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Introductions / Re: Hi from Kent
« on: June 23, 2015, 03:25:01 PM »
Hey I now own a Blue 2005 Yamaha FJR1300 with 34774 miles and tip-over scratches on the right side.
Seems solid and smooth up to about 80mph.  Gets buzzy in the 100 to 120 range but engine still sounds good.  All gears are smooth.

Seems to have somewhat of an oversteer but feels planted in corners.  My last 40,000 miles are on a WR250 so it feels different but not bad.  I tend to adjust to bikes rather than try to adjust the bikes to me.  It looks like the previous owner put spacers on that have the bars up and back a few inches.

I wouldn't mind switching with another FJR owner on a ride sometime to compare the sound and feel.

I'm riding to Knapp, WI via and hour of back roads on Friday if anyone wants to join up.

Later,
Kent

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Introductions / Hi from Kent
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:09:29 PM »
Hi All,

I'm signing up to MN-MSTA to re-connect with some of you and get to know the rest.
I was pretty active with MN-Sportbike.org, CRA, CCS and NESBA a decade or two ago.  I really enjoyed time on the track, on the road and in the pits or lunch spots with all you riders in the past but I've been focused on my kids (now 10-Duke and 12-Lizabeth years old) and work and don't have a strong pull for recreational riding any longer.

I still love to ride wherever I'm going.  Rain or shine, warm or cold (well down to 10 degree-F or so) I will ride but I'm always riding to get somewhere rather than just for the ride.

Perhaps Susan (wife) and I will join up for a ride or two in the near future once we've put a used FJR1300 ($4500 budgeted) in the garage.
My daily ride is a 2008 Yamaha WR250R it's got 40,000 miles now and needs a rest/rebuild.

Hope I can see some old friends and new acquaintance sometime soon.
Later,
Kent Larson


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