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Post by Yankees21 »

Good morning. Thank you for adding me, I could have sworn I was on here years ago! Just traded the 09 for a new 20, wow-what a difference-plus all the farkels still fit! Extrememarine-Wayne, tried to send you a message, but I guess I havent been on here long enough! Brian
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Welcome Brian! (again?)
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Post by gixxerjasen »

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Post by natehawk750 »

Welcome Brian!
To be allowed to PM members I believe you need 5 posts first.
Heck you could just make 5 random post in this thread.
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Post by ionbeam »

natehawk750 wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 9:07 am ...To be allowed to PM members I believe you need 5 posts first.
Heck you could just make 5 random post in this thread.
I believe wheatonFJR is highly qualified to tutor you on how to do this quite well :stickpoke:

Always strikes me as funny to have someone from Atlanta with Yankee in their Forum name. Welcome from New Hampshire!

Being from Alabama, I suppose I should have Rebel as part of my Forum name while living in NH.
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Welcome…from Manitoba, Canada
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Welcome to life with cruise control.
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Post by wheatonFJR »

natehawk750 wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 9:07 am ...To be allowed to PM members I believe you need 5 posts first.
Heck you could just make 5 random post in this thread.
WHOA WHOA WHOA! We can't just go giving advice willy nilly! You need to get to the expert (posts more than he rides) level first.

...To be allowed to PM members I believe you need 5 posts first.
Heck you could just make 5 random post in this thread.

ionbeam wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 9:18 am I believe wheatonFJR is highly qualified to tutor you on how to do this quite well :stickpoke:
I think Alan is on to something here.
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Post by extrememarine »

Once you hit 5 posts, pm me with your previous forum name, i might be able to reactivate or rename you to it.

Welcome back.

Not sure how sensible it was to trade in a near bullet (and deer) proof 2009 on a more delicate and sensitive '20 model though...

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Welcome to you, my southern Yankee friend, from south Louisiana. I'm hoping your '20 model was manufactured late, thereby avoiding the transmission recall for you.

We are glad to have you here.
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Welcome back. I'ts very likely you'll enjoy your'20 as much as most members enjoy the ride they currently have. We all have one thing in common, being all FJR's are extremely dependable bike's overall.
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Welcome (back) from Pittsburgh, PA.
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Thanks all! No she had to be fixed...you would have thought on the 4th year it would have been! Hey, but I got a free 600 mile service!
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I am trying to get my 5 post in! As bullet proof as the 09 was, the upgrades (with the exception of 6th gear (useless)), really helps on the longer trips as you get older!
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I finally got the Denali Soundbomb, put back on this bike, all farkels are finally complete.
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Post by Yankees21 »

Has anyone tried moving back their Givi topcase? The wife cant stand it, it would be great to move it back a few inches.
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Yankees21 wrote: Wed Jun 02, 2021 9:33 am Has anyone tried moving back their Givi topcase? The wife cant stand it, it would be great to move it back a few inches.
From another thread I wrote:

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I made a pair of 'relocation' bars to bring the trunk back about 1 ½" which actually gives my pillion a lot more seat room. It also reinforces the mounting rack a bit.

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The bar is made from 5052 aluminum purchased from McMaster-Carr. It goes between the plastic rack and the metal SR357 frame. I drilled and tapped the holes in the bar. The plastic rack gets screwed into the rear-set holes to move it back. The bar gets screwed into the SR357. It doesn't show in the picture of the bar, but I had to slightly round the corners of the bar to get clearance in the plastic rack.

While an inch to inch & half doesn't sound like much, it makes a huge difference.

Now the down side -- right at the edge of the passenger seat the SR357 has a short vertical bar that runs along the end of the seat which my pillion can touch when scooched back. I took some PVC, cut a length the size of the bar then kerfed the PVC down the length. I painted it black so it wouldn't show then pushed it down over the bar, it's a tight fit and hasn't moved since. I had some dark gray thick foam hot water pipe insulation that I cut to length and pushed that down over the PVC to pad it. On my assfault gray '15 it's essentially invisible. It has held up now for ~5 years but it's getting time to replace the foam. A pool noodle may work in place of the pipe insulation.
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Post by wheatonFJR »

Yankees21 wrote: Wed Jun 02, 2021 9:33 am Has anyone tried moving back their Givi topcase? The wife cant stand it, it would be great to move it back a few inches.
I took the backrest pad off the givi...works perfectly now for the pillion.
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Post by ionbeam »

wheatonFJR wrote: Wed Jun 02, 2021 10:38 am
Yankees21 wrote: Wed Jun 02, 2021 9:33 am Has anyone tried moving back their Givi topcase? The wife cant stand it, it would be great to move it back a few inches.
I took the backrest pad off the givi...works perfectly now for the pillion.
Ya, I forgot, I never installed the backrest pad on our trunk. The back protector in pillion's coat makes a good cushion.
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Post by raYzerman »

That works.... alternate solution, make a relocation plate. This one out of 1/4" aluminum for a friend who wanted the top box relocated rearward 75mm, but you can vary this.... 75 might be too far for your needs.... pictured upside down and meant to fit within the perimeter of the Givi bathtub type mount. You can adapt to fit your particular plate, make the slots bigger, etc..... Paint with truck bed liner....
PM me your email if you want the CAD drawing with all the dimensions.


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