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SOLD! Thanks for looking! I am selling my 2006 Yamaha FJR1300A, (Gen 2) to make room for a new bike. It's a really clean, low miles, 10,800 miles or so, well-maintained example. I have really wanted to like this bike and have had it for a few years, but age and health issues make this bike...

...red shafty. Type: Horizontally opposed twin Displacement: 1170cc Bore x stroke: 101 x 73mm Maximum power: 125 horsepower @ 7750 rpm Maximum torque: 92 ft/lbs @ 6500 rpm Compression ratio: 12.5:1 Valve train: DOHC, 4vpc Cooling: Liquid and air Transmission: Constant mesh 6-speed w/ helical...

Yes, I am still shopping for a replacement for my FJR. I have been doing some consulting work as a safety net for my dad's care, just in case. As most of you know he passed last week, so I now have a second nest-egg, and of course that means.....my options for a new bike are less constrained...

Found! As the Title says, 2015-2018 model years BMW RS or R. (boxer) Not interested in salvaged bikes. Possible trade: My 2006 FJR1300A , low miles, nearly perfect condition. I am thinking high 4000's as a trade for the FJR. Wholesale is 3800 and it's got all the goodies.

My parents are now both deceased (my dad died this past week), neither of them ever knew that I started riding in earnest shortly after they forbade me to have a motorcycle, when I was 15 years old. I left home at 16 years old, mostly because I was a very enthusiastic hippie kid, who relished...

PSA If you use one of those 3 metered motorcycle spots on Geary Street in the 2200 block, you might want to make other plans. SFMTA painted out the spots, pulled out the meters, so Uber Drivers can double park there. (That's who was parked across the 3 spots when I rolled up) And the SFMTA...

One of my hobbies is looking at ads for motorcycles I really shouldn't be looking at. Of course this very nice '75 Goldwing turned up on CL this week. As much as I want to just go buy it, I have to deal with a whole raft of "Other Family Shit" and won't have time to do anything about buying...

Rode to San Jose on the FJR this AM to sort out things for my dad at GoodSam Hospital. I left at 230 PM, hopped on 85N to 280, then spent a the next hour trying to squeeze myself through several massive traffic jams. I don't think I can recall ever seeing so much traffic, in the 50 years I...

Looks like the entire range of boxer-engined BMWs are getting the newer, bigger motor. https://www.asphaltandrubber.com/rumors/bmw-boxer-range-update-2019/ This will add another 11lbs of pork, too, or more. Is this another reason to buy a 2018, or wait to see what needs to be ironed out in...

Looks like Buell is not going away, yet. Anyone riding this bike or see one?

From what I can see online, BMW does not offer any extended, Factory Underwritten warranty coverage. Some dealers are offering 3rd party "Mechanical Breakdown Insurance" but I have found no information regarding BMW warranty products. BMW of America offers a factory underwritten warranty, that...

Some idiot went out of state to fish for a few weeks, and left the ignition on, on his Triumph Bonneville. "On", meaning the ignition switch was in the On position. Yesterday I had an errand to run, and thought that it was the perfect opportunity to wheel the old girl out and give it a run to...

I have always stopped at the Dardanelles Resort on my way over Sonora Pass, since the 1950s when we traveled in our 1954 Chevy wagon, and up to a few months ago when the pass opened in the Spring. It's gone. https://goo.gl/b5EvN9

After 6 weeks of soaking my feet in Idaho's glorious trout streams, it's time to pack the car and head home to California's annual FireStorm-BBQs, 30million transplants (all in a car, directly in front of me) , and the Urge. Yes, even though I recently scratched my small, fun bike itch, my...

We saw a lot of these around Yellowstone Park, and up and down the Yellowstone Highway, from Pocatello to Montana. I was fantasizing about what circumstances would ever drive me to consider riding such a thing. I have ridden 2 sidecar rigs, and frankly I found them disconcerting, and difficult...

Who is this guy , John Hollywood? Has anyone here actually tried to do business with this place? They have a 510 area code, so it appears that they have a phone listed in Alameda County, but something feels scammy about them. You would think, though, that Craig Newmark's people would have...

The first time I encountered Wild Bill Parker, I was meandering along Hwy One, North of Marshall, when crusty codger on a brand new '98 R1, appeared, then made a rather swift pass on my left, gave a short wave and leaned hard on to Marshall-Petaluma Road, taking the odd left hander with total...

So I'm up in Eye Da Hoe, and am doing the usual slight double taking at all the bald-headed (No helmets) riders. We stopped at Dave's Jubilee Market for a huckleberry ice cream after scaring trout all morning in one of the nearby streams, when I noticed a small cluster of people around a...

Every ride has some notable event(s), minor, major, exciting, or otherwise. The Good: Around noon I wheeled BlueBertha out of her mooring and guided her on a Southerly bearing on CA RT One towards Pacifica, Half Moon Bay and La Honda Road. There was a fair amount of traffic heading down the...

Wednesday afternoon I exerted some "bad influence" on my regular riding buddy and got him to take Thursday off. He agreed, and indicated he wanted to do a FullBackRoadsBoogie Ride, so after fighting our way out of TechieLand and over the GodlessGate Bridge, we began the day by doing my favorite...