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I own a Gen1 FJR '03 with 40K miles on clock. I purchased it second hand with 20K miles on clock and since then its engine had a distinct top-end ticking noise. The character of the noise has not changed much for the last 20K miles. So here it is: I studied the Ticker subject (ticker...

Got to replace rear wheel [ball] bearings on my GenI FJR (due to suspicious noise coming from the rear end). Having no special tool at hand I tried several methods of pulling / knocking these bearings out of the wheel. The method that finally worked was to make use of a 22mm diameter anchor...

Having gone through a few dangerous situations on the [crazy] roads of Moscow, I realized that I need a louder horn. I mean a really loud one. A quick forum search revealed a few candidates, so I got a Stebel Nautilus from eBay. Seller proudly shipped it with a 90-degree mounting bolt. I've...

I love traveling for its own sake. Have done a handful of long-distance car travels to various parts of Europe in the past. This was my first attempt of bike travel. I got a 2003 first generation, blue FJR with over 20K miles on clock (maybe much more, who knows what they do to her odometer at...

I have an '03 with 25,000 miles on clock. Last week I had a 3K miles ride under heavy load (two up, side cases, top case) cruising peacefully at about 100mph. At the 2,5K mile of my trip I start noticing an infrequent (every 5-10 secs), non-periodic, loud metallic grinding or clunking somewhere...