Off-Roading an FJR1300

[Dallara]

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This one should really appeal to wfopete... ::025::

Here's a video that just goes to show folks the bike is never what limits where you go. This guy don't need no stinkin' K60's!!! ::26::

Pay particular attention around the 7, 8, and 11 to 13 minute marks... This one is a classic.



off road with FJR1300



Wonder who will be the first outfits to start making FJR skid plates and crash guards?


Dallara



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[sail2xxs]

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Wonder who will the first outfits to start making FJR skid plates and crash guards?


Dallara
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Doesn't look like the FJR needs skid plates and crash guards! Or any stinkin' K-60s, Karoos, Midas E09s, TKC-80s, etc.

The right rider can make even the most unlikely bike go just about anywhere!

Chris

 

[Mark R.]

That guy is getting the job done!. However, that bike can't take that kind of riding that long without some sort of eventual damage. He seems in a big hurry.

 

[EricV]

He seems like he knows where he's going, that's for sure. Now, do it again with the bags on! ;D The rider did a great job. They do make crash bars for FJRs. They are more street oriented, usually originating for LEO use though. I do know a FJR rider with a skid plate. He needed it after breaking the oil pan twice leaving Prudhoe Bay. The second weld up repair they fabricated a skid plate of sorts to prevent a third event.

I've ridden a fair amount of single track on the FJR, but not as knarley as some of that. More rocky. The car tire helps quite a bit off pavement for that kind of riding.

 

[BravoBravo]

And this is why I don't like the idea of buying a used motorycle! ::013::

 

[Dallara]

...They do make crash bars for FJRs. They are more street oriented, usually originating for LEO use though. I do know a FJR rider with a skid plate...

I know they make crash bars for FJR's... But not the kind I was thinking of.

So what does Rumbux offer for the FJR1300? ::025::

I also took my FJR off-road, but *NOTHING* like where that guy was going!!! ???

Funny though, decades ago... 1976 to be exact... A bunch of us were on what turned out to be an monumentally memorable ride weekend. All the bikes on the trip were pure street mounts. Some Honda CB750K's and 550K's, a couple of Z-1's, etc., including a CB350 Honda "Chopper" that had wildly extended front forks. I was on my 1975 Kawasaki KZ900 "Z-1B". At one point we went to one guy's Aunt's ranch near Tarpley, TX to hang out some. Next thing you know the guy whose Aunt had the ranch, Mark, says he's going on a "trail ride", so some of us decide to join in, including the guy who was riding the 350 "Chopper", all in no more than t-shirts, jeans, etc. and deciding not to wear our helmets. Starts off pretty gentle, dirt roads and jeep tracks, but then we're doing enduro-level water crossings and the like. At one point we faced this incredibly long, unbelievably steep, and what looked like impossibly rocky uphill...

Now I had been racing off-road for years at this point, but I wasn't absolutely positive any of us could make it up that hill on big street bikes... But as I was contemplating that ol' Mark just rode his Z-1 right up that hill, complete with "sissy bar", duffel bag, and all - easy as you please, like he did all the time. I went up next, but I know I didn't look nearly as nonchalant as Mark did. Everybody made it up, including the "chopper", until the last guy... A cop who was riding his CB750 and had zero off-road experience. He biffed it about a 1/4-way up, and we all had to help him get it up to the top. But we were all laughing the entire time, including the cop despite all the dings and dents his bike ended up with.

The rest of the "trail ride" was pretty uneventful, but massively fun, and it was that day I learned that you really could take just about any bike just about anywhere. When the ride was over I asked Mark how he made it look so easy going up that hill, and he calmly replied "Oh, hell... We ride up that hill all the time." ::025::

That entire FJR video reminded me of that day.

Dallara




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[sportsguy]

Nice to see he takes pride in keeping it clean...LMAO.

OK, so clearly he's in Asia somewhere...

He has some skills as a rider, that's clear.

His ability to determine direction puts Garmin to shame.

His decision making skills are suspect.

Large credit to the success goes to the dry dirt conditions.

By far, though, the single biggest contributing factors to his success offroading the FJR were the hightops and bright blue crampbuster...

Oh, couldn't really tell if that was an antenna (I think so) or a fly fishing rig on the bike...

Overall, this fits my "abuse" category, but I'm morally loose anyway, so that definition is broad and flexible.

 

[sail2xxs]

I do know a FJR rider with a skid plate. He needed it after breaking the oil pan twice leaving Prudhoe Bay. The second weld up repair they fabricated a skid plate of sorts to prevent a third event.

FJR rider wouldn't happen to be John Ryan would it? If I remember right, he had oil pan issues on the way to Prudhoe Bay for his Prudhoe -> Key West in 4 something days record run a couple years ago.

Chris

 

[EricV]

FJR rider wouldn't happen to be John Ryan would it? If I remember right, he had oil pan issues on the way to Prudhoe Bay for his Prudhoe -> Key West in 4 something days record run a couple years ago.

Yes, John is the rider I was referring to. He was traveling at BBG pace on the Haul Road and cracked/holed the oil pan after departing from Prudhoe, requiring a return for repair, then did it again on his second departure, IIRC, and had to return to Prudhoe for a second repair, at which point they fabricated a skid plate or additional protection for the oil pan. His third departure went the distance. His 'record' was recently broken by Will Barclay of Hoka Hey fame.

 

[snakebitten]

When I was about 14, I spent most of the time "on the trails" behind my neighborhood. At the time I rode a TS125. And I new the trails like the back of my hand.

My step dad had a 72 CB750 (K2?)
He didn't ride it much. But kept it clean sitting in the Garage.

I quickly learned that if it was parked exactly where he left it and clean, he didn't notice that I had snuck it out. I would go straight to the trails! And ride it on our own little track. Complete with a couple of jumps.

Broke the frame under the seat jumping it.
Took it home and washed it and put it back where it belonged.

When he discovered the "give" the bike had when you sat on it, he took it in and got it repaired. (Welded up)

Since he didn't even suspect that anyone else had ever ridden it, I escaped possible death. And thus, proceeded to sneaking it out again.

Broke the frame again in the same place. He was so confused how that weld broke just sitting in the garage. This time they cut the frame on both sides and welded steel bar inside the tubes.

I never ever came clean. Thanks a lot for reminding me of my sins with this thread.


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[SpaceTraveler]

This FJR rider is awesome.

You are terrible snakebitten!!!

 

[TwoLukes]

Snakebitten, you're a man after my own heart! I smiled all the way thru reading about your sneaky past.... Luke

 

[snakebitten]

I ain't buying it Luke!
After getting to know you in Ouray, I can't imagine you misbehaving.


Funny how different it seemed to me, back when I was actually doing it.
(Compared to how it appears now)
I rarely got into any trouble. Of 6 kids, I was considered pretty well behaved.
But that was amongst a few real rowdies!

He was my 3rd stepdad. A pretty nice guy, actually. I snuck his car out a few times too after getting my license.

Maybe he knew? Lol

 

[Dallara]

I ain't buying it Luke!
After getting to know you in Ouray, I can't imagine you misbehaving.


Funny how different it seemed to me, back when I was actually doing it.
(Compared to how it appears now)
I rarely got into any trouble. Of 6 kids, I was considered pretty well behaved.
But that was amongst a few real rowdies!

He was my 3rd stepdad. A pretty nice guy, actually. I snuck his car out a few times too after getting my license.

Maybe he knew? Lol

Trust me, he did...

Dad's (or good step dads) always know, and most Mom's, too. I found out years and years later my Mom and Dad knew about damn near everything I *thought* I got away with! ::025::

Don't you just *know* when your kids have done something?

Dallara



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[Tremor38]

Haha! That's Japan. Dude must have money burn.

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[viewdvb]

I did 100,000 miles on three FJRs and I would NEVER have attempted those forest trails, certainly not at those speeds. Now that could be because I have more sense, a far from bottomless bank account and an active imagination. This guy surely liked to live dangerously. Like all clever adventures, it could all have gone horribly wrong at any moment which is where the lack of imagination and bottomless bank account come in. That said, it was an impressive feat if only for its jaw dropping silliness.