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Hi all. Just thought I would drop a note to say hi. I made a long time dream come true a few weeks ago. I have been out of street riding for about 15 years, but never lost the longing!

I always dreamed of something like an R1 or CBR1000, but as I got older and started reaching a point in life where I was close to getting another bike, I started researching with a more practical goal in mind. My wife likes riding second seat with me, and that pretty much rules out a straight sport bike! So my sights settled on the FJR1300. It seemed to be the perfect compromise for room for two up, and the power and performance I wanted.

So, a few weeks ago while browsing craigslist for used ones, I found that a local dealer had a smoking deal on a brand new 2014 model that they had scratched one of the hard bags on. One thing led to another, and I ended up with it in my shop!

Hard part was I bought it, rode it 17 miles straight home and parked it in the shop, and we left for a two week vacation the next morning! But, now we're back and I just rolled it over 400 miles today. Been making lots of small around-home trips, but today was the first day trip, doing 167 miles two up.

I have yet to wring this bike out yet, and it hasn't seen redline. In fact, I've barely ridden it in sport mode, but WOW! I absolutely love this bike! What an amazing machine!

So far all I've done to it is move the handle bars all the way back. I plan to just ride and get some time in it before I go changing or adding anything. I can maybe see some risers for the handle bars in the future, but we'll see if I just get used to it.

Anyway, great forum here! I lurked here for quite awhile leading up to this, learning. Thanks for all the info!

Oh, I'm in NW Washington.

Welcome to the nuthouse and congrats on the new FJR.

Welcome aboard.

Thank you all!

Welcome. I host a tech meet each Spring and Fall just outside Auburn. This Fall will likely be in early October. There are usually 30-40 FJR's there and about 50 people. Good way to meet locals and some travelers and see what people have done to their bikes. As well as we do quite a bit of maintenance, tire changes, fork rebuilds, throttle body synchs, and occasionally we will do a valve check/adjustment.

If you haven't already joined, you may want to also try FJRForum.com too. Many frequent both forums.

Thank you! That sounds great. I'm have to keep an eye out and try and make that.

Congrats on the new ride. Auburn and his wife are amazing people and hosts. The rest of the PNW crew is sketchy... Just sayin. Also don't leave a pie any where it will disappear.

Sketchy no independent yes. Pie certainly.

Welcome from another PNW rider near Tacoma. I usually hang out in the other FJR internet sandbox, but check in here occasionally.

I haven't dealt with your dealership, but have experienced the same kind of frustrations with companies that need to learn about customer service. I bought my 07 from Renton Motorcycles almost 8 years ago and have been back a couple times for warranty work. On one occasion I had scheduled the bike for work that day and arranged to drop the bike in the morning (key in drop box) and pick it up after work. When I arrived after work, I found that they hadn't even started the work because they forgot my bike was there. Arggh! In their defense, the manager came out and apologized and gave me a $50 store gift card and voucher for dinner in their diner (they had a restaurant overlooking their indoor dirt bike track) which is what I would expect if they want to keep customers they've screwed over. But alas, they went out of business.