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Hate to sell, but I've put a R1200GSA in the garage and the FJR just doesn't get ridden enough anymore to justify keeping her. I'm starting with an ad here before I go to the world because I got so much help from this forum. Not giving her away, but don't feel like I'm being outrageous in my...

I'm going to be taking the FJR on a longish (1,100 mile) road trip and was thinking I should go through her from stem to stern and make sure all is well before I hit the road. Suggestions as to what I should check in particular or any links to lists? Haven't had much luck with my Google Fu...

So I've decided to install my Electrosport this weekend and bumped into an issue, perhaps. Regarding orientation, there are 5 main holes (so to speak) and one small hole. (Thank dog I'm not posting this on Friday.) Is there importance in the orientation other than the wires not getting hit by...

Anyone have one laying around they'd let go cheap? Thanks! Rancho

I did some Googling with no effect, so I'm gonna poke at the communal brain trust. (Insert Bustanut/odot humor here as applicable...... :rolleyes: ) Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has built fibreglass or carbon fiber saddlebags for the FJR that use the factory mounting system. Gotta...

I've noticed of late that my FJR seems to have been running warmer, spending a lot more time at 3 bars on the temp gauge rather than 2 bars. Unfortunately I don't have anything where I can say definitively it's the case, but my impression is that it's running hotter. Anyone else had that...

I know that some folks have opted out of lubing the forward suspension pivot because it's a pain in the ass to get to. I decided that as long as the bike was down anyway, I might as well take off the exhaust--I couldn't get it pried far enough out of the way--and lube that one pivot...

So I'm doing a bunch of maintenance that I've ignored overlong, including lubing the swingarm pivots, dogbones, steering head bearings, etc. Party animal, that's me. :rolleyes: Anyway, I'm looking at the needle bearings in the swingarm and mulling whether or not to blast 'em clean with...

I'm in the middle of a few thousand mile road trip and was checking tire pressure somewhere in Montana/Wyoming today. Normally I follow the sorta-guidline of 42PSI front, 44PSI rear on a Pilot Sport front and Pilot Power 2 rear. When I checked the hot pressure--it's toasty; 90 or so--the rear...

I'm getting ready for a bit of a road trip and was wondering what the best way is to wire both my Valentine and the iPod into the Autocom so that I can listen to music and let the Valentine kick in when it needs to wake me up. Any suggestions on the modern solution? Thanks! Rancho

I'm still following the directions at FJRInfo and looking at the manual as well. According to page 3 the manual: Brown - Switched power Grey - VSS (Not used on the FJR). Red - Brake Purple - Brake Yellow - Resume (connect to switch control pad) Green - Set (connect to switch control pad)...

I'm trying to install the Audiovox CC onto my FJR and have managed to drill the tang so that I could put the screw into the tang and the little holder for the beaded chain. Unfortunately, I find that when I open the throttle the screw & chain holder interfere with the throttle cable at 7/8 to...

I had posted this to ADV as well, but wanted to put it here as well. Pay attention folks. They sure as hell aren't. After 10 or 15 minutes they were still doing chest compressions. And they said they had called his kids as the ambulance was leaving. The odds were as tilted for him as they...

So I went out to the bike this morning all geared up & ready to go. Tossed today's paper into the Shad top box and...hmmm...that's not good. The box was moving vertically quite a bit and with noises that were not nice. Hmmm Popped off the seat and, voila, cracks. :angry2: Now I've got...

I bought a set of slightly used Galfer rotors from one of the gang here and installed them a little while ago. When I'm braking there's a short period of time during deceleration when the bike shudders. It's not constant and it doesn't feel like a warped rotor, but it's got to be the only...

When I put the Russell saddle on my FJR I found that the stock bar position was bad and the Gen Mar risers, while making it better, weren't a sufficient solution. So I coughed up for the Heli-bar risers. I installed them this weekend and it's a big improvement, but I'm still feeling canted...

Maybe not the ultimate solution, but it works so far. All smoke still inside the boxes and wires. Well, except for when I shorted a wire and toasted a fuse, but that was me being a moron. There's a bolt that goes into the airbox and the nut is a locknut. It's very snug and the other end of...

Well. I'm reasonably sure I took it off the bike. A torx head (45) bolt, but I can't remember where the hell it went. It's about 3/4" long and I can't for the life of me remember where it went. I'm sure I bought the damned torx socket because I needed it for this. But where does it go...

I've wired my PHID/HID headlamps to use the stock switch and the power going to them (through the relay tripped by the OEM switch) is run through a Blue Seas fuse block. One question, though: What size fuse should I put into the fuse block for the HIDs and PHIDs? Thanks! Rancho "Blinded by...

So I'm looking for a couple of bolts that I took off the bike and can't find. Whoopsie. Just standard 4mm bolts, but of course the Yamaha parts catalog only has a part number, not something useful (i.e., thread pitch and length). I could go to my local Home Depot and get bolts that would fit...