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Engine Didn't Grenade/Something Happened/And Final Report
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<blockquote data-quote="mcatrophy" data-source="post: 1399323" data-attributes="member: 3187"><p>I missed that these pics weren't of the offending bike.</p><p>As to liners or not, I read about them in publicity blurb. I've found one reference on the interweb, in <a href="https://www.ashonbikes.com/forum/yamaha-fjr1300?page=2#comment-17895" target="_blank">a post in a thread</a> by one <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Ash" target="_blank">Kevin Ash</a>, who was a very respected journalist, where in answer to similar doubters he writes "Okay, I've been chatting with Yamaha and have some answers to various questions. Regarding the plated bores, the difference with the new model is the cylinders are now all aluminium, the process is what they call direct plated sleeveless cylinders. The aluminium around the bore is first hardened, then the plating is applied. This is already done with the R6 and R1, but it's the first time for the FJR1300. All previous FJR models had plated bores (not just from 2005/6 onwards), but this was applied to steel sleeves within the aluminium block." This in October 2012, testing the 2013 FJR.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mcatrophy, post: 1399323, member: 3187"] I missed that these pics weren't of the offending bike. As to liners or not, I read about them in publicity blurb. I've found one reference on the interweb, in [URL="https://www.ashonbikes.com/forum/yamaha-fjr1300?page=2#comment-17895"]a post in a thread[/URL] by one [URL="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Ash"]Kevin Ash[/URL], who was a very respected journalist, where in answer to similar doubters he writes "Okay, I've been chatting with Yamaha and have some answers to various questions. Regarding the plated bores, the difference with the new model is the cylinders are now all aluminium, the process is what they call direct plated sleeveless cylinders. The aluminium around the bore is first hardened, then the plating is applied. This is already done with the R6 and R1, but it's the first time for the FJR1300. All previous FJR models had plated bores (not just from 2005/6 onwards), but this was applied to steel sleeves within the aluminium block." This in October 2012, testing the 2013 FJR. [/QUOTE]
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