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Help Support Yamaha FJR Motorcycle Forum:
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Mileage between Brake jobs
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Mileage on a set of brake pads could vary wildly. A person who spends a lot of time on the interstates may go 200 miles between gas...
Aug 9, 2022
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Oil filter
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I used to have an RV with a Ford V10, and I'd oil and tighten that filter 3/4 turn after the gasket touched. The last time I removed it...
Aug 2, 2022
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Yeah, and even if you do that and tighten the prescribed way - sometimes they feel like you tightened to 100ft lbs when you go to take...
Aug 2, 2022
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Oil filter
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Like Ross, I just don't have have the grip strength anymore to trust "hand tight." I install the filter until the gasket just touches...
Jul 27, 2022
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2022 knocked over
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I had a very slow-speed fall-over when I first got my bike, and Progressive paid off very well for me too. The covered every piece that...
Jul 16, 2022
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Leaning...
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I endurance raced a couple of seasons a long, long time ago, and yes, just having the confidence that I could roll into a corner on the...
Jul 16, 2022
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Hi
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Welcome from Arkansas.
Jul 14, 2022
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Yeah I guess I like Yamahas
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Yamahas have been my favorites over the years, but sometimes they just didn't have what I wanted at the time. But I made a list a while...
Jul 12, 2022
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Why online motorcycle forums (fora?) are dying, so claims this article
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Check out the ZRX forum :). That bike's not been brought to the US since the 2005 model, and it's still the most active forum I visit.
Jul 12, 2022
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Bubbles in coolant overflow tank - Coolant overflows
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I had the same problem a couple of years ago. I had to add a few ounces of coolant every day to get home from a trip west. A radiator...
Jul 8, 2022
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New Harley Sighting?
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Quarter-mile times would be interesting. But truthfully, in the real world it doesn't seem to matter a lot. At any rate, they're...
Jul 7, 2022
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Leaning...
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I counterlean a lot on tight, crooked roads at slower speeds. It's just easier, for me, to sit more upright and let the bike fall away...
Jul 7, 2022
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New Brake Pads
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My brakes last a long time too. I failed to post when I changed the fronts on my '13, but I just changed the rears at 99,700. I ride a...
Jul 5, 2022
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Not so much broken down along the highwya anymore since they re-tooled/blueprinted engines after visiting Japan in the '80s....
Jul 3, 2022
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New Harley Sighting?
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I've got a friend I enjoy riding with who rides a late-model HD bagger. He's a heck of a rider, and I've followed him at well over 100...
Jul 3, 2022
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