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From the poorly lit ****** picture you took of the driveshaft splines they looks fine. Did you have any trouble separating the splines? Do you see any corrosion or pitting on the driveshaft splines? Any broken ones? If you have a set of V blocks and a dial indicator, you can check your...

Wow, broken pinion shaft. That's a first here I think. How did it fail? Did you put those 44,000 miles on 1/4 or 1/8th of a mile at a time? Dump the clutch repeatedly at 7k from stoplight to stoplight? Maybe there was a flaw in the forging from the beginning that worked its way into a crack...

A little bit overthought, but it's not your fault. The procedure in the service manual works fine I'm sure, however it is unnecessarily complicated. When you take the measurement: You can measure at any point between the shim bucket and the 'base circle'. If you're just taking a measurement...

Please excuse my ignorance of the CAN Bus, but wouldn't that be a benefit to the bike from an end user's standpoint with what I'm assuming is an incredible amount of off the shelf software that can play with (or at least view) the parameters of said system? Isn't that what my bluetooth adapter...

I'm 6'2 with a long torso, and this works well for me: https://www.ceebaileys.com/yamaha/fjr1300_flip_06_ws.html I'm using the 23" tall, 4" wider version. The reverse contour works, I'm in a fairly quiet bubble and the top of the windscreen is a little above eye level.

There is also a company called RM Sportmax in either NC or PA that services Yammy final drives. I had the guy drop in a VMax rear gear into another pumpkin I bought for my Royal Star a few years back, he does decent work for fairly cheap. I tried to look up their website however it seems down...

I'd ask to see the old shift shaft, and put it on some v-blocks if you've got access to a set. Something seems fishy, I don't think there's a way to bend it with your boot, at least the shaft portion. Maybe a motorcycle drop landed on something on the outside end of the shaft where the shift...

I know the feeling though

They're full of ****. It fits fine.

First and foremost, may the spirit of John Ryan smile upon your high mileage FJR cross country journey. I'd check the wearable items; hoses, tires, brake pads, etc. Got a blue dot cam chain tensioner? Secondly, don't tell Fred W about greasing your drive shaft u-joint, that man goes to...

Another vote for splitting the case in the original motor at this point, so long as Walt doesn't want to try to weld/pin the star wheel in place. I've split mine twice so far, it's not too challenging. 10 new main bearing bolts, 5 or 6 new gaskets, a few new o-rings, oil & coolant and you're...

I think you may want to brush up on the brake bleeding procedure in the service manual. After that, reattach the caliper to the bike with the new pads, crack open up the bleed screw on the top of the caliper, and add new brake fluid (DOT 4) to the rear brake master cylinder reservoir until you...

6'2 with less than a 32" inseam here, so I'm all torso. Bought a tall windscreen, RDL Seat, and upgraded the suspension to accommodate my big ***. I've done 300+ mile days before, no issues with comfort.

Thanks all, I found this place in Anaheim to straighten the front wheel, and I will be bringing them the rear wheel tomorrow afternoon, it also sustained damage from the same rock. $140 a wheel, you just bring them your wheel with tire, rotors, & bearings still installed. He did a good job on...

Yup, it's been discussed before. It's OK to use the short filter. However, since the short filter almost certainly doesn't have the filtering capacity of a longer one, here's a $3.15 solution.

Last Saturday afternoon while bombing down the Los Angeles Crest Highway, I hit a rock hidden on the backside of a shaded corner in the middle of the road. As many of you know, falling rocks are nothing out of the ordinary for that road. I made an audible "UUGGSSHHH!" when I hit it (both...

Um...pictures please? This is the kind of thing that's disconcerting for those of us who ride over the ton on occasion.

Highly doubt it, stop thinking so much ;-)

McMaster-Carr, MSC Industrial, & Grainger also sell long taps. What size did you drill the hole in the center of the shift barrel?

If you're gonna do it, that's what you should try. If you buy a flat head screw from McMaster, they require an 82 degree countersink (IIRC) if you've got one laying around. Countersink bits are also available from McMaster-Carr. I'd also use metal epoxy on the broken part just for the hell of it.