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Greetings to the Club!  You and Revider  make me feel like a pup at just 67.  I hope you enjoy the forum.  It contains a ton of expert advice on maintaining these two wheel hot rods.  Traffic around the DFW area probably sucks just as much as the Long Island area.  I've owned my 2010 model for 6...

Welcome to the asylum.  It's a superb machine. Best wishes.

My heart goes out to you. Great response from the dealer. Hope the slacker mechanic responsible for the very sloppy work got canned. I fix/maintain everything I can and roll the dice on some things. One example is the call to replace the brake lines at a certain point. I have flushed/bled...

I have yet to fully understand batteries in both cars and bikes. I have been stranded more than once by a battery that seemed just peachy one minute and dead as a doornail the next. I replace my bike battery every four years with the best one I can find. The AGM models seem to work the best...

Thanks! Look's like a great solution for a variety of minor blemish issues. As in coverup for my latest oops moment.

RossKean - Are you referring to "cut and solder" when you mention "hard" contacts???

Thanks for the afteraction report. Glad to hear things seem to have worked out well with a harness replacement by a dealer. General opinion here seems to be that can be a risky option. Any others here have a good outcome with harness replacement by a dealer? Do you plan to perform annual...

Great job! A completely white bike is like a blank artists canvas, just waiting for someones imagination to run wild. Production of this bike also indicates that Yamaha is still strongly supportive of the model and is looking to expand sales. I kinda like the minimalist top box design.

The below info is straight from Wikipedia. Police models[edit]In Ireland and the UK, the FJR1300 has replaced the Honda ST1300 Pan-European as the patrol motorcycle with several police forces, following that model's withdrawal due to concerns over high speed handling. The FJR is the patrol...

With a slight deviation to Plan A you will reap major scenic benefit. After Van Horn, TX get on I10 for a short ways to then head south to Fort Davis on route 118. It will take you right by McDonald Observatory and thru Davis Mountains State Park. Much better views and interesting roads. Fort...

Really glad I ran across this thread. JB, where ever your path takes you, I hope it's a good one. Thanks to you and all the others for sharing the wisdom and lessons learned. Safe journeys to all.

Cherish the memories and live a life to honor them. Sorry for your loss.

3 years with the infantry, 1 with an engineer unit, 3 with an MP unit in Germany, and one final year at an enlistment station. Best years of my life. Learned a lot from some fine officers. Some of whom I would have followed into anything. 1972 thru 1980.

Those ST's really look formidable. Best wishes for a million kilometers of fun and adventure!!!!

All it takes is a shoestring to catch on the side stand. Don't ask me how I know. (After only a week of ownership). Very little damage to bike, massive damage to my ego.

Harald - Excellent suggestion to treat the connectors in same manner as a wheel bearing. The same thought occurred to me when last doing the repair but I didn't follow through. I think I will repeat the treatment next fall in cooler weather and give them all the "wheel bearing" treatment...

RossKean - "What happened with your 2010? My 2011 is OK so far but only has 50,000 miles or so on it" Each failure exhibited the typical symptoms: partially on (dim) turn signals, non-functioning horn, windshield, lights and other dash anomalies. Bike now has 32,000 miles and had about 15K at...

For the second time in five great years of owning and riding my 2010 Gen 2, I recently went thru the arduous task of pulling off a bunch of plastic so that I could carefully examine the eight Ground Connectors on the bike. So up front, I offer Kudos and sincere thanks to the various highly...

Super ride report as always from you! Gotta be sure to share this one with my wifey! She's gonna love the biscuits and gravy shots! Her favorite also!

Well told tale. Excellent reflexes that saved your life no doubt. I've seen cougar twice in the wild, once in an area of eastern Oklahoma where I hike and camp alone or with my lovely bride on a regular basis. Started carrying my .45 1911 as standard gear a while back after the cougar...