What did you do to your FJR today?

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extrememarine wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 10:43 am Congrats - you can order that monkey bike now... OR Trail 125...
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You got a buyer?
Or is this in anticipation of showing it to a prospective buyer?
Bike is sold. Buyer is picking it up today. It only took 2.5 years.

I think I'll wait for one to show up used. 7k for a trail 125 makes my sphincter spasm
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Well, atleast you had an extra 2.5 years of awesome lasting adventures with it.
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bungie4 wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 8:38 am Washed and detailed it for the new owner.
You got a buyer?
Or is this in anticipation of showing it to a prospective buyer?
Bike is sold. Buyer is picking it up today. It only took 2.5 years.
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Lubed the pivot points (clutch and brake handle, shifter assy, and rear brake pedal). The rear brake shaft was bone dry.

Installed speed bleeders on the front brakes and clutch, and flushed same. Tomorrow, I'll do the rear brake.

An hour in the shop and I was getting tired. This surgery recovery is slow, man.
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Removed the ECU from the 2013 and sending it off to Ivan in the morning. I can't wait to get it returned with the updated flash.
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FJRPittsburgh wrote: Wed May 24, 2023 7:36 pm Removed the ECU from the 2013 and sending it off to Ivan in the morning. I can't wait to get it returned with the updated flash.
The '13 is being saved? At SEO you were concerned about the damage......
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It's all good now. Getting her all fixed up.
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Rode it to work. Finally need to report for meetings AND it's a nice day.
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rode mine yesterday, to deliver some ribs that I smoked, to my daughter.
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El Toro Joe wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 9:44 am rode mine yesterday, to deliver some ribs that I smoked, to my daughter.
You coulda delivered some here.

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BikerGeek wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 11:55 am
El Toro Joe wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 9:44 am rode mine yesterday, to deliver some ribs that I smoked, to my daughter.
You coulda delivered some here.

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He evidently chose not to? :D
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After work road to the state store for Sheep Dog Peanut Butter and Bird Dog Black Cherry wiskey. Pulled the front wheel to get balanced. Got a slight vibration above 75 80 and we all know that's unacceptable.

I'm off work until Tuesday. May even get a chance to run to the shooting range this weekend.

Update: 20grams out of balance, which is 4 of the square weights. Not tested but this weekend sometime.
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I just posted my '14 on Craigslist. Sigh. It's got a wonky second gear but missed the recall by a year. Second's been like that for a long time and hasn't gotten worse, I just can't accelerate hard (or really anything but very gently) in second, but all other gears are fine. I've gotten kind of used to it and put 35 or 40 thousand miles on it with that problem and it hasn't gotten worse, but makes selling kind of problematic. Definitely don't want to have it rebuilt or replaced--definitely nothing I'd ever attempt myself. So I pulled off what I wanted to keep and installed it on the new-to-me '09 AE with 7,500 miles on the clock. Been having fun shifting with my finger.
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That’s what we fixed in Rob’s bike. Bad shift fork. Send it this way, I’ll fix it! It’s documented on this forum. Search for Jolene and you’ll find it.
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In another thread I explained that I purchased some tires that Duane had paid for last fall. They are PR4s...I found out in my garage that they are GTs...the markings are slightly different. Im thinking, well I never get GTs, so how much harder are they to put on? As it turns out, not hard. Phew. However, I put the rear tire on backwards, first time ever...Duane is laughing.
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Today, on the first of the holiday without solid rain, I pulled the spider webs off the FJR and took it for an hour-long ride. She purred like a kitten and roared like a lion. Then she went back on the tender to snooze again.
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I gave mine a much needed bath yesterday...all ready to get dirty again
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wheatonFJR wrote: Mon May 29, 2023 12:37 pm In another thread I explained that I purchased some tires that Duane had paid for last fall. They are PR4s...I found out in my garage that they are GTs...the markings are slightly different. Im thinking, well I never get GTs, so how much harder are they to put on? As it turns out, not hard. Phew. However, I put the rear tire on backwards, first time ever...Duane is laughing.
On my first FJR, I spooned on a set of PR2s and I installed the rear one backwards. Didn't realize it until I wore that tire out - yep, I rode 8-ish thousand miles on that tire backwards, including some miles in the rain.

Luck be with Pants back then....
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Hppants wrote: Tue May 30, 2023 8:15 am On my first FJR, I spooned on a set of PR2s and I installed the rear one backwards. Didn't realize it until I wore that tire out - yep, I rode 8-ish thousand miles on that tire backwards, including some miles in the rain.
When mounting the new tire you actually looked to see what direction the old tire was mounted? :)
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N4HHE wrote: Tue May 30, 2023 4:59 pm
Hppants wrote: Tue May 30, 2023 8:15 am On my first FJR, I spooned on a set of PR2s and I installed the rear one backwards. Didn't realize it until I wore that tire out - yep, I rode 8-ish thousand miles on that tire backwards, including some miles in the rain.
When mounting the new tire you actually looked to see what direction the old tire was mounted? :)
Obviously not on that tire change....
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Hppants wrote: Wed May 31, 2023 10:47 am
N4HHE wrote: Tue May 30, 2023 4:59 pm
Hppants wrote: Tue May 30, 2023 8:15 am On my first FJR, I spooned on a set of PR2s and I installed the rear one backwards. Didn't realize it until I wore that tire out - yep, I rode 8-ish thousand miles on that tire backwards, including some miles in the rain.
When mounting the new tire you actually looked to see what direction the old tire was mounted? :)
Obviously not on that tire change....
Yes, not when you mounted the PR2s but you looked when you took them off!

I look when putting the new tire on but it is one of those things I hate. I hate finding the direction arrow. Everybody stylizes the things. But some will put small arrows in the edge of the tread. I find that easier to find. There are also markers in the edges of the tread indicating where to find wear bars.
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