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Re: Newbie
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 5:41 pm
by wheatonFJR
baowow wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2017 3:07 pm
I think having a motorcycle is more costly than having a drug problem.
Depends if there's trial lawyer involved or not...and that's just the $$ cost.
Sounds like you are getting quite good deal...you can eventually afford to make it how you want it.
You know, with the purple backlighting and vinyl look...and the wheelie bar...
Re: Newbie
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 5:59 pm
by baowow
Purple? You must have me confused with Willy Wonka. Wheelie bar? Not necessary. I have problems getting things up on the SV650 due to a medical condition know as no balls syndrome. Maybe I can grow some steel ones on the new fjr someday
Re: Newbie
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 8:04 pm
by Prestone
Welcome to the forum Bao! I will be attending the Ohio Ramble, but the Indiana one is still up in the air. I have the vacation days scheduled but I may need to move them to my anniversary weekend. The 14 day trip to nova Scotia is sucking up most of them. Can't wait till we can get together and do some ridding this summer. Lots of good information and good people on this board. Enjoy!
Re: Newbie
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 8:41 pm
by baowow
Prestone here clued me in on the cheap 2015 models. Thanks to him, my bank account is low. On April 1st, I will feel it's worth.
Re: Newbie
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 9:18 pm
by wheatonFJR
That's...decent.
Re: Newbie
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:27 am
by LKLD
April Fools Day?
Welcome, and congrats on the '15!
Re: Newbie
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:23 pm
by 0face
baowow wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2017 12:28 pm
Nice. I'm Chicago waiting out this second winter we're having. Sucks.
Where in Chicago? I'm up in Evanston.
Re: RE: Re: Newbie
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:00 pm
by silverback
Redfish wrote:Welcome. 2015s are great. The other years? Not so much.
No way. They are all great, but it just so happens the 14 has become the fastest color... Because that's what I own now.
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Re: Newbie
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:48 pm
by wheatonFJR
0face wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:23 pm
baowow wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2017 12:28 pm
Nice. I'm Chicago waiting out this second winter we're having. Sucks.
Where in Chicago? I'm up in Evanston.
...and he will hunt you down.
Re: RE: Re: Newbie
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 4:44 pm
by baowow
0face wrote:baowow wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2017 12:28 pm
Nice. I'm Chicago waiting out this second winter we're having. Sucks.
Where in Chicago? I'm up in Evanston.
Northwest side. Jefferson Park. I ride Sheridan Rd quite often. We've probably crossed paths if you ride it too.
Re: RE: Re: Newbie
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 4:46 pm
by baowow
wheatonFJR wrote:0face wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:23 pm
baowow wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2017 12:28 pm
Nice. I'm Chicago waiting out this second winter we're having. Sucks.
Where in Chicago? I'm up in Evanston.
...and he will hunt you down.
Looks like I'm going to have to get extra locks for my garage.
Re: Newbie
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 5:03 pm
by wheatonFJR
No worries, Marty/0face is cool...even if he lives in Evanston.
Re: Newbie
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 7:43 pm
by DrDan17
Value is measured by usefulness, not what the market will bear.
On the other hand, I see a brand new 2015 at a Ride Now dealer in Phoenix for $12,000 . . .
Re: RE: Re: Newbie
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 7:59 pm
by baowow
wheatonFJR wrote:No worries, Marty/0face is cool...even if he lives in Evanston.
Note taken, Marty is cool but will chase me down...
Re: RE: Re: Newbie
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 7:59 pm
by baowow
DrDan17 wrote:Value is measured by usefulness, not what the market will bear.
On the other hand, I see a brand new 2015 at a Ride Now dealer in Phoenix for $12,000 . . .
This one was going for less than that
Re: Newbie
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:30 am
by Uncle Hud
1) Welcome.
2) I used to live off Sheridan Road. Great Lakes Naval Training Center barracks in the mid-1970s. It never gets warm there.
3) 2015 models are the schnizzle. Liquid Graphite attracts babes.
4) Aunt Kelly has an SV650; it weighs less than a fully-loaded FJR saddlebag. Scary thing to ride through town.
5) If you can wheelie your FJR -- real wheelie, not just lift the front tire -- please post it here. I will be impressed.
Re: Newbie
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 10:55 am
by wheatonFJR
Uncle Hud wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:30 am
1) Welcome.
2) I used to live off Sheridan Road. Great Lakes Naval Training Center barracks in the mid-1970s. It never gets warm there.
3) 2015 models are the schnizzle. Liquid Graphite attracts babes.
4) Aunt Kelly has an SV650; it weighs less than a fully-loaded FJR saddlebag. Scary thing to ride through town.
5) If you can wheelie your FJR -- real wheelie, not just lift the front tire -- please post it here. I will be impressed.
There are FJR wheelies on the innernet since 2002.
I'm too askeered to try one on purpose, but I have accidentally lifted the front tire on a curve accidentally.
Re: Newbie
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 12:39 pm
by silverback
I could get the front off the ground on both the 05 and 07. 05 was easier, I think due to a shorter swing arm and taller gears. Not a full on wheelie. I'm too chicken to try that with the FJR.
The 14 just blinks the TCS light at me and goes. Lol
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Re: RE: Re: Newbie
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:30 pm
by baowow
Uncle Hud wrote:1) Welcome.
2) I used to live off Sheridan Road. Great Lakes Naval Training Center barracks in the mid-1970s. It never gets warm there.
3) 2015 models are the schnizzle. Liquid Graphite attracts babes.
4) Aunt Kelly has an SV650; it weighs less than a fully-loaded FJR saddlebag. Scary thing to ride through town.
5) If you can wheelie your FJR -- real wheelie, not just lift the front tire -- please post it here. I will be impressed.
I find that motorcycles tend to attract dudes more than babes. I hope you are correct about the graphite attracting more babes as I would like this ratio to increase from the current 0 babes.
Re: Newbie
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 5:18 pm
by baowow
One more day until I go get my bike! This is worse than waiting for Christmas...
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