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Since Ray can't find his glasses, here's the photo with the timing marks circled.

I'm glad your ride home was uneventful and that the bike is now running properly. Here is a photo of the cam timing at TDC on the Crank. You can see the yellow dot on the intake cam and the arrow on the exhaust cam; they are visibly quite off. Finding the exhaust valve that was a tight...

Try putting a propane flame on that stubborn fastener. If there's red loctite on the screw, the heat will soften it.

In what way(s) would you like your bike to be faster? In a straight line? From a stop? While rolling? Through the corners? I think a lot of what you want may come from freshening the suspension and using the power the bike already has.

Put a heat gun on it, soften it, then break it apart with a wood stick (or your chopsticks from lunch).

Gen1 FTW.

Often times it is the intention to stretch the fastener. I just helped a neighbor with some head work on a 2005 Seadoo engine, and the service manual specified an order and a torque for the head bolts, then two stages of degrees of rotation to stretch the bolts out. The manual was also...

Who let you out of the hole?

I suppose we can take some photos of the cam timing that we find, and perhaps Jim can get a partial refund for the work performed.

Ahh, too bad the wedding anniversary is tomorrow

I would suggest looking for a used Penske. Yes, they are incredibly expensive, but a used Penske can be rebuilt indefinitely, can be transferred to your next FJR, or can be sold for roughly what you paid for it when you decide to sell your FJR.

It looks like we are going to get together in the next couple of weeks before the Reuben Run to sort this out. The usual suspects are welcome to come by and point at things while we work. -PB

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Room booked, dinner paid for, shirt ordered. The pull-out couch is available for a last minute room share. -Paul

I have a nasty scar on my right hand from hitting the free end of a hose clamp and having it go right into my hand. The rubber cover is certainly a nice gesture.

If you can ride it over the mountains, you're welcome to pull your bike apart in my garage and we can check the timing. Before you do this, you'll need a couple of O-rings and a gasket for the timing cover.

There's very little receiving protection from a 3A fuse that just feeds the trigger coil on the relay, especially if the length of wire between the two is short and well protected. If the relay craps out and the trigger coil shorts, my point was only that a 3A fuse would probably sit there and...

Hmm, I might be able to squeeze this all on.

The coil wire on the trigger coil is basically a fuse in and of itself. The wire is pretty teeny, and if there's an issue, it would probably cook itself before your fuse popped.