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It's likely that I'll be getting fitted for hearing aids very soon. Yes, I have tinnitus and have trouble understanding conversation when there is background noise, but largely it's to eliminate that annoying, persistent voice I keep hearing from a certain person that I need hearing aids. There...

My '13 has a diagnostic mode available on the MFD wherein you can check a variety of things, referencing information in the maintenance manual for guidance and interpretation. Yet I have seen references here about using an OBD adapter on the later models to diagnose stuff. Was that...

I've got 5 windshields - what to do, what to do? Get another one, of course I'll try out a cal-sci this time. In my defense, two of the five are unusable: The stock one and another one that has no identifiers at all. I can't recall for sure where I got it but it doesn't fit the bike because...

Heap ridicule if you will for putting out a grand for head protection and sound. In my defense I hadn't bought any other farkles in well over a year Where I'm coming from: A HJC FS10 full-face helmet with Sena 20S. I'm currently using a National Cycle non-V-stream windshield. I have four...

Slow learner. I've had (along with a couple of other helmets) a HJC FS-10 for years. I've also been in the habit of wearing earplugs or earbuds most of the time when using any of them. Nevertheless, this is the quietest of the three. Recently I'd grown tired of dealing with constantly inserting...

Gen III - specifically mine is a '13. Turned key on. Panel came to life. Started cranking. Crank away, but it wouldn't start. Noticed the "Check Engine" icon showing. Discovered the key was actually BETWEEN"Off" and "On". Turned it all the way into the detent and it started right up. So...

Earlier this week I had occasion to run various errands using my FJR with temperatures ranging as high as the mid-nineties. I have a Zumo 590 with Sena headset and my iPod nano plugged into the 590. The nano is in the accessory compartment. This was in and around Prineville, OR. I'd park at...

I don't think it's yet, but will I know if/when it's time to stop riding a MC or, for that matter, driving a car? I seem to have won some genetic lottery for bone strength and other resiliences, as in my 68+ years I've never broken a bone or even spent any time in a hospital. This despite...

Ok, so here's something weird I just noticed a few weeks ago: My right hand has developed a weird deformation. I think I've metamorphosed into bikerman. Lemme 'splain. I'm 67 (well, almost 68) and have been riding since '69 (~45 years). Until a year ago I never had a cruise control...

On two occasions in the last week on my '13 I've had two simultaneous, temporary anomalies I need to track down. Symptoms: Driving along and cruise control won't engage, blinking at me. Ok, it's a short ride, I'll look into it. I get where I'm going and stop the bike with the kill switch...

Ok, so when I ride, I'm sometimes encased in a sea of electronic chatter: GPS receiver Phone <> GPS (Bluetooth) GPS <> My Sena (Bluetooth; music-relayed from iPod and phone) iPod <> GPS (wired, though shielding unknown) When mama is along, we add GPS <> Her Sena...

Have you ever encountered something where you can't quite figure out the chain of events that presents itself to you? Today riding down I-405 as we went by Kirkland there's a 3-lane, relatively short, backup. We go by in the HOV lane. In the center lane is a U-haul closed trailer, just...

I got to looking at the deal with BMW drive shaft issues we've all seen and did some research. Now we all know (or should know) that the types of u-joints used in most MC drive shafts are variations on the 100+ year-old creation known as a Cardan Joint (for one name). They are, of course...

Yesterday around noon I'm riding back home. I come around a familiar bend and in front of me is a Subaru and in front of it stopped in the roadway is a doe, looking back at us. The Subaru keeps going, right at it. The doe takes the hint and starts walking off to the right. So what does the...

Actually, this even applies to replacing a burned-out incandescent with another. The owners manual blithely says to pop the socket out from behind, replace the bulb and put it back in. Standard in automotive stuff these days. But, as some may have found already, with the bracing, the wiring...

There have been some questions raised about the nose tunnel in the Gen III bikes defeating the ability of windscreens to eliminate buffeting/wind noise. Based on preliminary tests I did today, this seems to have some merit. I used my noisiest helmet on an errand I ran, with a sock rolled up...

I thought it'd be a good idea to have a spare main fuse around for my '13. Checked around local shops. Seems nobody stocks these (or they don't stock enough), and they list for like 10 bucks. I happened to be a NAPA store looking for a fuse for a different matter and there sat a 50 Amp fuse...

Replaced it with a larger Givi. Will fit anything from '06 on, I believe, but color-matched to the '13. You'll need the extra lock you should have received with the bike, but everything else is included. However, if you don't have the appropriate tamper-resistant torx wrench you may wish to...

I just received the "sport-touring" variant (Part # N20308) of the windscreen and mounted it on the bike - almost. It turns out that the left side trim cover could not be properly installed, because of the spacing between the mounting holes and the lower left edge of the windscreen. Right side...

So I take the ferry "over town" to make some avgas into noise and brush up on pattern work and the like. Coming back, who do I encounter on the ferry coming back but Ignacio's dad, coming out to the island for the holiday weekend. He has a "weekend place" just a few miles from my home. So we...