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    Hello from East Yorkshire

    I have those on my 05 model. They are a rubberised plastic guard. Stop stone chips etc. They are held in by three allen screws, easy to take off if you need more room for the oil filter change.
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    Push Pin Fasteners

    Thanks. Very helpful.
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    Push Pin Fasteners

    Tell me how you deal with the plastic push-pin fasteners. Do you buy new ones?
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    Push Pin Fasteners

    I removed the seat and the RH side panel. The RH panel has four of those stupid push pin connectors that disappear when you release them. The master cylinder is still half covered by a chassis member and the top was difficult to unscrew. Once the top is off you still have to pull on the mounting...
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    Moving Battery to Under Seat?

    Has anyone relocated the battery to the under seat area? Is there a flatter profile battery that would fit there? Comments please. I was bleeding the brakes yesterday and started to free up a lot of the screws in that area. The FJR rear brake master cylinder and battery are located in tricky to...
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    Parts For Sale 2018 FJR 1300 Top Storage Box - $100

    I just wasted a few weeks with an Ebay seller. Goods never arrived, fake tracking number. Paypal issued a refund. I'm always suspicious of "no Paypal" terms and people who complain about transaction costs.
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    Drive train "crashing" when engaged on a cold engine

    I changed to 5W30 full synthetic oil and I also always stop the bike in first gear. When I restart it's already in 1st gear, clutch held in and off I go. The clunk when changing up has also stopped with the thinner oil.
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    TIRES?? What tires are everyone running on their FJR?

    One reason for me going Darkside was that a few years ago I was crossing the Nullarbor in Australia on a Suzuki Burgman 650. It's a 3,000 Km trip and I was loaded up with lots of gear, tools and fuel. About 50Km from Ceduna in South Australia, I was leading the group of four and the second guy...
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    TIRES?? What tires are everyone running on their FJR?

    I have Michelin Pilot front. Rear is Darkside because I was tired of shelling out $300-400 every 10K Kms. So far so good.
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    FJR Milestones - Places you've been

    Dont take the highway'I took to get here :)
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    FJR Forum Decal design

    I like the banner
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    G'day

    Nice, I have the same colour/model mines is a 2004 model. Surprised that the fuel pump died. Hope that's not a common problem. My bike has 50K on the clock. The fuel pump has been out of the tank when I dropped mine on a veranda post. I now have a non-matching tank but I have the tank cover and...
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    Parts Wanted Could use a set of Gen 2 wheels...

    Great advice. I have a 2004 ABS model (Australian market). I bought a spare rear wheel from a 2006 model to go darkside. Good to know that the old ABS ring fits the later wheel.
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    New FJR member, old FJR (2014)

    What does it make my 2004 :)
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