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That sure was a fun Tech Day. Many thanks to Bryan and Marissa. I saw a decent number of new faces, and counted 22 FJR's, 1 R1, and an R100 at one point. We were also graced with a visit by Bobby Blue, who looks like a guy who got a new lease on life! I even got to schedule a play date with...

Ditto.

Yeah, that warmup behavior is all wrong. How does the bike ride?

Let me know what you've got!

I have a pair of them sitting in my attic, PM me and we can work out the details.

Standardization. OBD codes are the same across all manufacturers, which makes it much easier to figure out what a given code means (no need to consult the FSM). There's also a nice amount of additional information available from the OBD interface (usually), to run third party applications like...

Your price, in my opinion, is high enough to prevent the bike from selling. Pull the lights off and sell the separately, then lower the price accordingly. I'd also pull the saddle and do a trade/sale for some cash and a stock seat, then lower the price a little more. If you can defarkle and...

This looks like a good deal on an '09: https://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/mpd/5539412265.html It's listed in the parts section, which is a little odd. It also looks like there might be GP stickers on the front forks.

It's funny that nobody has really brought up the V-max, which is one of the few cruisers that in stock form should outrun an FJR in the 1/4 mile (barely). The Diavel looks to be a little quicker also in the 1/4 mile.

This is a pretty long, intensive process that is pretty involved. There are a few of us floating around who can host you on another Saturday to complete this project, but it's entirely possible that you'll run out of time during a tech day.

In my opinion, the willingness of buyers to purchase bikes with ~100,000 miles is pretty absent. Having said that, you might get $1000-2000 as is, but probably more like $2500 if the ABS is the only issue. If it's just a new clutch you need, then it may be worth the trouble.

Yeah, my V-stream would be the first windshield I would get rid of. In fact, I think I'll grab it next time I'm up in the attic and get it on eBay.

Impact resistant acrylic is generally made with a modified polymer, which will certainly improve its strength, but certainly not to the level of poly-carbonate. Do keep in mind that poly-carbonate is considerably softer than acrylic and will scratch more easily without the ability to be...

I have a bunch of windscreens for my Gen1, and the large CalSci is the one that I haven't ever taken off!

Mine leaked the last time I tried to reuse it. I have some of that universal white sealing goop, and a tiny blob on the screw threads fixed the problem.

I'm available tomorrow oddly enough, what time are you planning to head out?

What, that wasn't 70 ft lbs?

Zerex Asian/Pentafrost A4 (Toyota Pink) or Pentafrost A3 (Honda blue) coolants are good choices that aren't too tough to find. There are a lot of OCD inspired processes devised for this particular piece of maintenance.

I have kind of a funky gap on mine, but it functions correctly so I don't worry about it.

I think you'd need to take the throttle bodies off to snip the spring and bend a new loop.