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How timely .. as this just happened to me. I was riding with some of the young guys from where I used to work and while at a stop one of the guys picked up my saddle bag handle! That wasn't supposed to happen. Well, there was the latch and one screw still there .. so I hand turned it back in...

I just completed this mod. on my 06 ... and what a difference. Why Yamaha doesn't make this change I'll never know. I went thru all the pages here on the 'how to do's' and places to order from. I went with Zanotti's and had my FZ 1 mirrors shipped to the door for $92.69 .. these are OEM I...

I've been looking thru all the info on tires and one I have seen alot of info on is the rear 880 170/60 17" ... but I haven't seen anything on the front 880 .. the 120/70 17" ... if there is already info there please point it to me as I don't want to clutter the pages. Both of the 880's are...

Been reading this thread for awhile and figured it's time to put my $.02 worth in. I have an 06 FJR1300A that I bought a year ago. I now have 14K miles on it and noticed the 'surge' at times. I live at 2700' and a nice ride for me is to the top of Kitt Peak at 7000' ... on the way down I will...

Earlier this year I was at my local shop getting a service done when the mechanic noticed my front tire was to the wear bars .. I was going to be going to the MOA rally in Wisc. in a few months so rather then shopping around I asked what he had on hand and ended up with the Dunlop 220 ST front...

Try as I may I've 'searched' thru as many of the discussions and have not found any info on what I am looking for. Seeing as my tire life is in the 7K range and I usually replace both tires at the same time I was wondering if the 190/50ZR -17 fits the rear. I have seen the thread on the...

Sorry but I got to ask the question .. did you pull out the rubber threaded sleeve that held the original bar end weight? If you didn't then the Miester won't work. Throttle Meister has a simple tool that threads in and levers the sleeve out with the threads in it .. then your Meister will...

I'll go 'ditto' on the Walker Holeshots .. have had them on for a couple thou so far and everybody loves them .. sound is perfect .. not loud but you sure know there is an engine in there. Didn't affect mileage or tunning .. and I had them on in 30 minutes. I had some high temp silicone seal...

Have to chime in here as I recently put the Holeshot slip-ons on. I love the sound .. not overly loud and they must knock 20 lbs off the overall weight. No real performance gain that I can feel but mileage is the same and so is everything else. I used to tell my older son that the FJR...

I am retired military and often plan my trips around the bases that are on my path. As far as I am concerned the MWR has ruined many of the bases due to there high cost. In Sierra Vista at Fort Huachuca the MWR charges about $50 per night .. but Motel 6 just outside the base is about $25...

I went down to the local Auto Zone here in Tucson to see if I could get the NGK 'CR8EIX' plug. They did not have the NGK plugs but their list matched the plug to a Bosch 4303 dual platinum tip .. anybody else run into this? I'm not buyng the Bosch till I know for sure ... the Bosch plugs...

To the Group: Is there a way to set the clock on an 06 to 24 hour format rather then the 12? Being retired military I am used to the 24 hr. format. I would think that many of the Europeans would want 24 hr format. The other question I have is about H-4 bulbs. In many of my other bikes to...

I just recently changed my oil to the Mobil 1 10W40 motorcycle oil .. expensive stuff at $9.99 a qt. What I did notice was that my bike seems to be harder to shift since. I have only 1800 miles on my brand new 06 but was told it was o.k. to switch to the full synthetic. Normally I would...

Got hit last year out in the middle of nowhere on a dirt road .. women was ticketed and I eventually ended up with back surgery .. long story short . my attorney got me $100K .. and of that I got $67.5k clear. Hope your accident will pay off as well. That's why the new FJR for me .. was my...

I've got about 700+ miles on my 06A .. on the first three tanks of gas 45,45,47 mpg! Pretty good. As for the seat .. first thing I do with my bikes is throw on a bead seat cover. I find that it saves my butt here in the AZ heat but also does me well on long rides. As for smoothness of the...

I got back from a run yesterday thinking I might want to move my bars to one of the other settings .. I like a straighter bar with less pull-back. On loosening up one side I found I could not move the bar as the fork adjustment spring pre-load is in the way .. at the standard setting I cannot...

Well, this will be my first post to the group .. just got my 06 FJR1300A yesterday ... with 1 mile on it. I drove it home and today added more miles along with my 19 year old son as passenger ... total mileage at fill-up was 233 and it took 5.268 gals. Thinks that works out to just over 44...