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It went pretty well. I siphoned out what gas I could, then turned the tank upside down, drained out some more and shook some more out. Because of the filler neck extension into the tank, I couldn't get the last quart out, so decided not to flush with IPA, just a couple of quarts of gas. What...

I'm planning to remove my tank today to clean and drain out crud and water that has probably accumulated over the years. Has anyone had any problems with removing the tank, sloshing the remaining gas around a bit with the tank in normal upright position and then inverting tank to drain out gas...

Bolt looked fine after extraction; aluminum not so good. :rolleyes: But Ace Hardware may be able to fix me up....who knows. Thanks!

Got the T-50 torx bolt out with no problem. Anyone know what the thread size on this is so I can get the appropriate tap to clean up the threads?

Thanks for the quick responses; I'll extract, clean up the threads and try a new bolt with Locktite.

Looking at the plate that the footpeg is fastened to, I see four other allen head, two small and two large, in addition to this T-50 off to the side. It just seemed odd that there was a fifth bolt off to the side anchoring a separate strut or flange out of the plane of the footpeg. And yes, I...

I've just completed my third grease job on the shift lever and pivot bolt on my 2005 (photos from fjrtech.com) and have unfortunately this time cross threaded the Torx T-50 bolt that is being pointed to in the photo. What purpose does this large fastener serve? It's a big ass fastener for such...

And here's the tying of the beer knot....the link to the picture above is broken,,, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Beer_knot.png

Big Sky, I had a front wheel bearing fail on my '05 after about 4500 miles with similar symptoms. First a little grinding, then a pulsating and louder grinding over about a 50 mile time period. Took it to the local dealer who sold it to me. They were skeptical until the shop manager took it...

Everyone, thanks for the tips..........might I suggest this be a pinned topic when all the pictures arrive? Unless the topic of trailering the FJR is considered heresy.... I do have the dubious honor of using the most straps to hold down a bike. I used 16 (count'em 16!) to hold down my...

Thanks; this will be a Kendon trailer so tie down points on the trailer won't be a problem. Does anyone have FJR specific tie down points for the bike? Where, how much compression, etc.

I've waded through a number of posts on successful trailering of the FJR. Could someone direct me to pictures of good front and back tie down points. I may have to trailer next month, and can come up with soft straps, and rachet type tie downs, but need info on the actual attachment points and...

This may not be long enough, but.......see Radman's post: https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?s...=wild&st=10

I had not unwound the middle spring one turn on my '05 for its first 11,000 miles and did so last weekend while I was under the tank for other reasons. Took about five minutes to study the spring, find the right screwdriver combination and release the spring, and button things back up. Today I...

I was kinda hoping that Jestal would chime in, but here is a thread on coolant chemistry and use: https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?s...5&hl=glycol

Finished the coolant swap and filled the overflow tank about 1/2 full. I'll watch it the next few times I ride and see if it needs any more or less in the overflow. vtcornercarver, did you have your coolant checked using the test you described while you were at the dealer? What does it...

O.K. I'm in the middle of a coolant flush (fjr.tech "blowjob") and read the above comment. I can see the logic, but one of the steps in the "blowjob" is to flush the distilled water with coolant (step 11), and then replace with a second round of coolant at the correct concentration. Maybe...

kaitsdad, I've got the same setup as you show with the exception of 1" shorter pegs. Wish I had your longer ones......... In any case, you might think about rotating the dogleg all the way forward for even more leg room. I wonder if they would touch down sooner with the downward angle you...

At a recent gathering of a dozen or so FJRs of all years, I measured the distance from the bottom of my front fairing to the ground and compared to all of the others. Mine is about an inch lower than all the others. :( What gives? Spring sag, preload different? Seems to handle fine, but...

And here's what happens if you leave a rider too long in the x-ray room.