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My right fork seal failed about 39,000 miles, so I thought it would be a good time to upgrade the front springs because of excessive front-end dive. Bought the Race Tech 1.2KG/MM springs, had a Yamaha shop do the install and rebuild of seals, along with major tuneup since valves never adjusted...

Macs only at my house. It's easiest interface I've ever used and my wife and kids are all enthusiastic Mac-users.

Hmmm...I always wondered why the pattern on race bikes was reversed. Maybe I should just get some floor-boards and a heel shifter! I rented a Harley while on business in Utah a couple years ago (there's always a place renting Harleys it seems) and had fun blasting thru Provo canyon dragging...

No, I don't think you're full s***. I'm the first to ask questions (even dumb ones) to improve my skills and avoid painful mistakes and who better to ask than other FJR riders? I agree on the smooth = fast and strive for that, though I'll admit I've gone in to a corner in the wrong gear before...

I've found that with my big feet and limited cornering clearance on the FJR, I have a tough time keeping them out of the way when cornering aggressively, especially on left-handers. I'm a size 15-Wide and I can't keep my left-foot under the gear shifter when cornering hard in anticipation of my...

Ditto on the 42psi front and rear. In the past, I didn't pay attention to tire pressures and every time I bought new tires at about 5,000 miles, the tire guy berated me and thanked me at the same time. 42psi makes my bike feel light on it's feet and loses that 'falling into a turn' feeling. I...

Here's a pic of my '05 with a Corbin seat. It's not their standard Corbin fjr1300 seat, rather it's based on the KLR650 seat. I wanted a nice flat seat that I could move around on. The stock seat was completely too confining for my size (6'7", a bit north of 300lbs). They also raised the...