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Rode some nice back roads home from GA. Very scenic in places.

What did I do? I sold my '03 Iron Butt finisher to another forum member. It went out the door with more in accessories (used values) than what he paid for everything. Sort of pass-it-on event and he even sent initial reassembly pics back.

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Bounce wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 7:26 am What did I do? I sold my '03 Iron Butt finisher to another forum member. It went out the door with more in accessories (used values) than what he paid for everything. Sort of pass-it-on event and he even sent initial reassembly pics back.

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Do you know anyone that has room for a 2010 FJR in very nice condition, low miles (24,700) and well accessorized. See the for sale section back about May.

I bumped it up for you....

Rode with the local BMW group today the last group ride of the year. We started with breakfast then went for a short ride and ended up in Plummer Idaho. When it was obvious everybody was scattering and had responsibilities at home, I created a plan to ride the rest of the day. I started with a full tank and wanted to finish it off so I could fill the bike with non-ethanol fuel. At rides end I was about 25 miles into the reserve and put in 5.5 gallons getting 52 mpg.

I headed to the Snake River along some favorite roads. Good scenery especially if you like oddly shaped rocks!







After today's ride the Dunlop RS4s have 7700 miles on them. There might be another 300-500 miles left. The wear bars are starting to wear now. What is interesting is the front an rear tire are wearing equally and that is unusual.

Cliffs along the Snake River. And is the next photo that confounded bridge?



Hwy 261 near Palouse Falls.







Scablands courtesy of the Ice Age Floods.



The allure of this route is it follows several coulees so there is a bit of elevation change. As I descended there was a freight train on the far side of the coulee. The train looked like an HO scale train in the vast landscape. It was a surreal moment.

Heading into a coulee.



The color on this photo of a coulee is interesting.



Back in farm land the winter wheat is just starting to grow. It will be harvested next summer. The cycle continues.



So during this 300 plus mile ride the ABS lamp blinked once. I touched the rear brake, no change, so I touched the front break to clear the blinking. Bummer but I don't think blinking generates a code so I am not optimistic the shop can help. I will grease the rear brake pivot soon. When the ABS lamp stops flashing I wonder if the ABS is functional?

If no flashing, I'd say ABS works....... this intermittent issue plagues several Gen3 FJR's, including my old '14. That said, for you to read any stored codes you need an OBD reader and adapter harness... you may have stored codes related to wheel sensors.

The other issue is brake switches.... rear pedal sticking and inadvertently pressing on it while riding may do it. Next visit my '14 makes, we are going to adjust the rear brake switch so it takes a tad longer stroke to turn the lights on.

raYzerman wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 11:17 pm Next visit my '14 makes, we are going to adjust the rear brake switch so it takes a tad longer stroke to turn the lights on.

Thanks Ray. I am confused by the sentence above. Where do I go to see this?

The local shop cleared the codes last week due to my mistake of not installing the sensor. They said there were no ABS codes just sensor codes.

FJRoss wrote: ↑Sun Oct 13, 2024 11:37 pm I would also have to ride a long way to where it is 71°F! (from the other end of the scale) We might get to the 60's by the weekend...(with some overnight lows near freezing).

Funny, today you could ride to Dallas. Sunday high of 99F, today high of...wait for it...71F.

See photos...... first one shows master cylinder which attaches (with a pin) to the back of the brake pedal pivot... it has an adjusting nut on the clevis, so you can lower or raise the brake pedal... could lower it a bit to ensure you're not hitting the pedal inadvertently. However....

Also shows the brake light switch, which has a spring that attaches to the front of the brake pedal pivot. As you press the pedal, it pulls on the spring, which in turn pulls on the plunger. Lowering the pedal will pull on the spring sooner, so one really needs to adjust the brake light switch as well.
Second photo shows the brake switch on the parts diagram... so there is a plastic collar threaded onto the switch... just turn it to lower the switch. Some have tried to stretch the spring instead. This will delay engagement of the brake light switch.

Very likely you had wheel sensor codes... suggest you make an investment... these are dirt cheap these days.....
http://www.fjriders.com/forums/viewtopi ... ss#p198901

raYzerman wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 11:17 pm we are going to adjust the rear brake switch so it takes a tad longer stroke to turn the lights on.

I was having problems with my 2014 with this. Cruise not consistently working. Gary at EOM explained just what you mentioned Ray, that the plastic threads stretch and it comes out of proper adjustment. At Andy's Tech day after that Wayne and I tore into it and adjusted it. Brake light came on a little later and all was good. On way home cruise would not work at all, we had adjusted it too much (and not checked the cruise, just the brake light). I took it apart when I got home and adjusted it back the other way a small amount and it has worked flawlessly for years.

If I remember correctly, the threads/nut are behind the area right above the right footpeg. Even I could adjust it once I saw how it was done once.

In case you wanted to know........ the brake light relay is always energized, and when you hit the switch, it cuts power to the relay... a fail-safe feature.... this uses a relay where the contacts close (to the brake lights) when the relay coil is de-energized.

Yamaha tends to wire things hot; activating them by using switches to ground.

Today while blowing out the sprinkler system I looked at the Dunlop RS4. End of the line at 7700 miles.

fontanaman wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 3:56 pm Today while blowing out the sprinkler system

What?

gixxerjasen wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 3:56 pm

fontanaman wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 3:56 pm Today while blowing out the sprinkler system

What?

Well last year we had negative temps in Spokane. Something like -7F. So it is a annual ritual to blow out the sprinkler system with my air compressor.

I don't see any metal on that tire yet.... when you do see it, you've got a coupla hunnert left.

fontanaman wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 3:56 pm Today while blowing out the sprinkler system I looked at the Dunlop RS4. End of the line at 7700 miles.

Even from the wet side, I can see that one's done Jim. Not too bad for 7700 miles on chip-seal roads!

~G

escapefjrtist wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 9:29 pm

fontanaman wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 3:56 pm Today while blowing out the sprinkler system I looked at the Dunlop RS4. End of the line at 7700 miles.

Even from the wet side, I can see that one's done Jim. Not too bad for 7700 miles on chip-seal roads!

~G

Well ~G this tire was in California and then to Beartooth and Chief Joseph Pass so maybe it experienced 3k miles of Eastern Washington's finest cheap seal. It wore well but it was a bugger to install. Can't say I am looking forward to removing it on Friday.

Pulled my Bridgestone Battlax rear off last night, and am having a new Road 6 GT installed today. I got about 6k miles out of it, hoping the Michelin gives me a bit more but we'll see.



Will be lubing driveshaft splines while I have it apart this weekend, and flushing brake/clutch fluids and cleaning up levers. Also I think I'm finally ready to get the Ivan tune, so I'll be pulling the ECU for that work, with hopes of having it back by the end of Oct so I can hopefully do a bit more late-season riding.

wgharper wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2024 2:25 pm Pulled my Bridgestone Battlax rear off last night, and am having a new Road 6 GT installed today. I got about 6k miles out of it, hoping the Michelin gives me a bit more but we'll see.



Will be lubing driveshaft splines while I have it apart this weekend, and flushing brake/clutch fluids and cleaning up levers. Also I think I'm finally ready to get the Ivan tune, so I'll be pulling the ECU for that work, with hopes of having it back by the end of Oct so I can hopefully do a bit more late-season riding.

Looks like you got 5k miles, then risked your life for another 1k miles.