What did you do to your FJR today?
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NTXFJR
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What I appreciate about pants's post is that he is out there doing what he can to help those in need at a time when the "usual" first responders are no doubt stretched to the breaking point. Kudos to you sir!
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creg-ny-baa
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pants...ups.
Prayers for those around you.
Prayers for those around you.
El Toro Joe
FYYFF
Glad to hear you made it through the flooding ok. Sorry to hear about the others that were not as lucky
Redfish Hunter
Gone Fishing
I am an hour and a half East of my friend hppants and this is the most serious flooding I have ever seen. I was deeply (pun intended) involved in the flood of '83 and everyone called that a "Hundred Year Flood". I remember some old timers saying that we would never live to see a flood like that one again. They were wrong.
I am happy to say that my Dad is safe and dry although he is on a very small island. He is paddling around in his pirogue and his FJR is safe although the tires are wet. He is well.
I am (by design) on the second highest point in my parish. I can travel a half mile in any direction and hit floodwaters. I have been and am working to cover the shifts of my unfortunate co-workers that are flooded in or out. I gained 4 new houseguests, 4 new vehicles and 2!!! Harley Davidson motorcycles last night. We all do what we can.
Some of my dearest friends lost everything except their lives in this flood. Places that were historically safe and high were covered and covered Very Quickly. Be thankful for what you have my friends. It can be taken from you quickly.
Now... Do I drive the Duramax tonight or do I Man Up and take the FJR?
I am happy to say that my Dad is safe and dry although he is on a very small island. He is paddling around in his pirogue and his FJR is safe although the tires are wet. He is well.
I am (by design) on the second highest point in my parish. I can travel a half mile in any direction and hit floodwaters. I have been and am working to cover the shifts of my unfortunate co-workers that are flooded in or out. I gained 4 new houseguests, 4 new vehicles and 2!!! Harley Davidson motorcycles last night. We all do what we can.
Some of my dearest friends lost everything except their lives in this flood. Places that were historically safe and high were covered and covered Very Quickly. Be thankful for what you have my friends. It can be taken from you quickly.
Now... Do I drive the Duramax tonight or do I Man Up and take the FJR?
Uncle Hud
Just another blob of protoplasm using up your oxyg
On a recent ride through SC, my garage door opener disappeared. Maybe it disappeared because it was right out in the open and could be re-programmed to work anyone's garage door .... don't know, but it had remained solidly on the dashboard shelf for well over 15,000 miles.
This time I wanted the installation to look a bit more finished:
This view is looking up, past the speedo bezel and hood, at the underside of my dashboard shelf, with the GPS visible above. The opener's buttons are visible: one big one, two little ones.
Split the opener case, drilled two tiny holes (for #8 bolts) in the case and the shelf. Spot-painted the round bolt heads black to -- sort of -- match the shelf's fab-o-lah finish. We'll see how long it lasts before moisture corrodes the battery terminals.
This time I wanted the installation to look a bit more finished:
This view is looking up, past the speedo bezel and hood, at the underside of my dashboard shelf, with the GPS visible above. The opener's buttons are visible: one big one, two little ones.
Split the opener case, drilled two tiny holes (for #8 bolts) in the case and the shelf. Spot-painted the round bolt heads black to -- sort of -- match the shelf's fab-o-lah finish. We'll see how long it lasts before moisture corrodes the battery terminals.
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rushes
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You've got nothing to prove.
Drive the truck or take yer boat.
Praying for you guys.
NTXFJR
Well-known member
Tough times down there Nawlin's way. Stay safe down there sir!
NTXFJR
Well-known member
Uncle Hud, maybe take a couple of dabs of silicone and smear it over the nuts inside the opener body to slow down the water ingress?
mcatrophy
Privileged to ride a 2018 FJR1300AS
[tasteless response]
No, you want the water in to stop it floating.
[/tasteless response]
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Redfish Hunter
Gone Fishing
Barely got the tires wet on the ride home this morning. But the flood water is rising. If it keeps coming up I will not have to worry about deciding truck or bike. I will be waiting for the water to fall.
NTXFJR
Well-known member
I was clowning around a couple of days ago about trying the hydroplaning trick with your feejer, but not it now seems to me that it may not been in the best taste. Hppants and I were pm'ing back and forth a little bit yesterday and he explained how close he was to all of this flooding, and coupled with your comments, I then looked up your locations on the map. Bad times over there for sure, and we have some of our own caught up in it. All the best to you and hppants in your dealings. Don't know what the needs are there, but please give a shout out for whatever it may be.
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Redfish Hunter
Gone Fishing
Please, keep up the meanness. I need the laugh right now. The Redfish family is high and dry. My house is about to become a hotel I fear. They better not park where I cannot get the FJR out of the garage though.
This morning on my way home I had to stop in the road while a very wet, tired, and scared deer decided what to do. She did not want to get back off the road into the water but I did not want her messing up my FJR. We waited each other out, she did the right thing.
Riding my FJR to work knowing the flood water is rising may not have been the smart thing to do. Or maybe it was. A little bit of pleasure and happiness is a good thing down here right now.
This morning on my way home I had to stop in the road while a very wet, tired, and scared deer decided what to do. She did not want to get back off the road into the water but I did not want her messing up my FJR. We waited each other out, she did the right thing.
Riding my FJR to work knowing the flood water is rising may not have been the smart thing to do. Or maybe it was. A little bit of pleasure and happiness is a good thing down here right now.
hppants
Well-known member
Thanks to everyone for your well wishes and prayers.
Our Parish got the FEMA declaration today. That will be at least some relief to our parishioners. Today, I'm starting to see the signs of stress take it's toll on our people. They have gotten past the "I'm alive and we didn't drown" stage, and have migrated to the "OMG, I've got no flood insurance and where am I going to find $50,000 to fix my house" stage.
For me - Pants and his peeps are high and dry. My wife and I continue to help anyone that ask. Yesterday, I asked her to get out and help somebody - anybody. Didn't matter who, what, or how much it cost. She grabbed our 2 adult children, they put their heads together, and did amazing work. I was moved to tears last night hearing the story.
I suppose I should keep this relevant to the thread topic....
"Today I moved my FJR out of the shop so that I can build a table for my boss to use as a temporary kitchen sink/countertop."
Our Parish got the FEMA declaration today. That will be at least some relief to our parishioners. Today, I'm starting to see the signs of stress take it's toll on our people. They have gotten past the "I'm alive and we didn't drown" stage, and have migrated to the "OMG, I've got no flood insurance and where am I going to find $50,000 to fix my house" stage.
For me - Pants and his peeps are high and dry. My wife and I continue to help anyone that ask. Yesterday, I asked her to get out and help somebody - anybody. Didn't matter who, what, or how much it cost. She grabbed our 2 adult children, they put their heads together, and did amazing work. I was moved to tears last night hearing the story.
I suppose I should keep this relevant to the thread topic....
"Today I moved my FJR out of the shop so that I can build a table for my boss to use as a temporary kitchen sink/countertop."
Niehart
Pie Smuggler
Dang it, outa likes. ^^^ Like ^^^
That photo brings back fond memories. You always remember your first one! It was sold while a college student to buy the totally bad A$$ 1983 GS1100ED.
I still have the valve shim tool and shims for the GS750 sitting in my toolbox - that bike had shims on top of the buckets and the tool depressed the bucket so you could pull the quarter size shim out. No need to pull cams! :yahoo:
wheatonFJR
...
I rode it to work today...car is being worked on. Didn't get smushed.
SacramentoMike
Not Safe For Work
Glad you're personally OK, Pants. Can't really imagine dealing with the aftermath of a flood. Best of luck--for a change--to you and your neighbors.
As for me, a couple motorcycle problems don't seem nearly as bad, but here's what I dealt with. On the way to NAFO, as posted earlier, I dropped the '14 on a dirt/gravel incline in a campground, and broke the damn "stay" (internal mirror support piece). What should be a minor mishap becomes an over-$1K repair job, counting the many hours of shop time to get at the offending part.
But going by suggestions found in my thread about that, I made up a couple of support brackets (they look a lot like BigJohn's images in post 16), got the holes all drilled and ready, then smeared JB Weld on the broken parts of the stay and splinted it all together. Will it hold? Who knows? Will it break again if and when the bike takes another nap? Absolutely, since the damn weak-assed support piece breaks every damn time the Gen 3 bikes fall over.
Guess the best case is it will hold until it gets broken again. Sigh.
But on another note, before I got to that, I changed the oil and gave the bike a good wash. Lots of road grime, and a good chance to give everything a good once-over. Imagine my shock when I looked at the rear Bridgestone and saw this:
Holy Carp! On the Saturday of NAFO, just before the banquet, and after a day of Fooling Around in Colorado, I had a wake-up call from a couple of helpful folks who pointed out that my front tire looked like a racing slick. The Bridgestone that the BMW dealer where I bought the bike from had put on just 6,000 miles earlier had given its life. Saturday afternoon. Thousand miles from home. Hmmm. Well, the local dealer could take me in, and had a front PR4, so I got it done.
The same gang who had called me out on the front tire thought the rear looked OK, so I resisted the installer's advice to replace both in Montrose. Thought they charged too much anyway. Because they did.
So I rode on, another few hundred miles in CO before heading back home. The last couple of days were really just highway riding, so I didn't worry too much about the back one. It didn't look too bad the last time I checked it. Pretty smooth, and squaring off, but still . . . So the look of that steel belt above was pretty alarming. The ride to Cycle Gear yesterday gave me more cold sweat than the ride from the top of Mt. Evans to Sacramento did the week before.
On the plus side, the rear tire and the tire installation in Sacramento cost me over $100 less than the cost of getting the front done in Montrose! And I think I'll be trying this independent one-man shop guy for some future non-tire work as well. Knows what he's doing, good experience, and reasonable. Local guys, give me a PM for his information if you're interested. He's where Cycle Gear referred me for this service yesterday.
As for me, a couple motorcycle problems don't seem nearly as bad, but here's what I dealt with. On the way to NAFO, as posted earlier, I dropped the '14 on a dirt/gravel incline in a campground, and broke the damn "stay" (internal mirror support piece). What should be a minor mishap becomes an over-$1K repair job, counting the many hours of shop time to get at the offending part.
But going by suggestions found in my thread about that, I made up a couple of support brackets (they look a lot like BigJohn's images in post 16), got the holes all drilled and ready, then smeared JB Weld on the broken parts of the stay and splinted it all together. Will it hold? Who knows? Will it break again if and when the bike takes another nap? Absolutely, since the damn weak-assed support piece breaks every damn time the Gen 3 bikes fall over.
But on another note, before I got to that, I changed the oil and gave the bike a good wash. Lots of road grime, and a good chance to give everything a good once-over. Imagine my shock when I looked at the rear Bridgestone and saw this:
Holy Carp! On the Saturday of NAFO, just before the banquet, and after a day of Fooling Around in Colorado, I had a wake-up call from a couple of helpful folks who pointed out that my front tire looked like a racing slick. The Bridgestone that the BMW dealer where I bought the bike from had put on just 6,000 miles earlier had given its life. Saturday afternoon. Thousand miles from home. Hmmm. Well, the local dealer could take me in, and had a front PR4, so I got it done.
The same gang who had called me out on the front tire thought the rear looked OK, so I resisted the installer's advice to replace both in Montrose. Thought they charged too much anyway. Because they did.
So I rode on, another few hundred miles in CO before heading back home. The last couple of days were really just highway riding, so I didn't worry too much about the back one. It didn't look too bad the last time I checked it. Pretty smooth, and squaring off, but still . . . So the look of that steel belt above was pretty alarming. The ride to Cycle Gear yesterday gave me more cold sweat than the ride from the top of Mt. Evans to Sacramento did the week before.
On the plus side, the rear tire and the tire installation in Sacramento cost me over $100 less than the cost of getting the front done in Montrose! And I think I'll be trying this independent one-man shop guy for some future non-tire work as well. Knows what he's doing, good experience, and reasonable. Local guys, give me a PM for his information if you're interested. He's where Cycle Gear referred me for this service yesterday.
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Solomookie
Member
Installed GenMar risers today. You might remember Billy Joel's The Entertainer where he says "things I didn't know at first I learned by doing twice". That about sums it up. Successful installation, but it probably took close to 3 hours. If I'd install another pair, I could get it done in about a half hour. I'm a slow learner but have a good memory (of what not to do).
Due to a case of the dropsy's, I found out how to take most of the bike's tupperware off. Similar experience putting in the Stiffy the other day. Even though I read quite a few posts about how to do install the risers, and took precautions, I still found a way to get a nut stuck in the deep recesses under the tank. Ironically, I bought this brand new bike because I was tired of always having something to work on with my '98s.
I'll have one more adventure when I install the SR357 rack for the Givi case. I already know how to take the whole back apart because of the Stiffy, so maybe that one won't be as trying.
Due to a case of the dropsy's, I found out how to take most of the bike's tupperware off. Similar experience putting in the Stiffy the other day. Even though I read quite a few posts about how to do install the risers, and took precautions, I still found a way to get a nut stuck in the deep recesses under the tank. Ironically, I bought this brand new bike because I was tired of always having something to work on with my '98s.
I'll have one more adventure when I install the SR357 rack for the Givi case. I already know how to take the whole back apart because of the Stiffy, so maybe that one won't be as trying.
dave k
Well-known member
I still have 1979 GS1000E sitting in garage with some other old rides just can't let them go.
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