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raYzerman wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 12:10 pm I'm with Toter, where would I ever ride that I need 80+ cruise or perhaps even cruise at all, lol. BTW, what's an interstate?

I get that! However, when I went out to Northern California with Steel_Gin in 2023, he only had 2 weeks for the entire trip. We had to ride many miles of interstates through the Midwest and West just to get where we were going in time. It was still fun. You gotta do what you gotta do.

raYzerman wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 12:10 pm I'm with Toter, where would I ever ride that I need 80+ cruise or perhaps even cruise at all, lol. BTW, what's an interstate?

It's what non-retired people use to get to the good stuff on their limited days off

rbentnail wrote: ↑Sat Apr 12, 2025 3:11 pm .... but I'll be oot and aboot longer tomorrow and will report back.

Had a nice ride today checking everything out from the '14-'15 ES model ECU installed in my A model 2013. Looks like verything is the same except the cruise control limit. I'm assuming it'll be the approx. 102 mph limit now but it certainly is not the 82 limit anymore. Again, no faults, no alarms, no warning lights, nothing. As far as I can tell everything else is unchanged. I don't know if I'm the first to make this mod but it sure is good to see there's another option for us slowpoke 2013 people.

raYzerman wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 12:10 pm I'm with Toter, where would I ever ride that I need 80+ cruise or perhaps even cruise at all, lol. BTW, what's an interstate?

It's what I have to ride for a zillion miles to get to ANY of the good stuff. And even if you don't take the interstate, an 80mph cruise control might still not be enough on those roads for what the limit is.

Of course, this all comes from the guy who has never had cruise control on a motorcycle. I'm not hip and up to date on all this new fangled tech you guys use. I have been tempted to buy the Veridian unit for my 1190 though.

Buncha limpwristed hippy fellers. Lol.

rbentnail wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 2:25 pm

rbentnail wrote: ↑Sat Apr 12, 2025 3:11 pm .... but I'll be oot and aboot longer tomorrow and will report back.

Had a nice ride today checking everything out from the '14-'15 ES model ECU installed in my A model 2013. Looks like verything is the same except the cruise control limit. I'm assuming it'll be the approx. 102 mph limit now but it certainly is not the 82 limit anymore. Again, no faults, no alarms, no warning lights, nothing. As far as I can tell everything else is unchanged. I don't know if I'm the first to make this mod but it sure is good to see there's another option for us slowpoke 2013 people.

Duh. You put a 15 ES brain in your dumb 2013 A model. It's gonna be smarter, faster, and more agile. It's like getting PF Flyers, you'll run faster, and jump higher.

Festus wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 1:47 pm

raYzerman wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 12:10 pm I'm with Toter, where would I ever ride that I need 80+ cruise or perhaps even cruise at all, lol. BTW, what's an interstate?

It's what non-retired people use to get to the good stuff on their limited days off

If it takes that much high speed cruise control to get to the good stuff, you're living in the wrong place. Or, maybe it's time to retire?

Toter wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 6:24 pm

Festus wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 1:47 pm

raYzerman wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 12:10 pm I'm with Toter, where would I ever ride that I need 80+ cruise or perhaps even cruise at all, lol. BTW, what's an interstate?

It's what non-retired people use to get to the good stuff on their limited days off

If it takes that much high speed cruise control to get to the good stuff, you're living in the wrong place. Or, maybe it's time to retire?

Nope, most of the best places to ride around here are meth heavy, no desire to live in those places. Happy to visit and donate some rubber to their roads, though!

I put in a little over 250 miles to pick up a taillight for the Tacoma. I found a guy selling a pair for $20 bucks. Yeah, only $20 dollars. What a steal. Bulbs included.

The best part was it was south of Bloomington Indiana. There is good riding over there. Temps were in the low 60s when I left and low 70s when I returned.







I know a guy who likes bridges. I tried to get a pic on this one. Not gonna happen.










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Bastards. Too bad you weren't on yer Honda!

wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 9:01 pm Bastards. Too bad you weren't on yer Honda!

lol. Maybe I could have snuck alongside. That pile of rock was fresh and still unstable.


I rode lower Terra Haute road twice, Indiana 46 and 48. IN 157 is nice as well as 54 south west of Bloomington. One place was very SEO like. Almost got some air over a rise and wasn’t sure which way the road was gonna go. Wind was 20mph out of the southeast so the ride home was so smooth.

THaute road was blazed at FJR nominal on the way back. It’s amazing what the FJR can do in 3rd gear at 7,500 rpm. I never hit triple digits but the sweepers are marked at 35-50.

I had been neglecting the FJR due to its weight and lack of distances my rides lately have been. Clearly that is my mistake. She just needs to be ridden in the niche she falls in.

Agreed. Been on those roads with griff.

raYzerman wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 12:10 pm BTW, what's an interstate?

All I know is I'm allergic to them.

JREW once again demonstrated the ADV capabilities of the FJR by successfully tackling both the Valley of the Gods and the Moki Dug way today. No drops and only a few moments. JREW is a stud!

A few years ago, heading home from a 3-day drunk also known as "SFO" on my '14A, in central Mississippi, i passed a log truck on a desolate 2 lane State highway. About 10 minutes later, I was filling up at a gas station in a no-name town when that same log truck pulled up and parked next to the fuel pumps. The driver got out and I nodded "hello" to him.

(Truck Driver) "Man you were flying when you passed me back there."

(Pants) "She runs pretty smooth at 102 mph."

(Truck Driver) "Why exactly 102?"

(Pants, smirking) "Feels like a good round number."

Stay thirsty, my friends.....

In east Texas, those logging trucks seem to run around 102mph too! Last time I was out that way I came upon them cleaning up after one of them crossed lanes and the two logging trucks hit head on corner to corner.

Western trips to South Dakota and then SD and south into Colorado required too many miles on I90 and interstates as a whole. Having a cruise set at 80+... was the difference between going and not. In fact, I used it on the so called back roads in Montana and Wyoming (even SD and Colorado) as they are 65 to 70 mph too. 100 miles in these states is "local" by the locals.

Just my two cents, maybe one cent

FJRPittsburgh wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 1:46 pm

raYzerman wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 12:10 pm I'm with Toter, where would I ever ride that I need 80+ cruise or perhaps even cruise at all, lol. BTW, what's an interstate?

I get that! However, when I went out to Northern California with Steel_Gin in 2023, he only had 2 weeks for the entire trip. We had to ride many miles of interstates through the Midwest and West just to get where we were going in time. It was still fun. You gotta do what you gotta do.

I’m putting this here because it is FJR related…

In the dictionary (or google for you modern era kids), the word “sadness” is defined as, 1.a: affected with or expressive of grief or unhappiness: downcast - OR b.) causing or associated with grief or unhappiness: depressing





A picture being worth it’s weight in gold, I submit this as an example of what the term “sadness” could be represented in our FJR community.



Some will get it, some will not...


Life is busy, but it can never be so busy to help a fellow rider out. D-Eagle needed a leaky valve stem replaced on an FJR wheel. No problem – quick work with the ol’ cycle hill changer and hands to help. So we set to it Sunday morning bright and early – because the weather was leaning towards “Wayne is riding today” pretty heavily. We peeled that Michelin Pilot Road something or another off in no time (D-Eagle explained that the ease of which the bead separated was due to the extreme heat cycles he had put the tire through over it’s very trying 750 mile lifespan – think track days), pressed out the offending valve stem and snugged up the brand shiny new Puig 90 degree valve stem in no time.

I marked the wheel and tire before we removed it in hopes of getting lucky on the balance; once spinning on the table, we were going to need to adjust some weight on it. As I’m standing there watching it rotate, a little speck of grey caught my eye; like a small rock wedged into one of the sipping cuts. I stopped the tire and picked at it with my finger – it didn’t budge. I grabbed my magnet pickup tool – and it stuck to it like there was 3 lbs of steel plate in the tire…




For reference, when you squirt a little soapy water on a possible puncture (or suspect valve stem), this is what it may look like.

I submit exhibit 2, also found in Websters under, “sadness”.





New tire inbound. Thank goodness he has the prius Goldwing

Good thing you guys are getting bikes ready for SEO then Cats and Dacks.

Your choice, but I would have just plugged the brand new m'effer and go.

But that's your choice. If you're fine with it, that's all that matters. If I still rode, I'd tell you to ship that thang south!