single digits, but skies were clear, and insurance on the FJR runs out at midnight tonight.

So I bundled up and went for a brisk, and sadly short, ride. The ambient temperature display hit 0 a few times, but the heated grips kept my fingers from icing up, and the shield all the way up kept the rest of me our of the chill.

Now it goes into hibernation for a few months

 

[TomInPA]

Really? You drop insurance for the winter, and just give up all hope to ride? That is a brutal definition of Winter.

Hope you have a snowmobile or sumpin'

 

[bluesdog]

Really? You drop insurance for the winter, and just give up all hope to ride? That is a brutal definition of Winter.
Hope you have a snowmobile or sumpin'

Typical winter view halfway up my driveway:

Last year around this time was particularly hideous. Unusually heavy snowfall snapped large branches of most of the 'yard' trees. That's a weeping willow branch. I suspect the tree was really depressed by the episode.

I had to resort to these just to negotiate my yard, until we dug the tractor out to plow:

I endure winter, don't have a snowmobile, and am not particularly fond of outdoor winter recreation.

Fortunately I enjoy driving my HHR SS 5-speed turbo, and it's a good snow car:

 

[El Toro Joe]

Rode it to work again...

 

[Bungie]

Really? You drop insurance for the winter, and just give up all hope to ride? That is a brutal definition of Winter.
Hope you have a snowmobile or sumpin'

At least he can drop his insurance. In Ontario you drop it in the fall, you're not getting it back in the spring.

 

[RossKean]

You don't save anything on insurance here if you drop it for the winter. Most companies just do the full year. The chances of getting a ride between mid December and mid March in New Brunswick are slight. Even if there is a miraculous break in the weather, the combination of ice and road salt would suck all the fun out of it.

 

[clocklaw]

Wow, snow already? I walked past my herd of motorcycles in my short sleeve polo this morning. I winked at my FJR

 

[TomInPA]

It's a wonder how you Canadians ever emerge from the other side every year. No wonder you constitute half of the Florida population every winter.

 

[Uncle Hud]

Bought her a Factory Service Manual, but began negotiations on another service plan for all required preventive maintenance. (3 years or 6 services; I've gotten my 6 services from the original plan in 1 year.)

Hurt her feelings badly, too, as I walked by her to get into the convertible this beautiful sunny morning.

 

[chazglenn3]

Cleaned some of the crud off of the wheels. Will take her out for a ride this evening. Nice day in Seattle ahead of a nasty storm tomorrow.

 

[Allen_C]

Rode her around and outside town.

 

[griff]

Went for a ride with another FJR from Laurens up and down SC foolthill roads 130 and 107, GA roads 28, 246 and Warwoman (woohoo

) and NC 28 and 106. Weather was gorgeous, should be better tomorrow. Might do more tomorrow - by the way Hud didn't get any snow today

.

Oh and Wheaton

 

[wheatonFJR]

Went for a ride with another FJR from Laurens up and down SC foolthill roads 130 and 107, GA roads 28, 246 and Warwoman (woohoounk: ) and NC 28 and 106. Weather was gorgeous, should be better tomorrow. Might do more tomorrow - by the way Hud didn't get any snow today:bleh: .
Oh and Wheaton :finger:

Who was the other FJRer?

 

[griff]

Who was the other FJRer?

Phil -Philharmonic on FJR Owner's forum from Laurens, SC