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A good read guys. I can only add about clunk shifting to 1st after starting. Sitting on bike with all gear on, start it in neutral while squeezing clutch & the instant it starts (my '04 starts instantly) shift to 1st & ride off. Mine doesn't clunk this way but if I wait a few seconds to shift to...

My stock '04 FJR gets 49-50mpg almost all the time. 60 mi to work around the Hotlanta beltway at steady 80mph. Changed to iridium plugs at 18kmi and 23kmi now & as smooth as silk. Did the throttle body sync at 600mi & it's so smooth, I can't make myself do it again. Rear Stone lasted 13,500mi &...

Well----Almost everything you need to know------- According to the Factory Shop Mamual, you must torque the left side engine bolts first & it's important. Many posts of engine vibes & one had the Factory Tech guy make him remove his farkles & retorqued it correctly & then NO VIBES. He then...

got my 4"wide Black Scotch retroreflective tape from Galls.com and it was their part #DE183 BLK REF REFLECTIVE STRIPING 4IN X 60IN $14.99. In the daytime U can barely see it but it is highly visable to someone when their headlights shine :rolleyes: on it. Careful when sticking it on to...

Yep, a weekend ago, here in Hotlanta 92 degrees, was the first time the heat from my '04 really bothered me. I had to move my legs away from the tank & it was 3/4 full. And no I havn't flushed it either but I'm gonna do that one of these years. Yes the St's I've ridden were hotter but U wanna...

None of the straps have to be real tite, especially the Canyondancers on the bars which should be just snug & the others just to compress the forks an inch or so. Too much fork compression can cause fork seal damage-read about it lots of times. Yes the bike (s) will lean out in a turn, but...

Yep, my bad '84 it is. Honda I D book says they made them only in '83 & '84 & I suspect they made some "late '84s also and called them "85s". '85 had no mechanical tach cable but had electronic tach. When I got it both tach & speedo needles would swing wildly. Disconnected both cables & hooked...

Did a search on Tank Bra & looked at 10 pages & only saw tank protectors like Mag Night & Scotch, etc. Am looking for one thick enough to insulate the heat from my legs. For the 1st time riding in 95 F degree temps, it was hot enough to make me spred my legs. Reminded me of my Buell. Any...

Whatever you come up with, make sure U torque the left side first like the FSM says. Plenty of posts about vibes from torqueing right side first. Later,,, De :rolleyes:

Naagh, from where I stand, you're a beginner with tire mileage. I'm a beginner with my son cause his white stripe is at least 1/2" wide. Here's a pix of me & his bike. Later,,, De :rolleyes:

I've brought back a few. My latest was a '04 VT500FT Honda Ascot that had been setting under a tree for 4 years. A friend found it, got it & gave it to me. Luckily, it was all there along with a gosh ugly fairing. A quick carb (carbs) cleaning & new battery had it running again. Tank had so...

An easy way to see if a brake is linked (one pedal or lever operates part of both front & rear) is to see how many brake lines go to the caliper. One line-it's not linked & two lines-it's linked. Haven’t looked at an '06 but it sounds like a unified system has the front brakes linked to the rear...

With all your gear on & ready to go, start it in neutral with clutch squeezed & shift to first the instant it starts and it won't clunk. Or at least mine never has. Then ride away, keeping it under 3k RPM for a few minutes, then go for it. Your bike, gears, & plugs will thank you for it...

Yep, Factory shop manual says left side first & it's important. In that post long ago a FJR rider complained about vibes enough that a Yammy rep showed them how to fix it. He made the owner put it back to stock & then torqued the left side first as in the book. No vibes then. Go by the book in...

Mity Vac for me. When useing the Mitey Vac it will draw in air thru the threads of the bleed valve & will show up as bubbles in the vac hose so you are not sure if there is air in the brake lines or not. Before loosening the bleed valve, I coat all around the bleed valve threads with a "Tinkers...

Not sure what an "******" is but when I am working on the FJR on the center stand & I don't want it to come forward acidently, I use a tie down strap to pull the center stand forward w/other end around the cat. Works for me. Later,,, De :rolleyes:

Radman, from the pix you'll notice that the pivot bolt is a shoulder bolt & if tightened all the way down, to where the shoulder hits, then the leaver couldn't move at all because the shoulder isn't quite long enough. It comes from the factory with threadlocker on the threads but my bolt was...

pawtracks, When U lubed the shift leaver pivot bolt, did U snug it all the way down? When I lubed mine, I noticed that the bolt was installed too tight & had completely compressed the wave washer & the leaver was binding. I used blue thread locker & only slightly compressed the wave washer & no...

Yep, have read a ton of "Kick Stand Failures" on this board and other boards also. So far none (that I've read about) have bent or broken causeing the crash. Just a little hint here but if you just gotta put it in neutral, then do it when you start it. Leaving it in gear when parking it keeps...

WoW, what a time (& $ saveing) if we just read the "New Owners Read This" in the New Owners section of this board. Later, De