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  1. JoelTheMole

    Helmet

    Lol sorry, that was indeed a typo, I fixed it.
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    Another FJR 1300 2004 Resurrection!! It's been about 5 to 7 years.

    Does that sound like it has a hard miss? Or is that just audio on the video coming over funky?
  3. JoelTheMole

    Helmet

    The projections on the earplugs are soft silicone, YMMV of course but I have never even felt them. The whole launcher thing to shove them further in your ear is a bit odd feeling at first, but it works really well. Name brand headset mounts are so dumb and I swear they do it on purpose. I have...
  4. JoelTheMole

    Helmet

    Yea I have a few pairs of them I really like, I was just wondering how they compare to something like the S Plugs.
  5. JoelTheMole

    Helmet

    Any thoughts about what in particular makes Shoei helmets particularly quiet? There is a zero percent chance my head fits in any high end helmets, but the HJC i90 3-5xl shell size I can fit my head into has a fair amount of play room side to side, and I just stocked up on them before they...
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    Hello from Texas!

    Thanks! And it wasn't pleasant, but my whole family seems genetically predisposed to heal pretty well and have fairly low pain reception. They thought they were going to have to do skin grafting and keep me several weeks, but a week after the accident I was home and limping around even with a...
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    Hello from Texas!

    I work from home currently, but I am kind of the house husband who runs all the errands, and that all happens on my bike. I spent a week in a trauma ward this summer myself after I was hit, I lost something like 15% of my skin, broke a lot of bones, and had to have surgery to reassemble my right...
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    Hello from Texas!

    Lol, well I figured this would increase my chances to annoy Whoooshka and take flack from SkooterG! 🤣
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    Parts For Sale Parts for 2016ES

    If you could check I would appreciate that! A few skuffs or whatever are fine, my bike wont ever be close to perfect, but complete would be nice.
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    Hello from Texas!

    Thanks, nice to be here! And the Virago handlebars were not that hard really, I have a somewhat gouged up ABM handlebar conversion from my wrecked bike, so just took a brake line extension and throttle cable reroute: You can do the same thing pretty cheap with the stock top plate though:
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    Hello from Texas!

    Hello from the boring flat plains of South Texas! I got my first 2014 FJR1300ES in December 2023 and was wiped out by a truck swerving into me in June, and I got my second 2014 FJR1300A in October. It needed quite a bit of love as it had been sitting outside not running for something like 7...
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    Another FJR 1300 2004 Resurrection!! It's been about 5 to 7 years.

    Yea, I 100% get soaking something in an acid like vinegar to have the acid break it down, then neutralizing the acid with a base like baking soda after the acid has done its job, but just mixing the two together then putting them on top of something else doesn't seem like it will do much.
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    DIY ECU Flashing options?

    After talking to Woolich racing I sent my stock 2014 FJR1300A ECU to them to see if they can support it, if so that means their system could support the 1MC-8591A-50-00 ECUs from the 2014-15 FJR1300A. Not sure if that would also work for the 1MC-8591A-21-00 ECU from the 2013 FJR1300A or not. As...
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    Another FJR 1300 2004 Resurrection!! It's been about 5 to 7 years.

    Good luck! I had to deal with a nasty tank not long ago and highly recommend what Scooter said about using Evaporust. As a side point I have never really been clear on what exactly vinegar and baking soda when used together are supposed to do. I could be missing something but since one is an...
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    Parts For Sale Parts for 2016ES

    Do you still have: The front fender and is it mostly intact? Dont mind if it is scuffed or scratched up some. The left vent cover? The top nut that holds the ES fork damping adjusters in?
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