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Not me. Checking with a buddy I think did.

Never used them but I keep thinking I might next time I'm in LA: https://www.twistedroad.com/

@2and3cylinders - yes, the barn door. Yes, it's hot when air temps over 90. I hate the wind noise without it, but I ride a shorty screen May - Sept. The upper faring bracket has a crazy spiral fracture, so I bent 1" flat metal strips to tie the windscreen mounts to the lower bracket. @texscottyd - Fj09 no windscreen at all is just a little quieter. Don't know about FZ09. When I stand on the pegs and get as far as possible from the bike, I still get the high freq wind noise but I lose all the low freq booming. Aerodynamics on this bike are weird. I read a review of a BMW S-XR that said all adventure style street bikes have wind problems. Glad your MIL is doing better.

Hope she gets better soon. I'm starting to hate the visiting hospitals and funerals part of aging. And on topic: just went back to the tall Givi screen and handguards for fall and winter riding. It's still warm and very, very humid down South. But I'm looking forward to an 800-ish mile weekend with a buddy and it's much easier to hear the Sena behind the tall windscreen.

If I needed that much stuff, I'd be buying a Miata or a BRZ (and will probably eventually replace the FJ with one of those) but I always think that they're cool to see.

I lived in Long Beach from 96 to 07. I used to tell my wife I was getting groceries and come back with 1 jar of Apple butter from Julian. I was looking at Caltrans data a couple of years ago. Before the Great Recession traffic on the 405 peaked in 2007, and it took 9 years to get back to 2007 volume. But it continued to increase all the way through at least 2019. Like @2and3cylinders's daughter, my son is back out there so we try to visit often.

Those roads could be state highways down here. 😄

Extra $3k? I'd look at what you're getting for the $3k. If you're adding cc, luggage, heated grips, and a little better throttle and suspension... yes if those are important. You'll lose taxes, too.

I'm impressed with the tow truck. Anyone around here just puts the bike in the kickstand on a flat bad and uses ratchet straps. Or refuses to come. Or cancels after waiting 2 hours because they "suddenly" realize it's a motorcycle. Or worse, shows up, claims surprise when it's a motorcycle, leaves and tries to bill you.

Can't believe I'm jumping into this, but... I'm legit curious, does moto ACC not trigger while lane splitting/filtering? Or are you saying that we, as experienced riders, shouldn't even be using ACC or CC while splitting/filtering? Just curious if the electronics are so sensitive to tell the difference.

Before they went out of business a local dealer that knew me would let me take short test rides (10 miles or less) when the weather was perfect and mid-day when there was less traffic. The only way I got to ride an FJ was at a demo day like @kilo3 said (minus the salt in the Deep South). I test rode an FJ and FJR amd bought the FJ after lunch. We also had demos at the National motorcycle shows. I rode maybe a dozen bikes from Yamaha, Triumph, Harley, Indian, and Zero in a day. Sadly the whole tour was cancelled this year.

We replaced a Fusion hybrid with a Sonata hybrid - the Sonata has a button on the dash that let's you use the hybrid battery to jump start the 12V battery.

I don't think I've seen those studies. Every study I've seen referenced shows that excessive speed causes higher rates of injuries which I understand. But never that speed causes the accident.** I know that MD state troopers used to say they focused on speed differentials - they were more interested in someone doing 80 when everyone else was doing 60 than everyone doing 65 or 70 in a 55. There were PSAs when I was growing up that said that driving slow was almost as dangerous as driving fast. ** Within reason. Years ago there was a bad wreck maybe 5 miles from my house where a moto was doing almost 100 mph in a 30 on a public road with a lot of pedestrian traffic. Car pulled in front of the moto never expecting it to be doing 3x the limit.

Sadly, no. There is camera footage of a Jeep repeatedly swerving at a bicyclist (even crossing the double yellow to do it) and the local prosecutor says, we don't really know what happened because the Jeep driver denies it. Plenty of stories on the internet by bicyclists where their video footage is ignored.

Welcome! There are some nice roads in W Ky and some fantastic ones in E Ky.

I always have my wife stand on the rear brake pedal and leave the bike in gear. Add a cheater bar to the wrench.

Hope you heal quickly and smoothly. Do all of the physical therapy exercises they prescribe.

I just bought a seat thru this forum. I think shipping was $74 for the seller. I made about $3 off an Ebay sale maybe 2 months ago because shipping was so much more than EBay estimated. Buyer got a good but not great deal. USPS was the winner in that sale.

Another ride near Pickwick. Lunch at River Heights in Crump, TN right on the TN River. But 1st a stop at the museum at the back of Lake Hill Motors in Corinth, MS. Right when we walked in, a guy started chatting us up. Turns out we were talking to Sam Correro (https://www.transamtrail.com/). Very friendly and nice to meet him. He's working on a gravel loop around the US. He said he's traveling to Ohio next week. He has an idea for the whole loop, and he's finalizing the details state by state.

Got to ride one at the moto show. Really enjoyed my time on it. Did you try a Thruxton? The clip ons look low but that Thruxton suspension looks like nice.

I applaud your interest and hope you have the time to do this. I got my start in motorcycling as an adult over 20 years ago in an MSF course with no prior moto experience. Good coaching is so important when you get started riding a moto. No advice, just thanks for considering this.

Wow! Your highway pegs are almost dragging! Work gear is tough to pack. At my old job, my 14" laptop fit inside the OE side case. My new job's 15" laptop barely fits at a weird angle and nothing will fit with it.

Everything gets double use in bikepacking where I have about 40L total space on the bicycle for camping, multiple meals, clothes, first aid, and repair supplies. The tailbag is maybe 20L, handlebar bag maybe 10, and fork bags 5 each. I looked for packed size on everything before I buy. Almost all of my stuff has been bought on sale from REI over years. Eureka small 2 man freestanding tent (upgraded from a bivy), Big Agnes lightweight inflatable pad (but recently upgraded to wider, plusher BA pad I haven't used yet), +30 synthetic sleeping bag, small inflatable pillow, a square of cheap foam pad to sit on, and my kitchen is a Jetboil, fast food plastic utensils, and a little dishwashing soap. On the moto, I only usually make breakfast and buy or snack for lunch and dinner. On the bicycle, I snack for lunch and eat dehydrated meals for dinner.

I like to go WOT on the FJ09 and let the TC make the front wheel just skim the tops of little road bumps in a tiny, baby wheelie. That's electronics. Don't do it often, but it makes me grin. My wife's Hyundai has ACC. This is a commuter sedan, nothing sporty. When speeds are changing gradually, the ACC is nice to have even in stop and go traffic. Smooth enough. When speeds are changing quickly, it works but kicks in later and brakes harder than a human. It could potentially be useful in moto commuting somewhere outside CA. Lane splitting would f*** with ACC too much.