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The rear hub on George's S10 is pretty dirty....actually I have seen that before when we went to Bella Coola and Hyder, AK.

Glad to hear everything went well. Take your time healing and please update us when you find out what they found.

Its hard to evaluate the benefits of the Canyon Cages without knowing more details about the accident but it doesn't appear that they saved you or the insurance any money.

I used deer whistles on my motorcycle for several years. The deer I passed near the road would either stare at me, ignore me, run away from me, or run at me. Your experience may vary.

It's hard to draw conclusions from a single test unless you had established a baseline using the same tire guage and determined the starting cold pressures to achieve a 10 percent increase in hot pressures (this can be a challenge with the variation and inconsistency in tire gauges). If you...

Be sure to check the hot air pressure out on the highway as quickly as possible because the temperatures and pressures will start to go down as soon as you slow down and/or stop. Air pressures are a back door way to achieve desired tire temperatures, pure nitrogen has some advantages over the...

Regarding tire pressure and tire carcass, motorcycle tires are designed to heat up thru sidewall flex which raises internal temperatures and pressure until the sidewalls no longer flex. The lower the starting pressure, the more the tire has to heat up until the sidewalls no long flex. Lower...

Yes....the percentage change is less; if you plot the viscosity at different temperatures, the lighter oil will have a flatter curve.

If this question is directed at me, I think the best weight oil is what was used by the manufacturer to design the valving, and I believe that is 5wt oil for the FJR stock valving. All suspension is a compromise depending on temperatures, rider weight, spring weight, and riding style so a...

My question also. Not much you can do to the shock since there isn't any preload/height adjustment and John didn't have much damping adjustment left on his well used shock, so I would guess that he lowered the height on the forks for some quicker steering and then played with the fork's damping...

Could have been worse......

Good comments but I can't see the business actually failing as long he is making a quality seat at a reasonable price. The last time I talked to him, as he was about to make my 3rd seat, I suggested he raise his prices to reduce his backlog. He did raise prices but they were so low to begin...

I did re-read the section on brake bleeding in the Periodic Maintenance section and it said the same thing it did every other time I have read it the last 7 years and the need to bleed the ABS system seems to only apply to 4 conditions (disassembly of the brake system, a brake hose loosened...

When I read the FSM, it doesn't appear that Yamaha is requiring (or recommending) the ABS system be purged during a routine brake fluid change.

It wasn't my intention to be a cheerleader regarding using a dirt surface to activate the ABS brakes but it is really easy to do and gives those like myself, who have never activated the ABS during normal street riding on pavement, the opportunity to experience how the bike is going to feel when...

So would I, especially if the container had not been opened.

If you know how to activate the ABS circuits in the shop....do it! It doesn't take much of a dirt/gravel road to activate the ABS, I did it once in a parking lot that was only 30 yards wide. It's mostly something that everyone should keep in mind anytime riding on a dirt road......its a good...

Yes....

Is it necessary to do a double brake flush when a ABS unit is involved? If you change the brake fluid every 3-4 years I think the answer is "NO". If you change the brake fluid every 2.years then the answer is "Hell NO". My opinion only, based solely on personal experience and lack of any...

Ah.....don't know if Ray can see it.....but now I can see it....and I sure couldn't without the circles. It would have helped if I had known what I was looking for.