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Coming home the other day I smelled burning oil.  As I pulled into the short road to my home, all of a sudden smoke and oil started gushing from the front of my engine.  I quickly check the engine temperature and it was normal...no oil warning light on the dash.  I turned off the engine and...

I have a 2005 FJR 1300 ABS with over 50,000 miles and still have the original battery. I do not even know the make of the battery! Each winter ( I live in Minnesota) I plug the bike into a battery tender and that is all I do. Is it common for batteries to last this long?

I am planning a trip from Buffalo, MN to New York and Connecticut (stopping at the BMW International motorcycle rally in Hamburg, NY)...they do allow FJR 1300's to attend with no harassment! For this trip I want to use a tracking app so my wife and others can follow my progress. I just...

I changed gear oil and after some research decided to go with AMS synthetic severe gear 75-90. I had been using the Yamaha synthetic gear oil and I have a little of the Yamaha oil left, but not enough to fill the reservoir. Is it OK to empty the remaining Yamaha gear oil into the AMS oil...

I am heading from Buffalo MN to Logan Utah and would welcome suggestions for a more scenic route. My plans are to avoid the interstate as much as is reasonable. I am particularly interested in finding a route that would take me through the badlands into Wyoming. Thanks!

Are there specific maintenance log programs available for the FJR that can be loaded onto a computer?

I purchased my new 2005 FJR from Moon's Motors and they did very well with the price. Since then the service has been outstanding. Today I picked up a nail in my back tire and limped over there with no appointment. Since the tire MZ 6 was fairly new they gave me a discount and replaced it on...

A few years ago when I turned 50 a couple of my friends drove me to the airport and threw me out of a perfectly safe air plane two and a half miles up in the sky. I did not know what was going down until I got to the airport and saw the sign that said, "sky diving!" When I was the sign I had...