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Thanks for jumpin in here Mophead - yikes,. I've always felt a bit wary of those liftjacks, concerned about an unfortunate left or right topple event which could be very expen$ive to fix later. :unsure:

Hey RiderJoe, I considered that, but I am really looking to implement a more elegant / stable solution.

Thanks OldJeep - I certainly want to mimic what you're suggesting. The cages I have already mounted would normally make me feel adding sliders would be redundant, but using carefully mounted sliders outside the cages would tick multiple boxes for me: horizontal stubs to rest on top of axle...

Thanks SkooterG - I hear ya. Yes, I'm not as concerned about putting strain on the exhaust header - just want to have a nice wide / stable method to suspend the front end for various maintenance tasks.

Thanks for sharing Ross. Yes, I too, built a pipe frame years back, and have used it safely on my two FJRs - until it tipped forward on me once a couple years ago during what I came to call my Crouching Tiger moment (!). On center stand, I had both wheels off, and it was suspended in my pipe...

Hey everyone; I haven't started a post here in what is probably years, so here goes. After searching through the various topics here, I couldn't find what I am looking for, so thought best to inquire. My Gen 3 Feejer has nice Canyon Cages front and rear, and a couple years ago I thought...

IMHO, I think you shouldn't be concerned - you've not added a high mileage to that fresh oil. :cool:

On both my Gen1 and now my Gen3, I've handcrafted a set of AWG 8 guage custom booster cables, using a set of polarized break-away connectors. This allows me to use either: a high current battery pack I carry in my luggage (designed for this purpose, capable of ~60 amps @ 12v I think) OR a...

I had the front brake switch assembly swapped as part of the Yamaha - recognized recall on my 2013. Works great now.

Thanks for sharing how this is now resolved Glenfruin. Should be no embarassment on most of these things, as we can end up troubleshooting symptoms that potentially, are the result of multiple contributing factors (i.e. farkles we added, aging wiring harness, flaky connectors, even programmed...

Weird - thanks for that posting OP. Guess those with ES models might have more reason than usual to avoid running a battery too low.

Hey bob431389, just a clarification, 2013 and newer are known as "Gen 3" / Gen III bikes. That will matter in future, possibly for this current thread (?), but certainly for a number of other things you may search up here on the forum. Sorry, can't offer pinpoint guidance yet on where in the...

Yep, sounds like you battery may not be taking the charge you're trying to give it. If the bike was not running, and your static voltage measurement was still jumping around, it could be you have some low resistance / mild short in the harness draining down the battery too (?). How about the...

Last summer, I followed up on a Momma Yama recall for the front brake lever switch (as JQL referenced earlier here), and voila' - my flashing ABS dash lamp has been silent ever since. Yamaha Canada reimbursed the stealership - so no cost to me (other than killing time waiting while the shop did...

Yikes - that's not good. Perhaps someone else here can confirm any past success using something like a Helicoil insert? Here's their info web page

I too, am soon scheduling an appointment at a local shop to get the front switch replaced under this recall.   First noticed my Criuse Control indicator flashing [as a status that CC could not engage] just after I bought my Gen3 used last year. The problem wasn't presenting a latched failure...

Hey, I owned a Gen1 for about 8 years, and rain or shine, she always started (with same battery over >75K miles too).  However, when I was a much younger fool riding an RD400, I was an unlucky victim of what turned out to be a bad rectifier. Don't know about your Gen1 (I now have a Gen3), so...

Yep, here in western Canuckistan, I got my letter from Yamaha on the brake light switch recall a few weeks ago.  Had I not received one, I was going to probably just dig into the root cause and resolve it myself, but it's nice this will instead be handled for me in the next few months when I...

Hey Mr. Carver, just thought I'd stick my schnoz in here and offer a couple thoughts from a challenging situation I watched my buddy [rides a 2013 Suzy V-Strom 1000] go through throughout this past riding season.  Back in June his Strom started sputtering under load while we were out in the...

My pappy's old common sense about checking / replacing a fuel filter - does that apply here? Good luck in your quest...