Obvious reasons? 
Post away, we would love to hear someone express Fudger hatred....
All in good fun. 
Brian
How are you Brian?
I didn't want to hijack the thread but this is worth reading.
Background:
2007 FJR 1300 bought new in May 2007. Rode the crap out of it until 2 years ago when I was downtown in Seattle. Turing left, about to climb up a steep hill, when I give way to a bus (RCW law here in WA). Bus was at a crawl so I was "milking" the clutch then gradually let the clutch out when the bus gathered speed. Then I noticed the bike was totally dead. Quickly pulled in then let out the clutch thinking I had stalled the bike (before the hill began) nothing. Then the un-thinkable happened, all power to the engine (no kidding) was restored and I nearly re-ended the bus but used the kill switch to stop the bike and free wheeled to a halt. Decided to check the battery connections (good job I carry tools) etc but no loose connections!
Bike then started fine so I make my way up to see my little girl to say goodnight (I am divorced). On the way back home on I-5 South, near where the freeway bears left as you spy the Space Needle, a kind cage person was on my tail. Cage went right then a truck decided to tail gate. Traffic was very heavy but flowing and mid curve the bike lost power. I was very lucky not to get hit but this time the engine once again produced power and I limped home after exiting I-5 to ride the back roads home, chugging along.
So, a week or so later I was riding with a good mate of mine and we decided to get a bite to eat. He was leading and as I was turning left to the mall when the engine cut out again mid lean (ask my mate about that mid turn engine stop)but I managed to get my leg down to stop from falling over (hurt leg though). This time we ended up getting the bike towed home.
As you are all aware, Yammi had a recall on the ignition switch (which I had already had completed) so this was a different problem. Bike went to dealer to get stripped. They found the front left (top side as you are seated on the bike) wiring harness (earth pot) completely bare and grounding against the metal frame near the head. Due to the nature of the problem this earthing did not occur on a regular basis (first delaer said nothing was wrong). A patch was completed while we awaited the new (complete harness in my case) harness. I didn't have to pay anything and I believe it was my insistence and the dealers pictures that gained Yamaha's attention for this worldwide recall. FYI, 2 harness's were made for this recall, one complete (my problem) and one half harness. The whole bike (in my case) had to be stripped so that the wires go to the throttle body area etc.
Hope this gives you Kawa haters another perspective on how bikes produce problems in a different way that emerge from time to time. Don't get me going on the f****in Buy Me Wallet bikes.
And yes, I still have the FJR with 83,000 miles on the odo.
C14 is much much better than the FJR in every aspect of riding.
Jon.
