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My bike has a slight misfire and unsteady idle, and has a surge below 3000 RPMs at very low throttle openings. I know this is not surprising to most people here, but I wanted to fool around with it. I grabbed by 5 gas analyzer and lab scope and went to work. I was expecting it to be lean at...

While giving my bike the once-over, I noticed someone had already performed the Mod for turning the CO adjustments on, which is fine. However, the locing tab that holds the connector into the PCM is missing and the connector han be easily removed from the PCM. Of course I would loike to repair...

I had one fly off last week while traveling at high speed. I bet I had not reinstalled it properly, and that's why it came off. I got it to go back on by striking it with my hand, near both of the clips. A sharp, firm hit popped them both back into place. Joe

I put these on my bike too. I like them and don't regret buying them, but I did have to re-thread the bolts to keep them from damaging the threads in the engine. I would caution anyone using these, or any other slider kit, to make sure the bolts thread easily into the engine before putting a...

I'm betting this is what happened. I had those visors off when I was giving the bike a once-over right after I got it. I rode another 110 miles today and the epoxied visor stayed in place just fine...although I didn't subject it to the same stresses this time. Joe

What a pain! This is not encouraging.

Here we go! :) That's because Yamaha was still experimenting using the rider as a heat sink for the cooling system. It was soon abandoned.

Now that I've got my first 100 miles in on my new (to me) FJR, it was time to find the indicated top speed. Of course I am a professional driver on a closed course, :unsure: and as I was sliding past the buck and a half mark and my right side visor (the part you can adjust to inner/outer...

Very cool. Congrats!

Hello mi2as, Welcome to the forums. The answer to these, and several other important questions, are all located in the FAQ section. Please go to the "New guys read this" thread and check out the FAQ section. When I started shopping for a bike a few months ago and needed a fast education...

I checked all 3 gas stations in the town I live in. Although all of them listed up to 10% Ethanol on the pump, only one had any Ethanol at all. Want to check your own quickly? Fill a clear container half way with water and mark the line on the container. Fill the rest of the way with the gas...

If you heard a little pop, the first thing I would suggest would be to double check all the fuses. Sounds like you blew one. Joe

Very cool site! Thx, Joe

Hi chef, Something looks wrong to me. These readings are impossible. 20% O2 is ambient. It can't be what's coming out the tailpipe of a running engine. .04% CO is brutally lean if the cat is not on the bike anymore. Joe

Mike, if you're from Syracuse, you know the deal. Anything that can survive that kind of snow has to be killed more than once if you want it to stop moving completely! :) Phili, I've seen a few in the woods, but never thrown any lead at them. Joe

I've got a few trail cameras that I keep in the woods year round. Most every winter I find a winter kill/road kill deer to put a cam on, and see what shows up to scavenge it. This year we got a lot of snow early and the carcass got buried deep, so it never got touched until recently. I've...

Gorgeous looking bike. Congrats! Joe

45 years old. I've owned 3 street bikes: 1980 Honda CB400T 1982 Honda CB900F Super Sport, bought it when it was a couple of years old, and rode it every year since. 2008 FJR 4 Dirt Bikes 1977 Suzuki RM100 1977 Yamaha DT175 2001 Kawasaki KDX 200 2009 KTM 300 XC-We I don't get to ride...

Very cool.

While that is a cool phenomenon, I'd never rely on it to determine the health of my coolant. There are just too many things that can affect a voltage reading. Use coolant test strips to test the pH, and a specific gravity tester to test the mixture. The vast majority of folks use only one...