My FJ was insulted Sunday.

[Steve_in_Florida]

...asked if that was the original miles on the bike.

You COULD have blown his mind and told him that the odometer had just rolled over for the SECOND time! 

Steve

[novaraptor]

Yeah, I'm betting it wasn't an insult. If he was an old guy, he probably knew exactly what he was looking at, because it was the bike he wanted when it first came out....

[Firehawk068]

Little story. I own (I'm the second owner) a 1990 FJ1200 with 9600 miles (no typo). My father-in-law (a Harley owner) and I went on a drive through Colorado Springs and Palmer Lake area. We stopped at a little place for lunch. There must have been at least 50 Harley's there. There were only 2 Japanese bikes there including mine. So I felt a little out of place  . We were sitting on the outside deck having a drink when I noticed an older Harley dude looking at my bike. He was all over it, looking, nodding and shaking his head. I went down and was getting ready to leave when he came up to me a asked if that was the original miles on the bike. I said yes. He couldn't believe it. He asked me to start it up because he wanted to listen to it. So I started it up, He nodded, gave me the two thumbs up   and said "gotta love the FJ" and walked away. I took that as a compliment and road off into the hills.

I was riding through Palmer Lake on Sunday. (I was on my way back from Colorado Springs also.)
It was later in the day.
I always see a ton of Harleys at that one place on the left as you ride through town.

Sometimes I stop at the "SpeedTrap" for coffee. 

[LarryFJ1990]

I always see a ton of Harleys at that one place on the left as you ride through town.

yup, that's the place

[rlucas]

I own both a KLR and a FJ...........

Seems like a pretty good combination to me. You, sir, are obviously a man of discerning taste and refinement.

[JoBrCo]

I try and look at it this way:

What's really contained in an opinion anyway?  I've heard that they're just like assholes, becasue everyone has one.

The value of anything is only to be determined by he who values it.  And there are a plethora of reasons for one to value anything.  It's like art appreciation, it's purely subjective. Is it valued because it's fast, safe, old, handsome, it was your first, it was your last, your dear old granfather gave it to you, you got it for free, etc, etc, etc!  Which is the wrong reason, and which one the right?  That's only for he who values it to say!

Peer pressure, it's highly over rated!  Actually I don't value it at all!!!

[fj johnnie]

 Whenever I am not sure if I am being insulted, I say, " Fuck, jealousy is ugly".

[Country Joe]

I try and look at it this way:

What's really contained in an opinion anyway?  I've heard that they're just like assholes, becasue everyone has one.

The value of anything is only to be determined by he who values it.  And there are a plethora of reasons for one to value anything.  It's like art appreciation, it's purely subjective. Is it valued because it's fast, safe, old, handsome, it was your first, it was your last, your dear old granfather gave it to you, you got it for free, etc, etc, etc!  Which is the wrong reason, and which one the right?  That's only for he who values it to say!

Peer pressure, it's highly over rated!  Actually I don't value it at all!!!

Very well said!!

[sebwiers]

Was on a ride last Sunday, ride leader was on a 2015 GSXR1000.  My bike was the only one that pulled comments at gas stations.  It also held its own decently against the GSXR on launches, and I was running faster in the twisties than some 600's (which likely had more to do with riders than the bikes).

[Keith]

  I've heard that they're just like assholes, becasue everyone has one.

T)

And they all usually stink.....
I was'nt there to hear /see KLR dudes delivery, so who knows..."where did you get that, a museum" could mean different things depending on tone, expression etc..dude might just be socially awkward, some people just deal with it by putting others down. In any event we are reaffirming that the FJ is a fine machine,( maybe not as refined as the wickedly sophisticated, and modern KLR) and from what I see, a lot of motorcyclist seem to be able to appreciate any machine, and the ones who talk smack either have the bike at home under the workbench in milk crates, or gave up riding, or log a few hundred miles of "cruising" a year, I used to get shit from people about sportsters being a girls harley etc etc, and half the time it was from someone who did not have a cycle.... I usually dont even offer a response to dbags like this anymore....

[sebwiers]

With the right tone, the museum comment can certainly be a compliment- its the sort of thing you'd normally say about a classic like a Vincent.  Mines got classic plates and is pretty much stock, so its really not so far off the truth to say it could be in a museum.