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New Member in Danbury, CT

  1. 10-11-08, 11:04 AM #1
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    New Member in Danbury, CT

    Hi all! My name is Shawn King and I've been riding for a little over 3 years (and 48,000 miles). I previously owned an '05 Yamaha Royal Star Tour Deluxe and, after a minor accident, the insurance company said, "Why don't you go buy yourself a new bike?"

    The nice guys at Danbury (CT) Powersports were kind enough to let me take a brand new FJR off their hands. For only a few (hundred) dollars, they even gave me a new Arai helmet, too.

    I picked it up in March and have been walking around with a big stupid grin on my face ever since! Completely different experience riding this bike and I'm enjoying every minute of it.

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  2. 10-11-08, 11:16 AM #2
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    Re: New Member in Danbury, CT

    Welcome to NESR!

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    Re: New Member in Danbury, CT

    Quote Originally Posted by MissTwisties View Post
    Welcome to NESR!
    Thanks! I'm new in a lot of ways - fairly new rider, new bike, new to New England, newly married...

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  4. 10-11-08, 04:21 PM #4
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    Re: New Member in Danbury, CT

    welcome fjr is a nice bike have fun.

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  5. 10-11-08, 05:15 PM #5
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    Re: New Member in Danbury, CT

    welcome to the site

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  6. 10-11-08, 05:42 PM #6
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    Re: New Member in Danbury, CT

    Welcome to the fun

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  7. 10-13-08, 12:46 PM #7
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    Re: New Member in Danbury, CT

    Quote Originally Posted by kingkawi View Post
    welcome fjr is a nice bike have fun.
    Yeah it is! I'm having *stupid* amounts of fun on it. I just rolled over 13K miles yesterday and will put another couple hundred on it today in....3....2...1....NOW!


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    Re: New Member in Danbury, CT

    Welcome Shawn -

    I wouldn't mind having an FJR in my garage. Nice bike...good choice

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  9. 10-13-08, 01:03 PM #9
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  10. 10-13-08, 02:53 PM #10
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    Re: New Member in Danbury, CT

    Quote Originally Posted by KillBill View Post
    Welcome Shawn -

    I wouldn't mind having an FJR in my garage. Nice bike...good choice
    Thanks! I "crashed" my Royal Star Tour Deluxe at just the "right" time - my wife had just gotten a BMW F800ST so we didn't need the big touring cruiser for 2up or to carry loads of gear any more and I was getting comfortable enough as a rider that I wanted something that could still tour but would let me have more fun in the twisties, too.

    Literally the day the insurance company said they were writing off the old bike, we found the ad for the brand new 08 FJR for $1500.00 off list...i've been riding the wheels off of it ever since.

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  11. 10-14-08, 05:44 PM #11
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    Re: New Member in Danbury, CT

    Excellent Welcome to the shit show.

    Any thoughts of bringing it up to the track? I bet that'd be fun!

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  12. 10-14-08, 06:13 PM #12
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    Re: New Member in Danbury, CT

    Quote Originally Posted by OreoGitorio View Post
    Any thoughts of bringing it up to the track? I bet that'd be fun!
    Oh, I'll be bringing it to a Track Day, alright!

    I'll be riding it up there with my wife so I can take pics of *her* on the track.

    She rides a BMW F800ST and has already done a Track Day (on her previous bike - a Suzuki GSF500) down at Barber Motorsport Park in Alabama.

    I like going to the track, I like seeing you guys at the track, I like taking pics of you guys at/on the track....but I don't think *I* want to get on the track if only because I know myself well enough to know I'd push the bike too hard and wind up sliding along the ground.

    But we'll definitely see you guys in the Spring!

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    Re: New Member in Danbury, CT

    Aight, well if you're looking for someone to talk to about getting more info, I might know a guy

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    Re: New Member in Danbury, CT

    Welcome fellow CT-dweller.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OreoGitorio View Post
    Aight, well if you're looking for someone to talk to about getting more info, I might know a guy
    Is his name....ummm....it's on the tip of my tongue....Ummm...Troy...no...that's not it....Trevor? Theodore?


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    Welcome!

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