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Not quite sure what the torque ended up being. The mechanic at the dealership he couldn't get the valve stem to seat if he stayed below the spec'd torque -- too much friction in the threads (?). We ended up hand tightening the valve stems until the o-ring was seated.

Sorry for not responding earlier [out of town last week and didn't see your question until this evening]. I had the same issue with the valve stems - there seems to be quite a bit of friction in the threads. As a result, getting a decent seal took more than the 4.2 Nm (3.4 Ft-lb) torque...

Thanks all for the suggestions -- did go with the Storms (and the Tire Watch wireless pressure monitor linky) tire's seem to be fine so far - but haven't had time to run 'em through anything really twisty -- and no rain (?) so far ... murphy's law.

Had mine installed on Friday, along with my new Avon Storms :clapping: Note - the instructions included in the kit are translations from the french translation of the original taiwanese [i think] -- anyway, much less than obvious - thing Givi top-case mounting instructions. Vancosport's...

Hmmm - so, is this an FJR thread (& therefore OK) or a religion discussion - (& therefore banned along with politics?) Just a thought from one of the folks who actually found some of those discussions interesting... Their value wasn't in the discussions themselves as much as what they...

looks like it is Oregon 27 (aka the Crooked River highway) from Google Earth - although GE doesn't show the village of alfalfa, or [Google Maps does?]. Also looks like the rest of the route isn't bad either [at least from space :blink: ] - straight from the junction with US 20 for ~2-3 mi...

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Looks pretty nifty - googled a bit to answer a couple questions - Q. What about full-face helmets? None are shown in the pictures on the page in-law linked to in his post Company website and at least one review say that it will fit a full-face helmet Q. What about stereo Not stereo yet...

Has anyone received theirs yet? My new Avon Storms are at the dealer - waiting on the Tire-Watch to put 'em on.... Vancosport - You wouldn't happen to have tracking numbers for 'em [he said hopefully] ...

Ummm this review says 2 years, but I guess those are brit years, not US :rolleyes: ... probably depends a lot on how much you use the backlight, etc. too FM

the figure is posted here click a few pages down - 34.6% on the chin bar -- I'll stick with the full face, thx. I'm ugly enough as it is...

Hey - Vancosport, What's the ETA on these things? I'd like to have 'em installed with the new tires (Avon Storm) I just ordered.. thx FM

According to the stats quoted here - supposedly from the NHTSA, the fatality rate per-mile-traveled (relative to cages) has risen rapidly in the last decade or so. From 14 x more likely per mile travelled in 1997 to 34 x more likely. This should normalize out number of riders - the biggest...

Ordered tonite - now to see how long it'll take my local shop to scare up those Avon Storms everyone keeps talkin' about...

I picked up my FJR from Renton MC last august - haven't had a reason to complain through 8K mi. Generally pretty helpful and knowledgeable staff.

Knew it was too good to be true - ad is a spoof put together by danish road safety council. click - but their road safety council is still way cooler than WA-dot. fm

I'm in - was planning on SmarTire or equivalent with the new tires anyway... Looks like the first 5 are: 1-Warchild 2-Kaitsdad 3-BrunDog 4-TurboDave 5-Freshmeat

As many said - damn this sucks. You need to click on the picture to get the vid to play - the other "obvious' links just bring you to the page that warchild's link is pointing at.

OK - so I got 8000 miles out my stock Metzlers, but the rear tire's got less than ~1/8 inch of tread pattern left down the center - which may explain why the back end's been kind a loose whenever the road's been really wet for the last few weeks. That is, on those days when I could ride in...

OK - so I read it, I think I'm doin' it right but -- Anyone got a link to some pictures of good / bad versions of the MYRP ?? thx