Recent content by Atrious

Can you use stock bushings and seals?

Yep fork seals. I will just do the seals and bushings. The fluid, though Im sure would work fine, is most likely the original. It’s an 05 so might as well do the complete rehab.

Set the idle up. I didn’t realize that adjustment was there. Is that on a Gen II as well? I also installed my pilot 6 GTs today. Already feels better than the >10 year old battle axes. When installing the front wheel, I noticed my seals are not sealing as seals should. I guess a lifeless 10...

Welcome from Western PA as well. Good luck with the project. Hope to see you up and running soon. Project posts are appreciated.

Yup. I’ll send you a PM tomorrow.

I will run some ring free and good gas. Who knows how old the gas was. There was just less than a quarter tank when purchased. I filled with premium right away. Probably should have drained the tank. I’ll adjust after the plug change. Thanks.

I did notice an idle around 800-900 when this occurs. Is having to turn the idle up common or because it sat for a while? Is there an idle set knob like on a carburetor?

After trading a 2009 last year for no good reason I just picked up a 2005 FJR with 19,xxx miles. Looking forward to enjoy this bike for a while. Only 400 miles were added in the last 10 years. So, I just flushed the brake fluid, changed the oil, rear diff, and got new spark plugs. Ordered...

Hello, I just picked up a 2005 FJR1300 and I am looking for handlebar risers, a dash deck (I know that will be a tough one), heat deflectors, really open to anything Gen 1 related. Let me know what you have available. Thanks

I’d be interested. But you are a quite a bit away from me.