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As usual, very nice, taunting us Great White Northers; sitting here with the wind howling outside and windchill putting us down into the -30 degrees (C) so far now in January. Really looking forward to beating these pandemic blues, and safely returning to at least the north half of your fine...

I tend to agree with RossKean, and think that you Mr. Carver, must have deeper pockets for these awesome devices than I. 😲 As Fred opined, if it were me, I'd probably just fall back on my modest (<$100) multimeter + my 35 year old analog (non storage!) Chinese scope. Good luck in your quest...

Welcome from the Great White North! :cold:

Yep, here in western Canuckistan, I got my letter from Yamaha on the brake light switch recall a few weeks ago.  Had I not received one, I was going to probably just dig into the root cause and resolve it myself, but it's nice this will instead be handled for me in the next few months when I...

Happy New Year, you lucky bastage. 

Thanks for sharing these IR spectrum photos and video Mr. Carver.  Some kewl stuff there to intrigue our inner geek!   😵 Geez, now I may have to rush out and my my own FLIR device too...  😲

Great Goodman - agreed - though the main road climbing through the elevation of Glacier is STILL amazing, but alas, the state charges like $30 per bike to go through, and it is always busy with too much traffic for my tastes. Glad you took the road less traveled (MT-49); yes, though the pavement...

Perhaps I've missed them, but in all this awesome sharing, I don't think I've seen: Montana's Better Than *** highway (MT-37) from Rexford to Libby (70 miles of beautiful, quiet highway hugging Lake Kookanusa) Montana's Looking Glass Road (MT-49) from Kiowa to East Glacier; it's short, but...

Welcome to the party Atlas76.  Living at the lat / longitude of 53.54235, -113.29842, I too, enjoy (?) a long off season of tinkering & farkling up my Gen3 FJR. An incredible wealth of real-world experience, wisdom, humour, and practical help are available for you on this forum.   :thumbsup:

Hey Ural, I rode a Gen 1 (2004) FJR for about 7 years, and though yes, the heat around lower legs could sometimes become noticeable on the warmest of days, I didn't find it took joy away from ownership.  Friends and I travelled many 1000s of miles together through western Canada and Pacific...

Dang Mr. Carver, you've got TOO MANY toys.  Hard not to be jeally over here... She does look good, even now in 2020.  Here's hoping her heart keeps pounding strong and true for years to come. 💪

5' 11", 220 lbs. I have enjoyed 2 different Feejers (Gen 1, Gen 3), and can admit that even for me, after 3 or 4 days in the saddle, they can feel just a little cramped. However, the tradeoffs I embrace with this Yamaha model outweigh that situation (your personal dimensions may certainly...

Hey Mr. Carver, just thought I'd stick my schnoz in here and offer a couple thoughts from a challenging situation I watched my buddy [rides a 2013 Suzy V-Strom 1000] go through throughout this past riding season.  Back in June his Strom started sputtering under load while we were out in the...

Wow - she's looking very clean, and with that low mileage she should be going to a good home soon. GLWS!

Rode it with some buddies en route (south) to northern California back in 2016. Me likey!  :thumbsupsmileyanim:

Hey OP, I would also suggest to review this informative clip by Fortnine on modern battery technologies / models offered for motorcycles. That may help you shortlist your choices a bit. Good luck in your quest...

I too, am disappointed at the PR5's apparent lack of mileage life. My fave tires for long life had become the Avon 3D-XM (eXtended Mileage) variant (180v55R17), but now it seems Avon has replaced them with something called Spirit model tires (?). Used to get almost 16K Kms (~10K miles) out of...

Welcome to the FJR life!

Interesting - my experiences in the past with my Gen1, were to just loosen the locking bolt (as you stated at the end of the handlebars), and then have just been able to wiggle them out. I think the locking behaviour inside the (handlebar pipe) is due to an offset cam pair of metal blocks (?)...

I just sold my own 2004 FJR after adding 70K miles on her over 7 years.   Some buyer will do well to snag this one. GLWS!