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I'd like some practical advice from you guys that ride in the rain a lot. Is there anything I should do other than make sure the seat gets dried out when I get it soaked sitting at work? I used to try not to ride the bike to work if there was a chance for rain, but since I've had the FJR it seems more able to handle the rain than my cruiser. My cruiser has some rust on the Kuryakyn footpegs after just a few years and I don't let it get wet much. Is there anything rust-sensitive on the stock FJR?

 
135K and two Iron Butt Rallies.....I do nada other than garage it when I'm at home and sometimes a Geza cover on the road. None of the stock pieces have ever been an issue with water in my experience.

 
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Not much extra care necessary. I'll give the rear suspension area a good wash every so often and if you do a lot rain riding, a little extra lube in those areas.

If it looks like a all day soaker, a half cover won't hurt either.

--G

 
90K plus in three years of riding year around in the Pacific Northwet. Many many thousands of miles in rain with a good share of wet snow and slush thrown in. The only extra care taken as a result, is to make sure all pivot points and exposed switches are well lubed and greased.

No issues, with the exception of both ABS senors being corroded to the point that it took considerable coaching to get them out of their housings. It was determined that deicer used on some roads, had worked it's way into the housing and cased the corrosion. Cleaned them both up and now apply a thin coat of grease and routinely remove, clean and reapply grease to solve this issue.

As mentioned above, garage and bike cover as needed.

Keep Going!

 
Rain? We ride 5 days out of 10 in rain here in the Great Southeast. Not a problem for 99% of the bike...

...but rust WILL develop inside the tank if you leave the Feej sitting too long. DAMHIK

 
On some bikes the little covers on the handlebars that hide the adjustment screws have been known to rust.

On my bike, most of the shiny fasteners are dulled. Some of the little brackets and screws around the brakes show signs of rust.

As Mount Rainier (what an appropriate monicker for this question) says, the wheel speed sensors can seize and did so on my '06, I never freed them, but it never caused me a problem. On my '10, I've greased them at each tyre change.

I do get some water in the under-seat area, if I store stuff there I use plastic bags.

I've never had water in the glove box.

On the whole, this is a pretty weather-proof bike, I ride mine in all weathers here in the UK, unless there's ice on the road, and take no special precautions other than possibly hosing it down if I've ridden over salted roads. With salt, some of the aluminium bits will go white and furry.

[edit]Nearly forgot, as with any disc-braked vehicle, the brake discs rust, but if used daily that won't be a problem. Let it sit for a few days with them wet and the wheels will stick a bit in the pads, leave it for a few weeks and the discs will start to pit.[/edit]

 
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Anyone know the part number(s) for those handlebar adjustment cover plates? I've looked at the part diagrams and they must be hidden well. 2007 model.

Brentman

 
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