What mods have been done to your FJR.

[tcfjr]

My two-cents, for what it's worth:

Model year is important............. '05 ABS

Odometer............................ 116,000 miles

Aftermarket seat.................... Yes - Bill Mayer, with Beadrider

OEM seat = 350 miles of comfort per day
Bill Mayer seat = 750 miles per day

Bill Mayer with Beadrider = 24 hours (YMMV)

Aftermarket exhaust................. No

Aftermarket handlebars/risers....... Yes - Risers only, 1" up, 1" back

Aftermarket windshield.............. Yes - Cee Bailey. (Ran with OEM until it got too scratched)

Auxiliary lighting.................. Yes - LEDrider LR4's on Gaurald mirror mounts
Suspension (front).................. Yes - GPSuspension
Suspension (rear)................... Yes - Penske, recently rebuilt by GPSuspension
Power Commander..................... No
Frame sliders/Canyon cages.......... Yes - Motovation FSY05S sliders only

Highway pegs........................ Yes - Wild Bill
Enhanced horn....................... Yes
Backrest............................ No
Mirror substitute................... No (but do have 1.5" convex stick-ons, both sides)
Heated grips........................ No
Top Case............................ Yes - Pelican Storm 2600
Enhanced rear brake/signal lighting Yes - high mounted LED strip on top-case mount plate
Reflective rear decals.............. Yes - on saddle bags
Aftermarket cruise control.......... Yes - Audiovox CCS100 installed by Smitty; Skyway bracket
Helmet locks........................ Yes - two, above license plate (but would prefer Townsend mount)
Auxiliary power outlets............. Yes - two Powerlets: one in panel D, one near seat lock
90° valve stems..................... Yes
Fenda extenda....................... No
SS brake lines...................... No

Voltmeter........................... Yes - Datel DMS-20 flush-mounted in panel D

Power distribution.................. Yes - home-built

Radiator guard...................... Yes - first farkle I ever did

GPS................................. Yes - Garmin Zumo 550 with XM

Radar detector...................... Yes - Valentine V1, on a Gaurald mounting plate

(remote audio unit under seat)

Satellite tracker................... Yes - SPOT Gen 1. Battery life is incredible. Sits on top of V1

Wireless audio...................... Yes - Sena SM10/SMH10 with custom earphones, for GPS and V1

Frame support....................... Yes - Gaurald Stiffy Kit

Hydration........................... Yes - ancient Skyway 1/2 gallon (pre-aux tank fiasco);
new Garauld 1 gallon clamp model

Auxiliary fuel tank................. Yes - mounted for rallies/extra long rides only (thanks, Doug!)

Tank cover.......................... Yes - Bagster, with tank bag

Aftermarket grips................... Yes - Grip Puppies over OEM grips

Hand guards......................... No - V-strom guard mounts failed, so I removed them

Tires............................... Michelin Pilot Road 2's (tried others, but came back to the PR2's)

 

[danh600]

Try riding in the cold and rain a few times. Also, the shield is horrible when fully up. Far too vertical, which creates turbulence, unless you are a midget.
That's why I came up with my angle tuning spacers, which means you need more height just to get the same amount of body coverage

I am not disputing that is what you get. Don't really consider myself a midget at 5'10". However my experience is no turbulence at all at any speed with the windshield fully up. I get some extra wind noise where it hits the top of my helmet, but that is no problem cause I wear ear plugs anyway.

Might be a case of not knowing what I am missing. Since I have never ridden an FJR with an aftermarket windshield. For now the stock windshield is fine for me.

You want to feel turbulence get a VT1300 Honda Interstate. I have one and it feels like it's going to shake my head off at certain speeds and wind conditions.

 

[Fred W]

How high your head is while riding also depends on your body shape (where in your body your height is), seat and its position (aftermarket or stock, upper lower), and whether you use bar risers or not. I'm only 6'2" but more of my height is in my torso than my legs (only a 32" inseam). I have a Russell Daylong seat that raises me up somewhat. Because of these things I run a Helibars Riser Bridge.

With the stock windshield in the fully up position the wind blast would hit my helmet at about mouth level and, due to its steepness, creates a ton of turbulence that knocks my head around, making it useless. I can use the stock shield in the summer months only by keeping it lowered to hit neck level or below.

Here's a link to the mod I came up with to reduce the angle of the windshield throughout its range. It has been one of the best mods I've done on my 3rd Gen and cost me about $2.00 in parts. It works with the stock shield, the Touring shield, or pretty much any other shield that you slap on there.

 

[jammess]

That's a good idea Fred! Would cut down on back pressure? When I bought my '10 FJR last June and rode the 900 miles from Kalispell, MT back home on the OR coast I noticed how bad the buffeting was with the Yamaha touring windshield when I got into the Columbia River gorge about 60 miles east of Portland. I was down to 40 mph and still having a rough time. I replaced the Yamaha shield with a Cee Bailey with the reverse curve at the top. I think your modification would have done the trick and I could have saved some bucks. I actually began thinking about a mod like this a couple months ago but it was too late because I'd gotten rid of the touring shield and for some reason the Cee Bailey isn't effected.

A mod I did was to the stock seat. After about 2 hours the foam would begin to compress a bit which resulted in increased pressure on my tail bone. So, I carefully removed the staples holding the seat cover on and with an electric carving knife I cut out a V shaped piece of seat foam which totally relieved the pressure on my tail bone then reinstalled the cover carefully pressing the staples back from whence they came . I was thinking about a custom seat like a Russell but now the stock seat is fine.

 

[Bill Lumberg]

Besides the helibridge and mcl lowering brackets, I negotiated a Yamaha touring screen (oem is a joke) when I bought the bike. I later went with a cee bailey barn door for winter. I like it, but could easily just run the touring all year. Top case is a must, as is FoboBike tpms. Everything else is a smart want. Like heated gear wiring. Givi tankloc ring Admore light bar. Switchable modulated headlight. RTI bag reflectors. Grip buddies. T-Rex bag guards. R&G sliders. Laam seat. I've run all the PR tires. 4GT's lasted longest. All were great.

 

[Fred W]

This discussion came up just yesterday with a fellow FJR enthusiast, as we ogled a new 2017ES at the same shop I bought my current bike from. He asked how much I had spent in farkles on top of the price tag for the 2014ES. I told him that it was enough that I didn't want to add it all up, but in retrospect it was less than what I put into my '05 after purchase because I'd learned what I needed and also was able transfer some of the goodies from the Bass Bote Blue to the Ticket Me Red bike.

Model year is important: 2014 ES

Also (if you are going to bother with a survey):

Auxiliary lightingSuspension - LEDrider LR4 and dimmer *

(front)Suspension (rear) - not needed

Power commander - not needed

Frame sliders/Canyon cages - Trex cages and rear luggage guards

Highway pegs - Yes, mounted on the cages

Enhanced horn - Dual PIAA Sports Horns

Backrest - Givi V46 trunk *

Mirror substitute - FZ1 mirrors w/ WynPro Anti-vibe aux light brackets

Heated grips - stock, not needed

Top Case - Givi V46* w/ new color match lid on new SR rack

Enhanced rear brake/signal lighting (i.e. Hyperlights) - Whalen LIN3 and 3rd Brake Light Flasher

Reflective rear decals - Real Time Industries w/ color match red tuning fork logo

Aftermarket cruise control - stock, not needed

Helmet locks - locking cable strap*

Auxiliary power outlets - battery tender cable up front. Frugal Yankee PDB for heated gear under the seat*

90° valve stems - Ariete black

Fenda extenda - yes

SS brake lines - no

Plus...

Russell Day Long dual in full Leather.

HeliBars riser bridge

Vstrom hand guards*

CrampBuster throttle assist*

TechSpec Snakeskin tank protectors

Zumo 550 GPS*

Bags Connection City EVO tank bag - electrified and fed from battery tender cable*

Starcom1 Advance intercom system*

Escort Passport 8500 radar detector*

Yamaha Touring shield (summer) and Cee Bailey 23" in light smoke (cooler weather)

* = carried forward from prior 2005.

It's a sickness, I tell ya'.