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New FJ Picked up in Long Beach


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The FJ-09 has slightly stiffer springs, that's it.  

I'm looking forward to having options, but unlike the FZ-09, the suspension on the FJ-09 seems to be pretty well sorted out of the box. Still, suspension is always your best investment.
In many of the road tests they reported that the damping, both compression and rebound, both front and back, was significantly increased compared to the 2014 FZ-09. Cruizin, are you saying the 2015 FZ-09 damping is the same as the 2015 FJ-09 damping? 
FJ-09, 690 Enduro R.
Back Roads. Period.
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Any bike rental shops in your area? Man, this is starting to sound promising.
http://southbaysportbikerentals.com/motorcycles/
 
http://www.sporttouringmotorcyclerental.com/bikes.html
 
linkhttp://www.motoquest.com/motorcycle-rental/long-beach-california-5http://www.calif-motorcyclerental.com/
 
If I have time on a friday or a monday, ill show you some of the incredible network on canyons in the LA mountains, or the Santa Barbara foothills
 
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am so jonesing for a ride, it's been since November. I fly for free, my daughter wrks for an airline. I should fly down, rent a bike and come ride with you some weekend.
Come on down, I will show you around. I can't promise a bike to borrow at this time, as the wife still gets extremely jealous when I go out and ride without her and the street triple is hers. She broke her tib/fib 5 weeks ago tomorrow and is still in extreme pain. Poor girl.  
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Bikes:
2015 FJ-09, Seat Concepts seat cover and foam, Cal Sci medium screen, rim stripes, factory heated grips, Cortech Dryver tank bag ring, Modified stock exhaust, FlashTune with Graves fuel map, Cree driving lights, Aux power socket.
2012 Street Triple type R (Wifes)
2007 FJR1300 (Sold!)
 
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wow, I stand corrected!

In many of the road tests they reported that the damping, both compression and rebound, both front and back, was significantly increased compared to the 2014 FZ-09. Cruizin, are you saying the 2015 FZ-09 damping is the same as the 2015 FJ-09 damping?
This is from Motorcyclist review
To fix the FZ-09’s flaccid suspension, Yamaha more than doubled the damping in the shock and increased both compression and rebound damping in the fork significantly. As one Yamaha test rider put it, the FJ-09 suspension has “heavily revised internals.” Yeah. The shock spring is the same as before, but the fork springs are now progressive units, with softer initial rates and firmer final rates.
 
On the road, the bike feels worlds better than the FZ-09. Ride quality is actually quite good, with the FJ’s suspension erasing small bumps and taking the edge off bigger hits. On the freeway and during the gentle, flowing back-road riding we did during the morning, the chassis felt fluid and composed. But once the roads dried and the throttle and brakes were used more aggressively, the FJ’s chassis got flustered. The shock and fork springs are still quite soft so there’s still a lot of suspension movement, but overall that movement is far more controlled than the FZ-09’s. It’s a definite improvement and a good match for this bike’s mission as a sporty long-distance machine.

 
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