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Does the FJR age well?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ignacio" data-source="post: 156629" data-attributes="member: 434"><p>There isn't a definitive timeframe that bikes develop a tick......if they're going to develop it. My experience has been most of them probably start to show by 15,000 miles. Your '03 is definitely passed that.</p><p></p><p>My suggestion would be to have the dealer drop the exhaust header and look into the exhaust ports for oil residue yourself. Especially look at #1 and #2 (left-hand if you're sitting on the bike)</p><p></p><p>The '05 may be less likely to tick than the '03 because they supposedly did work on it for those two years before genuinely figuring it out for '06.</p><p></p><p>If you were in the U.S. the easy money is to buy the 4 year YES warranty for US$400, but I understand you Candadians either don't have the option or it's modified and more expensive.</p><p></p><p>Yes. He has a highly calibrated butt-dynomometer that is able to accurately gauge to &lt;1bhp.</p><p></p><p>...actually, he's ridden multiple bikes and the roll-on power in top gear on the '03 is where he says beats '04 and '05. It is likely an ECU setting. The theory is that Yamaha slightly detuned '04 and '05 in hopes of fixing or reducing the valve guide wear thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ignacio, post: 156629, member: 434"] There isn't a definitive timeframe that bikes develop a tick......if they're going to develop it. My experience has been most of them probably start to show by 15,000 miles. Your '03 is definitely passed that. My suggestion would be to have the dealer drop the exhaust header and look into the exhaust ports for oil residue yourself. Especially look at #1 and #2 (left-hand if you're sitting on the bike) The '05 may be less likely to tick than the '03 because they supposedly did work on it for those two years before genuinely figuring it out for '06. If you were in the U.S. the easy money is to buy the 4 year YES warranty for US$400, but I understand you Candadians either don't have the option or it's modified and more expensive. Yes. He has a highly calibrated butt-dynomometer that is able to accurately gauge to <1bhp. ...actually, he's ridden multiple bikes and the roll-on power in top gear on the '03 is where he says beats '04 and '05. It is likely an ECU setting. The theory is that Yamaha slightly detuned '04 and '05 in hopes of fixing or reducing the valve guide wear thing. [/QUOTE]
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