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I just want to give props to the service manager at Orlando Yamaha/Kawasaki for going the extra (twenty) miles and tracking down those unobtainium fork tools (YM-01447 damper rod holder & YM-01508 bushing installer AKA the "slide metal installer") Yamaha blew off the parts guy twice, so Chris...

I'm tearing one of them apart, and there's ICs on the controller circuit board stamped "ADVICS" so I Binged it and found: https://www.advics.co.jp/eng/product/com/breake_system.html That ABS modulator would be our guy, it's identical to the one I'm holding in my hand. The 2008 and earlier is a...

I'm sure just about everyone here will sympathize: https://www.ocala.com/article/20120716/ARTICLES/120719791?p=all&tc=pgall This is the town I grew up in.

I'm replacing my rear tire, and I just rediscovered that this is the one I patched. This is the only tire I've ever patched, so it was a bit of an experiment. You have to sand the hell out of the inside and get rid of all the honeycomb texture or the patch'll leak. I didn't know that, so I had...

So since this is extra-weird and complicated (and I was the projector geek in grade school) I've even got visual aids! It was a dark and stormy night (really!) and just tailing into a drizzle after an hour of rain, and I was heading home about 8pm. You'll notice Alafaya has 5 southbound...

So since I'm never on that side of Orlando, I wandered into the local Yamaha shop. I started looking at the C14, and the salesman came over. I mentioned I was just looking at the differences between it and the FJR. He says "people like it because it has ABS. You can't get that on the FJR"...

So I'm going to lunch, and this guy in a doo-rag and shorts pulls up next to me at the light on his Hardly Ableson with loud pipes. BLAP BLAP BLAP BLAP. He looks at me wearing ATTGATT in 90F temperatures on my all-plastic inline-4 Jap bike. He visibly decides he needs gas badly enough to talk...

It's a GORGEOUS postcard-quality sunny Florida day, and there's a dozen empty bike spaces in the company parking lot, except for my SV-650 and a friend's VTX.

I was thinking of making a pressure bleeder from a garden sprayer, when I found Motive Products sells a small one for $40 that's better & cheaper than anything I could build. So I'm considering buying one. They sell a "Late Model Suzuki and Yamaha Adapter" that supposedly fits an impressive...

So I replaced the front brake pads, which was a breeze. Of course things have to balance out, so the rear caliper bolts were really hard to remove, and when they finally came off, half the threads from the caliper came with them. The aluminum is so welded to the bolt that I can't pick it off...

Man, I REALLY wish I had a picture of this... So I'm riding around, hitting some malls, doing some errands, when I get passed by this guy on a GSXR. The bike has the full Kevin Schwantz #34 Lucky Strike sticker kit. The guy's wearing "Rothman's Racing" leathers, with Oxtar boots and Held...

OK, so I'm in Orlando, FL, and a friend moved to Chandler some months ago, and I want to visit and see the sights. First option is I can fly and rent a bike there, if they do that, and something other than a Harley, and it doesn't cost an arm, a leg, and both kidneys. Not really hep on the idea...

I was packing my stuff away at the local Lowe's, and the guy in the van next to me goes "Is that really a Yamaha? I didn't know they made big sportbikes like that!" So I said "yeah, only it's more of a sport-touring bike with all the goodies" and I showed him the heated grips, power windshield...

So the dealership financed my bike by putting it on a Yamaha-branded HSBC credit card. Now that the bike's paid off, is there any advantage to keeping it, or should I just go ahead and cancel it? I wouldn't think so, but I'm mostly a noob in the money department. It's got some horrendous rate...

OK, I just installed my kit, and I don't get anything. I rode around at about 4500rpm for a couple miles, and nada. I checked the grips, and they're about 1.5ohms each. I hooked up the controller as described in the FSM and get about 5.5Mohms when on. The manual specifies "continuity" - I take...

So Kawasaki intro'd the new 2011 ZX-10R, then it mysteriously went "on hold" and off sale, with no explanation at all... Strange... Today it's revealed that they replaced all the camshafts, valve springs, and spring retainers on all the bikes to prevent a valve spring surging problem, that...

Does anybody know anyone that stocks electric gloves within driving distance of Orlando? I've called the Cycle Gears in Orlando, Sanford, Tampa, and Daytona. I've also called the Helmet Shoppes in Orlando & Daytona, as well as the dealerships like Orlando Yamaha, Cycle Sports Center, Spaceport...

I hope everybody had a nice Christmas! It was an absolutely gorgeous day, and it actually hit the 70s for a change, so I coasted over to Winter Park to take in the sights. There was a 70% chance of rain forecast today, but that didn't happen. When I left, I had a V-Rod behind me, who trailed...

Well, I'm a computer geek, and kind of a 280lb weakling... So I have difficulty rolling the FJR up on the HF lift. I use a longer, less inclined truck ramp, get some momentum up, and pray the front wheel hits the chock. Well, about a month ago, it hit the chock, but it sure didn't hit it RIGHT...

When I came out of Lowe's in Waterford Lakes, there was a nice AE with a topbox parked next to my '07. That's the first AE I've seen outside the Yamaha tent at Bike Week. Nifty!