What did you do to your FJR today?

[RossKean]

Getting ready for a rather lengthy trip so decided to do some "stuff". I had the Penske shock rebuilt locally - hope it turns out well. I had been running the stock one for the last couple of thousand miles and it felt like soggy oatmeal! Nice to be back to the Penske.

It had been almost 100,000 miles since I had a look at u-joint and splines. Drained the pumpkin and removed pumpkin and u-joint. A little surface rust on the shaft and the moly grease I had put on the splines (4 years ago) was looking a bit dried out. U-joint was dirty but moved freely. Cleaned everything up a little and put it back together. I expect it could have gone another 100,000 miles without issue. I "Sealmated" the right fork a couple of weeks ago (with apparent success) - hope it holds up. Will probably do fork bushings and seals over the off-season.

Did a little general clean and lube - sidestand, centerstand, clutch lever bushing and pivot, front and rear brake pivots etc. Still want to have a look at steering head bearings as well as change the oil and front tire. Might check engine bolt torque - getting a bit of additional vibration. Don't have a manometer so the TBS will have to wait.

 

[DeSudet]

Left it safely in the garage while I took both of my boys to the local college parking lot and taught them to drive a 5-speed. Nobody died, the truck (and it's clutch) are intact. I'm an awesome teacher, apparently. Now if only the older one could learn to separate the movement of his arms and not jump all over the lane shifting gears.

 

[Fred W]

Also left mine in the garage and took the little VFR out today. Made a short tag ride loop that was fun and the ergos of the Viffer didn't become unbearable at 4 hours.

Oh... if only the FJR was everything that it is and the weight of a VFR800 (~500 lbs). Flicking the VFR around is great fun.

 

[kurbennett64]

Did a little 330 mile round trip to Lane Orchards in Fort Valley Georgia. Peaches are ready for harvest! Great ride and eats.

 

[creg-ny-baa]

Left it safely in the garage while I took both of my boys to the local college parking lot and taught them to drive a 5-speed. Nobody died, the truck (and it's clutch) are intact. I'm an awesome teacher, apparently.

Now if only the older one could learn to separate the movement of his arms and not jump all over the lane shifting gears.

Gawd. That took me back. I was already riding a motorcycle (off-road) and not yet 16, but my brother took me out of town to an industrial site (parking lot & access road) and taught me how to drive a stick...in a BMW 2002. Sweet.

Sorry...OT mode off...

 

[DeSudet]

Left it safely in the garage while I took both of my boys to the local college parking lot and taught them to drive a 5-speed. Nobody died, the truck (and it's clutch) are intact. I'm an awesome teacher, apparently.

Now if only the older one could learn to separate the movement of his arms and not jump all over the lane shifting gears.

Gawd. That took me back. I was already riding a motorcycle (off-road) and not yet 16, but my brother took me out of town to an industrial site (parking lot & access road) and taught me how to drive a stick...in a BMW 2002. Sweet.

Sorry...OT mode off...

Jeep CJ-7 @ 13 years old for me. No brothers, so it was Mom that took me. In a blizzard too, if memory serves. Neither of the boys actually wants a car. The more hyper of them wants a laid back cruiser and the more reserved one wants a sport bike. Guess you never really can tell, huh?

 

[Queensland Ken]

Drove 1400 kms to trailer home a 08 FJR with a broken sub frame.

Bought it off a mate as a project, either to repair or to part out.

 

[Fred W]

Which subframe? Sounds like an easy restoration.

 

[Queensland Ken]

Hi Fred,

It also took out all the rear plastics, all bar the black undertail.

I'll take the frame off and get it welded and gusseted.

The bike has 190K kms on it but has been well maintained by a well trusted Yamaha mechanic.

In Australia a bike with that many kilometers don't tend to sell that well, so I would have to be careful spending too many dollars repairing it.

I did try and help my mate source the plastics, however some of the wreckers in the USA don't ship to Australia.

I'll start doing my homework this week.

 

[Fred W]

Yeah, lots of people have broken that rear subframe. It can be welded and gusseted and made stronger than new.

The plastics are expensive and they do add up quickly. Fully understand the up front cost vs. final value calculations.

But hey, that's only 118k miles. (doesn't sound nearly as bad as 190k kilometers.

)

 

[Queensland Ken]

Yep !

My 06 broke it's frame and had it welded up.

The first thing I did after that was to buy the SR357 which is now on my Gen3.

OEM parts in Australia can be up to 4 times the price compared to BOATS or PartsShark and not too many Gen2's wrecking here.

I think ebay will be my friend.

 

[rbentnail]

If you decide to part it out I got dibs on the rear wheel.

 

[RossKean]

If you decide to part it out I got dibs on the rear wheel.

I suspect shipping costs from Oz will exceed the value of the parts!

 

[rbentnail]

If you decide to part it out I got dibs on the rear wheel.

I suspect shipping costs from Oz will exceed the value of the parts!

Maybe. But it might be worth it, never know.

 

[clocklaw]

I completely ignored my FJR today as I threw my leg across my FZ1 and rode it in to the office. shameful!

 

[Uncle Hud]

Took it in for the 8,000-mile service ... with 10,250 miles on the odometer. Prepaid service plan will max out at 20,000 miles (sometime next year?) and I'll have to start shopping for an FSM.

 

[rbentnail]

Took it in for the 8,000-mile service ... with 10,250 miles on the odometer. Prepaid service plan will max out at 20,000 miles (sometime next year?) and I'll have to start shopping for an FSM.

I recommend starting with the Haynes manual- lots of good pics for the newbe-to-FJR-maintenance. You can get the FSM later as you get to progressively more difficult tasks if you want.

 

[Uncle Hud]

rbentnail posted:I recommend starting with the Haynes manual- lots of good pics for the newbe-to-FJR-maintenance. You can get the FSM later as you get to progressively more difficult tasks if you want.

Thanks, rbentnail. Once upon a time, I did lots of maintenance on family cars, lawn mowers and edgers, etc, but kids grew up and I moved into a condo. Got rid of almost everything -- including work space, many tools, and patience.

 

[Bill Lumberg]

I ordered the FSM last week. Should be here Wednesday. I'm not doing maintenance that requires much disassembly. I'm just trying to figure out what lubricant to squirt where to check most of my periodic maintenance boxes. As for the title of the thread- Saturday, inadvertently did a momentary wheelie with a fully loaded bike with the wife on the back, goosing it to clear some traffic. That's a first. After a weekend of touring, it was time for a rare wash and wax, and I swapped the SR357 and E55 out for just a passenger backrest, merely for the novelty of it after riding within a ham sandwich of max allowable weight (between 2 adults, bags, and gear) for 2 days.

 

[bigjohnsd]

My TechSpec Tank Grippers, Pannier Protectors and Fairing "Hide the tip over marks" pieces arrived in the mail today.

After some quandry about which pieces went where, I got them all installed and am happy with the look and the feel.

Tank Grippers and Protectors

Pannier Protectors, "cause I can't seem to keep from dragging my toes across the top of the damn bags!

Tip over Fairing Scratch Camouflage because it is gonna happen and now I'm ready for it!