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If it's really your radiator, you want a new one and its not under warantee... Call Gary, he's most likely your best bet for parts. Expect to pay $6-700 for a new one. Otherwise, depending on how bad it is, there are companies that can fix them. If you can't find one, let me know and I'll...

ABS only matters when you're real close to (or are) locking up the wheel. Everything else is dependant on the pads, lines and rotors. "Good" is a relative term, especially when it comes to something as subjective as brakes. Different pads will feel firmer or softer, slow you down faster or...

Once on the FJR - accidentally. I used to do it all the time on my YZF. Then I nailed a whoop in the road once and didn't get off the throttle quite quick enough. Back end spun up then touched back down before the front started dropping. That instantly caused the wheelie from hell, major...

Cee Bailey makes something that small?!? Damn... more farkle fund damage!

I want Highlander's shield! One of you wanks that bought a barn door, send me yer old one so I can take a hacksaw to it! ;) BTW Highlander, your light setup is almost exactly like mine. I have slightly smaller fogs on the bottom though. Great minds and all that...

#1699 clicked her 10k mark this weekend as well. A new water pump and a new shaft seal were her only weaknesses during the period - both waranteed. I've already got more miles on the Metz Z6's than I had on the stocker BT020s before they were toast and the Z6s are still going strong. The...

Hey all, It looks like I'm gonna be able to take a couple days off this week and I'm going to use them to head down and check out the area. I'll be leaving Springfield, VA at the butt-crack of dawn on Thursday, riding down to Townsend, scooting around the roads and getting GPS tracks. I'll...

Hey Ock... that wouldn't be a Marion County car, would it?

Looking for a windshield... I'm not too fussy about the year or condition (as long as you can still see through it)... I'm gonna hack the halibut out of it anyway. Reply or send PM if you have one you're willing to sacrifice to Blue Bayou.

Another place to look for missing coolant is on the bottom of the water pump. It's hard to spot, but keeping your bike reasonably clean will make it show. A leak in the o-ring on the bottom of the water pump will drop coolant onto the exhaust sensor. It burns off nearly instantly, but leaves...

Never had the FJR seize the pads, but my FZ1 did it if I even thought about water. Some times it stuck REAL good. It's the semi-metallic pads that do it. Either switch to a non-metallic pad (there are other pros and cons to that of course) or take FJRocket's advice and go for a quick ride...

I have something similar to the switches posted, but I chose the unlighted three-way version instead. I also didn't install the "bezel plate", as I was trying to keep the install as clean and small as possible. This is a marine switch and was bought at Boater's World for around $9. It's...

Hey Toophast... I don't have any "solid" plans yet, but may join you on the BRP on the way down if you don't mind. I'll have a better idea about the timing as we get into September... I'm "bartering" vacation time between the office and a couple of sick relatives I keep having to run do to...

For future reference (or anyone who hasn't gotten replacements yet), I got one from Gary McCoy at University Motors. I don't remember what the cost was, but it cheap enough for me not to worry about it (probably $2 or some such). Shipping is nothing, as he'll just toss one or two in an...

Hey FJRRocket... do me a favor. Give them a call when you get the chance and ask what happens if we have to cancel it at the last minute. I'm not anticipating any problems, but we did have a nasty little hurricane roll through there last year on the weekend we're going. If the same happens...

I believe the Tally Ho has totally booked up the room block we had allocated for the EOM. I don't know who made that arrangement, so I don't know how many that is, but it should go a long way to reducing or negating the cost. If there's is a cost, what does everyone think about having some...

These days it's hard to tell... he might just deport you. ;)

Hey all... if you are shipping stuff for the door prizes/raffle/giveaway/whatever-we-decide-to-do, you can send them to me if you don't think Tally Ho can manage it or don't trust them to... One of the local attendees around here (Patent) is having his wife join him in a cage and has offered...

Hrm... mine are nothing like that on the insides. They just have a metal "spacer" and they screw right into the existing inserts. No problems at all. I think I'll just let it go for now and maybe get the real inserts after I eBay some more crap so I don't have to justify it to the family...

After reading all this crap, you guys have got me thinking I hosed up something (well, except that my TM works great). ;) I got a used set with no instructions. I unscrewed the existing bar ends, put the friction sleeve on the throttle tube and screwed in the TMs. Done! What am I not...