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Sorry to see you go but I can understand. Let us know how you like the FJR.
Too bad about that chain .. But hell, at least it isn't CARCed up. Todd.
No chain on an FJR, shaft drive.
Since you've got the bike with the matching luggage - your second bike can be a single-purpose Spine-Frame Moto Guzzi. All in good time...
I think what many call character or soul in a bike is more just an acceptance of its flaws and poor design.
Respectfully, I think you're mistaken. The most flawless motorcycle in the world would leave me cold if I didn't like it's character. Guzzis, Ducks, even *cough cough* some Harleys have it. Inline 4s? Naw. Boring as a BMW.. <running and ducking again>
If you're riding an FJR and see someone take their hands off the bars are they run off the road and you move your head side to side, does that count as head shake?Put cheap tires on, never check the air pressure, load all kinds of things on the bars and then as you go down the road, take your hands of the bars as the bike decelerates and it will shake.It's trying to get rid of you, probably for good reason.
Mostly this, as I wouldn't mind owning an MV Austa. But I wouldn't sell any of my twins to buy one.
Been through the FJR mode, great bullet-proof bike. The question is, can I trust the Norge like the FJR? Yamaha is rated #1 in reliability, rode em for 12 straight years in a row, never a problem on the road. 50k on the Royal Star and 26k on an 02 FJR.
Yet again you seem to add nothing to the conversation.