What did you do to your FJR today?

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Re: What did you do to your FJR today?

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Dan Cooper wrote: ↑Sat Mar 22, 2025 6:00 pm
Panman wrote: ↑Sat Mar 22, 2025 2:19 pm
raYzerman wrote: ↑Sat Mar 22, 2025 12:18 pm Jim, did you remove the collars and repack the bearings with grease??
I always take a little grease and run it in with my pinky.
I was also wondering why no comments about this one, too.

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You would have to know your local laws, but around here, any pharmacy can sell (or donate) several medical needles to you without a prescription. Fill the syringe with fine grease using a thin stick, and you have a tiny, precision grease needle. Commercial grease needles are usually too thick to work here. The grease will soon rot the rubber plunger, so each syringe is a one-use-only tool. This tool will put new grease into bearing races without dis-assembly, and even underneath grease seals.

Do not mix white (lithium) grease with black (petroleum) grease, as they are not usually compatible.
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I just use a thin coffee stir stick and smear the grease around against the rollers. Excess gets pushed out by the bushings, so a little cleanup after.
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Nice morning for some routine maintenance as it's warming up:

engine oil & filter changed; final drive oil replaced; cycled ABS, replaced F & R brake fluids, cycled ABS again; replaced clutch fluid. Note to self- need more 6mm "pop rivet" thingies.

I swear, whoever designed this snap-together onesy piece of plastic across the Gen3 dash STILL needs to be totin' an ass whoopin'!!!!
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rbentnail wrote: ↑Sun Mar 23, 2025 11:23 am I swear, whoever designed this snap-together onesy piece of plastic across the Gen3 dash STILL needs to be totin' an ass whoopin'!!!!
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The designer of the fairing had a background in Origami.

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I road my FJR today for the first time this year. It was 72 today with blue skies. Very nice.
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Bought it a new rear tire. Gotta be ready if the opportunity arises!
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Cav47 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 9:37 pm Bought it a new rear tire. Gotta be ready if the opportunity arises!
Yeah, I've been putting it off b/c I'm debating about which to try.
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Cav47 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 9:37 pm Bought it a new rear tire. Gotta be ready if the opportunity arises!
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