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Nice job. A nice thing about the TIR3 light head is that it is designed to be fairly directional - what you need in a brake light, IMO, because the people who need to notice you are the ones more or less directly behind you. The LIN3/LIN4/LINZ6 light heads are designed with a wider angle of...

Standard riding apparel: New Arai full face helmet (2009) old Aerostich Darien jacket (faded red/pink), with spine protector (1999) old Aerostich Darien pants, with hip pads (1999) Sidi Canyon boots gauntlet gloves, with Kevlar layer in palms ANSI class II hi-viz rain overjacket in serious...

What is sold as the "Sport" trim is just the stripper version.

[ I will always remember that moment. I don't think I've ever pedaled so hard in my life. And, some of the credit must go to Raleigh cycles, as well. They really make a great bicycle... A very old story . . . Raleigh hasn't built good road bicycles in England for years . . . back in the day...

I'm going to backtrack east to get to Miles City for the SS 1000. It will feel a bit weird to go to the MOA rally on something other than my old BMW, but I bought the FJR to ride. SS 1000 to Redmond will make a good shakedown ride for a 63 hour "one lap of Montana" [all 56 counties and all 7...

Yep, Battery Tender Plus, per its labeling. I guess that it is only 10 years old (Christmas gift,IIRC) now that I think more carefully about it. It is stored in the motorcycle garage, about a block and a half from my house. I have to beg electrons via an extension cord from the neighbor's...

I have a Battery Tender Plus brand charger that is about 12 years old, and I'm not sure that the charging circuit is correctly functioning. I plugged in the B.T. into each of our four motorcycles yesterday (all in an unheated garage, at about +8 F) and none of them seemed to need any charging...

1/4" x 20 and M6 security button head bolts (pin-in-hole) in chrome and/or stainless steel are available at auto parts stores there next to the license plate frames. A simple 2mm/.080" piece of aluminum sheet attached to the fork's left reflector bracket mount point would give you a reasonably...

I recall that Alex was building some brackets for some 4" HID lights, as discussed as part of the "Cheap HID" thread. (If I was more computer savvy, I could probably install the link . . . but I'm not.)

I assume that you are referring to the Battery Tender fused lead, run to the battery, that has an SAE connector (with weather cap). I've put a higher amp fuse in mine, but don't immediately recall whether it is a 10 amp or a 15 amp. The Slime pump's wire looks to be about 18 AWG; the BT lead...

+1, from 90 miles (150 km) north of Xray 7.

Congrats on surviving the deer strike. Part of my motovation for getting an FJR was to get modern brakes with ABS. A few years ago a I saw a motorcycle publication (probably a BMW magazine) publishing an analysis based on reseach from Swedish deer vs. auto collisions. The data showed variable...

Barry, Welcome to the Forum - I'm pretty new here myself. In response to your original request for information, in late August I paid $8,900 to a private party for a 2007 FJR 1300A with 4,900 miles on it. I walked away from a 2006 FJR 1300A with 6,000 miles on it (and needing a replacement...

+1 on talking to an attorney. Only an attorney with knowledge of Washington law (not only the statutes, but how Washington courts have ruled on this type of legal issue) is going to be able to provide you with meaningful legal advice. I am NOT a Washington attorney, and can't advise you on...

Two ways that come to mind right away: 1. (The expensive route) What I discovered is that a good optical shop can let you try out various corrections in special "quick change" frames that are designed just for the purpose of dialing in the needed correction at the exact needed reading...

The cheapest HF lift comes with a really crummy front wheel vise that only pinches the very bottom of the front tire. The two slightly more expensive lifts (air over hydraulic) come with a much nicer wheel vise, shaped like a lazy "L" or very open "V" (about 135 degrees, more or less), similar...

Does anybody use a scissors-type center jack when working on their FJR? There are a number of motorcycles in the household (we're blessed that way), and my wife's do not have centerstands. I now have a platform service lift, and am trying to figure out the best option for the fleet. Any...

+1 on the emotional healing powers of motorcycling. (Says the guy who has the motorcycle license plate that says "PROZAK" . . . it helps cure and prevent depression . . . as in "I feel better on PROZAK".)

I strongly suggest that you buy some appropriate tapping fluid and use it every single time. Tapping fluid is not the same as cutting oil. WD-40, motor oil, etc. is not a substitute for tapping fluid. Unless you are tapping titanium or exotic alloys, most tapping fluids will work well enough...

Montana Interstate highways are posted 75 mph day and night (except near the three cities in the state that are over 50,000 population), with a +10 mph tolerance daylight and +5 mph nighttime. I'm planning a 56+7=1 (all 56 counties and 7 Indian reservations equals one lap of Montana) for July...