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Retrofit ABS to Gen I FJR
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<blockquote data-quote="Fred W" data-source="post: 1274663" data-attributes="member: 3828"><p>You would be money and time ahead to sell your non-ABS and buy a used 1st Gen bike that has it, then transfer whatever farkles you have on your old bike to the new one. No way ever that you could come even close by trying to retrofit ABS onto your old '04. While many have considered it, none that I am aware of have ever pulled it off.</p><p></p><p>As for the 1st Gens that develop non-functional rear ABS, it is not a wheel sensor issue. The problem is that the valves (spools) inside the hydraulic block become frozen, and to date nobody has come up with a way to unfreeze them when it happens. The best way to prevent that from happening is to activate the ABS often, and keep the brake fluid fresh.</p><p></p><p>You can activate the ABS by performing the ABS pump test in the FSM (also documented here elsewhere) , or for the rear by just stomping on the rear brake now and then. While I have tested my front ABS dynamically in straight line braking, I would not advise making that a regular test, just in case they are non-functional.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fred W, post: 1274663, member: 3828"] You would be money and time ahead to sell your non-ABS and buy a used 1st Gen bike that has it, then transfer whatever farkles you have on your old bike to the new one. No way ever that you could come even close by trying to retrofit ABS onto your old '04. While many have considered it, none that I am aware of have ever pulled it off. As for the 1st Gens that develop non-functional rear ABS, it is not a wheel sensor issue. The problem is that the valves (spools) inside the hydraulic block become frozen, and to date nobody has come up with a way to unfreeze them when it happens. The best way to prevent that from happening is to activate the ABS often, and keep the brake fluid fresh. You can activate the ABS by performing the ABS pump test in the FSM (also documented here elsewhere) , or for the rear by just stomping on the rear brake now and then. While I have tested my front ABS dynamically in straight line braking, I would not advise making that a regular test, just in case they are non-functional. [/QUOTE]
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