What did you do to your FJR today?

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I never took the time to put heated grips on this '09. It had the v-strom hand guards on it when I got it and I had let that be good enough.
gixxerjasen wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 10:12 pm What was up with the grip heaters?
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extrememarine wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 11:04 pm Yeah, I'm glad Griff got this one back in functioning order becuase I have not seen any good deals on '13's lately...
Cav47 wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 10:46 pm
griff wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 10:24 pm

If Wheaton's valve check had gone any further sideways, it would have ended up in GA. :evil:
If he wanted a new FJR, he could just throw another one in the ditch!


Kidding aside, glad you were there Griff to right the ship on the valve check.
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extrememarine wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 11:11 pm I never took the time to put heated grips on this '09. It had the v-strom hand guards on it when I got it and I had let that be good enough.
gixxerjasen wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 10:12 pm What was up with the grip heaters?
Aha, I've been poking at the search function because my stock AE heated grips aren't so warm anymore. Looks like I have some interesting work ahead of me. That said, Texas summer is coming so likely I'll forget about it till I need it again. :D
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extrememarine wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 11:04 pm Yeah, I'm glad Griff got this one back in functioning order becuase I have not seen any good deals on '13's lately...
Ummm, I'll share half the blame and half the credit for gittin er done. :D
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griff wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 10:24 pm
extrememarine wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 7:45 pm I recorded the start up with intention of sending it to Wheaton if his valve check went any further side ways so he could remember what a running FJR sounded like. (Hey, I'm just here to help).

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I'd have put it back together without doing anything, he rides so slow he wouldn't notice the timing a tooth off........
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raYzerman wrote: Mon Mar 06, 2023 10:48 am I'd have put it back together without doing anything, he rides so slow he wouldn't notice the timing a tooth off........
Who said it was only 1 tooth off? lol :twisted:

But you ARE right on the rides slow part.
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At this point, I assumed you put that motor into a snowblower for Line...
bungie4 wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 11:36 pm
extrememarine wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 11:04 pm Yeah, I'm glad Griff got this one back in functioning order becuase I have not seen any good deals on '13's lately...

Ahem.
I have $100 I'd toss at you for it...
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extrememarine wrote: Mon Mar 06, 2023 11:04 am At this point, I assumed you put that motor into a snowblower for Line...
bungie4 wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 11:36 pm
extrememarine wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 11:04 pm Yeah, I'm glad Griff got this one back in functioning order becuase I have not seen any good deals on '13's lately...

Ahem.
I have $100 I'd toss at you for it...
Hum.. a 145hp snowblower, i think your onto something.


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FJRPittsburgh wrote: Wed Mar 01, 2023 7:20 pm
wheatonFJR wrote: Wed Mar 01, 2023 6:22 pm
FJRPittsburgh wrote: Wed Mar 01, 2023 5:21 pm I just got back from a 200 mile ride. I ended up near the Beallsville Diner and the SEO roads. The roads are already clean and beautiful.
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wheatonFJR wrote: Mon Mar 06, 2023 10:53 am Who said it was only 1 tooth off? lol :twisted:

But you ARE right on the rides slow part.
It might have been a safety device put in place to protect you :)
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Festus wrote: Mon Mar 06, 2023 12:31 pm
wheatonFJR wrote: Mon Mar 06, 2023 10:53 am Who said it was only 1 tooth off? lol :twisted:

But you ARE right on the rides slow part.
It might have been a safety device put in place to protect you :)
Yeah, but I could have used that last tooth on that Wheaton pass.
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I picked up a Raptor on my way to Florida.
I’ll try it when I get home.


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Raptor chassis + Bungie's FJR motor = Now we're talkin'...
Canadian FJR wrote: Wed Mar 08, 2023 8:40 pm I picked up a Raptor on my way to Florida.
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Rode it.

There is no substitute for some two-wheel therapy - brisk (temperature wise) 150-ish mile loop this afternoon. It runs, rides, handles as expected - meaning I didn't F anything up...

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I'll be crossing that bridge in a couple of weeks.
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I ordered a new neutral switch assembly along with 2 of the allen screws that hold it..$175.43 cdn….
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CollingsBob wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2023 9:58 pm I ordered a new neutral switch assembly along with 2 of the allen screws that hold it..$175.43 cdn….
Crap! You would almost think you were buying BMW parts.
I had to replace the neutral switch on my 2007. Seems to me it was maybe $50 at the time. Don't know what the GenIII+ version is like, but the '07 was a wire with a multi pin connector on one end and a block with 5 copper contact "pads" on the other - one for neutral plus one for each gear. (There was a discontinuity inside the block for the neutral wire which couldn't be easily soldered because the wires were potted in epoxy or something)
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FJRoss wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:39 pm
CollingsBob wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2023 9:58 pm I ordered a new neutral switch assembly along with 2 of the allen screws that hold it..$175.43 cdn….
Crap! You would almost think you were buying BMW parts.
I had to replace the neutral switch on my 2007. Seems to me it was maybe $50 at the time. Don't know what the GenIII+ version is like, but the '07 was a wire with a multi pin connector on one end and a block with 5 copper contact "pads" on the other - one for neutral plus one for each gear. (There was a discontinuity inside the block for the neutral wire which couldn't be easily soldered because the wires were potted in epoxy or something)
Probably similar…I didn’t shop around, I just called one of the local stealerships and ordered it over the phone..
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Typical gouging with Canajan prices for OEM parts. The 6 speed one is pricey, but so is the 5 speed switch. Save the old one!! Might be able to clean up the contacts and the plunger..... have to replace the one on my former root beer FJR, I've cleaned it a few times..... but I have a gently used one with 2k miles on it from the '14 engine I put in the '06 project bike. Partzilla price ~U$55 or so.
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