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A typically unhelpful mcatrophy comment. I have an OEM 50 litre topbox on my 2018, it was on my 2014. It stays there all the time, usually empty. Never had a passenger or rear seat luggage to break the airflow. I've never noticed any of the wobble issues several others have talked of, but I...

When you fit the locks, don't forget to Loctite the screws.

(I hate auto-spell-checkers)

I would try a blackening agent as sold for car black trim. It may only be polish residue that tends to leave the sort of colouring you photos depict, unless you are sure it's underlying lighter coloured plastic.

If that's about my preceding post, there's no need for any complication as to how the mode is achieved. A few comments: Anything that changes the F/A ratio would probably take emissions outside the very tight legal requirement. And why bother when you have total CPU control over the engine...

If the dyno run takes more than a couple of seconds, I wouldn't expect any significant difference between the two traces. Since all the Touring mode does is to delay the throttle opening, once the throttle opening has caught up with the throttle control, the power/torque curves will be the...

I believe that all the Touring mode slows the throttle response, no more, no less. Whip the throttle up or down in Sport mode, you get instant response. Do the same in Touring mode, it will get to the same power level, but take a little time to get there. I find Touring mode useful...

I'm the opposite. The FJR keeps me young, my grandkids make me feel very old.

I had a serious look at doing something useful electronically to improve the gauge particularly at low levels, I gave up because the sender bottoms out with quite a lot of fuel left. I doubt bending the float wire would help much, the variable resistor was not at its limit when the float stopped...

I find the opposite. Under-inflation leads to having to continue to countersteer to hold the corner, over-inflation makes it drop into corners too easily. With correct inflation, its steering is neutral, holds the corner with no pressure on the bars.

Hmm. 788570 Km = 489994.6810 miles. That's a nice round number :unsure: Pretty impressive, though :) . [Edit: Is there a decimal point before the last '0' in the picture? That would make it 48999.4681 miles.]

NSrider is correct, originally made by Audiovox. The cruise control was later marketed by a company Murphs kits (https://murphskits.com/), but they no longer advertise them. Took a little fitting to the FJR, definitely not plug and play. An alternative would be an Australian product, the...

Friend had the 1250 GS. He says it's the first motorcycle he's had that makes him want to give up motorcycling. Activity looking to replace it. Would go back to the FJR if they were still available here (he's had two in the past).

I can answer that. Cruise control switch panel.

What is the rpm when you get the "choppy" effect? Anything below perhaps 1200, it won't pull cleanly.

Most likely just congealed muck. If you think your only option is to replace it, you can lose nothing by agressively cleaning it. Try squirting WD40 into the key entry hole, flood it, then insert the key in and out a few times (if muck stops it going in all the way, it won't turn), then wiggle...

I never use the thumb for changing down, I just use my forefinger to flick the one part of the switch forwards or backwards. Hand remains perfectly on the grip.. Totally second nature after a few changes, and it's very rapid going between up- and down- changes; your hand doesn't move at all...

Just to add a map showing the full route in Spain. (Click on the route thumbnail to open an interactive map) It's reduced in detail, so a bit jumpy at high magnification - it would be something over 200,000 datapoints before reduction, it's now about 20,000. Helps speed things up.

Days 14 and 15 - Return Ferry and Home We arrive at the port in very good time. We book in and park the bikes in one of the queues, then find refreshments in the port cafe. After a while, the queues are sent, a few vehicles at a time, to the security/passport control booths where our passports...

Day 12 - Ávila (Sierra de Gredos) to Viniegra de Abajo Today's ride takes us through more picturesque country. We stop at the Mirador de la Galiana. This overlooks a valley where vultures can be seen spiralling up in the thermals. (Click on any image a for larger view, click a route to open an...