New Red 2014 FJR Owner

[Jdcowboy]

I just bought a 2014 FJR with 16K miles. Picked it up in Colorado Springs and rode it 1100 miles home to LA. I am coming off a long history of riding big Harley touring bike. Still love Harleys, but wanted something different. In 2016, my wife said she wouldn't ride with me any more unless I bought a Tri-Glide, so I did, hoping she would ride a lot with me. Nope! I actually like the Tri-Glide, it corners like a skate board and is much faster around the corners than one might think. But, I prefer not to ride it alone. It's great with the wife on it.

So the wife finally caved and said OK to a second inexpensive used bike. It came down to a BMW RT (too expensive to buy, maintain and I was concerned about repair costs), a Concours and the FJR. I like the Concours a lot, but the FJR kina fit me better and this one was a good price and I love red bikes.

Loved riding the FJR back from Colorado Springs. Easily cruised at 85 and hit over 100 passing slow traffic. Thank God for Waze! I find the FJR very easy to ride both quickly and in slow speed maneuvering, especially compared to the big Harleys. I have read some posts of people thinking the FJR is heavy--not compared to big Harleys!

I bought a National Cycles medium windshield but I think it is too big. I'm 5'11" and want to feel the wind. Not sure if I'll add bar risers. I do plan to add a top case. Looking forward to many miles of smiles!

[escapefjrtist]

Congrats on the new (to you) '14! Sounds like you had a nice ride back from CO...nice way to get familiar with the machine.

~G

[LKLD]

Welcome, from Flatistan. Enjoy your FJR, though, your other bike might start feeling dejected.

[Cav47]

The optometrist called: You need to come back in for a vision screening. We have detected a problem in your color identification scores. What you are perceiving as red, everyone else with accurate color standards know is PINK

Congrats on the new machine. Awesome that you found this place. We can help you spend your money. There is an old axiom on here that states “Didn’t happen without pictures”. Anyone can say they bought a new bike and ride it back to Cali. Heck, my daughter and I went out to Montana last month, some claim that since we didn’t put a ride report together, it did not happen.

All joking aside. Hope to see you at some meetup down the road!

[Steel_Gin]

Welcome to the institution!! You made a good choice but PINK is the second fast color just so you know.

[FJRPittsburgh]

Welcome aboard cowboy! I'm sure you'll enjoy that machine. Best bike ever!