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Performing some long overdue preventative maintenance on my '05 this week. On my bike, the clutch has always seemed a little bit sticky. Not a huge deal, but enough so that if the bike were up on centerstand and you pulled in the clutch and dropped into first gear, the rear wheel would spin...

I thought it might be fun to share some experiences and thoughts from the NAFO journey....so here goes: 1. The FJR really started to suck gas as the speed limits increased. It's 75 in NE, and I usually keep it around 10 over. At 85 MPH I was draining 5.5 gal in about 165 miles. That's 30 MPG -...

Okay, so I'm doin' a little fixin on the FJR. The front end has been "clunking" under heavy braking, so I thought I'd tighten the steering head bearing. The service manual calls for a special spanner tool. My questions is, can I get by without it? And if so, how? Can I simply tighten the lower...

Just curious to see if anyone is planning to attend Road America - if there's a bunch, maybe we could hook up for lunch or sumpin'.

Recently installed Wilbers rear shock and progressive springs up front. Overall suspension performance is MUCH improved all the way around. The bike is easier to ride and well balanced. However, I still experience what I perceive as too much dive under braking. I used 10 wt fork oil in the...

Two weekends ago I rented a tiller and went out to till the garden. We were expanding the garden a bit also, and in the process of removing a couple of large rocks I strained some lower back muscles. Result was nasty and persistent lower back pain, lasted all week and basically hurt unless I was...

Copied this from Roadracingworld.com, Breaking News: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From a press release issued by AMA: AMA expresses outrage over reinstatement of Janklow's law license The American Motorcyclist Association has...

Out riding in MN and WI last weekend, saw one blue FJR riding alone about 10 miles north of LaCrosse on 61, you were southbound I was northbound, around 2:30PM. Other sighting was also blue, on Sunday around 3:30 PM, on US 10 between Ellsworth and Durand in WI IIRC. I was on a blue FJR riding...

An old man was sitting on a bench at the mall. A teenager sat down next to him. He had spiked hair that was red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet. The old man stared. Whenever the teen looked, the old man was staring. Finally the teenager said sarcastically, "What's the matter, old...

I've read several posts about people having to wait a long time to obtain parts from Yamaha for the FJR. I recently had to order a couple of items myself and found no dealers with the parts I needed in stock. In my case, they were able to ship the stuff within a few days, but others have...

Anyone installed Throttlemeister? Or simply removed the bar-ends and handlebar inserts? Having a little difficulty with this, could use help. Please restrict comments to TM install, I've used Vistacruise in the past and didn't care for it, nothing personal against VC product, just not for me.