Winter Project - Reviving a Wounded FJR

[garyahouse]

I've read every word of this report and have been following it since you started. Great job with the pictures. I know something about the amount of work that goes into doing a thread like this. Thank you for the time you've invested in this forum. We are indeed blessed to have you on board. Your labors have given us a very valuable database of info and this documentary will be revisited for reference many times in the future.

Gary

darksider #44

 

[rogdeb]

I've read every word of this report and have been following it since you started. Great job with the pictures. I know something about the amount of work that goes into doing a thread like this. Thank you for the time you've invested in this forum. We are indeed blessed to have you on board. Your labors have given us a very valuable database of info and this documentary will be revisited for reference many times in the future.
Gary

darksider #44

+ 1

 

[RaYzerman19]

I've read every word of this report and have been following it since you started. Great job with the pictures. I know something about the amount of work that goes into doing a thread like this. Thank you for the time you've invested in this forum. We are indeed blessed to have you on board. Your labors have given us a very valuable database of info and this documentary will be revisited for reference many times in the future.
Gary

darksider #44

+ 1

Thanks for taking us along for the ride, Streethawk... even an old wrencher like me learned something!

(take all the slack except a teeny bit in those throttle cables, and do a TBS, maybe a spring unwind.... it'll help).

 

[bwv]

+1 ... Thank you

 

[Bokerfork]

Wow Wow Wow.

I, unlike others, have not read every word of this thread but have followed along with sideline interest. I could not agree more with garyahouse . You have done the entire FJR community a tremendous favor.

Hope and assume it was a labor of love.

Mark

 

[verranth]

I've read every word of this report and have been following it since you started. Great job with the pictures. I know something about the amount of work that goes into doing a thread like this. Thank you for the time you've invested in this forum. We are indeed blessed to have you on board. Your labors have given us a very valuable database of info and this documentary will be revisited for reference many times in the future.
Gary

darksider #44

+1 Thank you very much!!

 

[stose85]

Best write up ever! Thanks Streethawk!

 

[JamesK]

Hey Guys, thanks for the notes. It's weird how my thoughts appeared in your posts!

First off, as you said Pilot, I did contact the seller. They are DL Salvage in North Carolina. I've been dealing with Todd there and he's been excellent! Through the shipping process and now with the incompatibility (yes... I dreamed for a second it would work... flatulated, then came back to reality!). I will be sending the AE engine back for a full refund minus shipping. And I'm ok with that. They will be actively looking for another engine for me as well. No guarantees but I appreciate the efforts.

Side note: DL Salvage has some other parts from the 2007 AE bike on their site for sale if anyone is looking. I made sure to tell them that the computer and other electronics should tagged specifically for the AE model. They weren't.

My buddy mentioned in the first post with the 2004... the frustrated and now bored engineer wants to split the case on the problem engine.

? why not. Let's see what's inside! This guy is a great friend and a huge help. So you can say this is a "Plan B" approach.

My riding lately has been what it used to be. I've put about 40K on my Concours in the last 8 years. It now has 55K and that thing will last well past 100! So, yeah. 60K on an engine isn't bad at all.

Now!

Let's get back on schedule with the tear down pics!

Streethawk, I just saw this thread, I wish I'd have seen it back in 2015 before those unscrupulous ******** at DL Salvage duped me and sold me that same AE engine

https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php/topic/161693-coverting-gen-2-ae-to-a-engine-is-it-possible/?do=findComment&comment=1205396

Great job repairing your original 60k mile engine, and agreed, 60k is nothing for an FJR engine so you'll have plenty of trouble free miles ahead.

I am glad to see that you were able to return it to them and only be out the domestic shipping fee, in my case being in Japan it would have cost me $3,500 to return it (assuming I could somehow obtain all the required certificates to export it back to the US), so I was stuck with what was effectively only good as a boat anchor. Luckily for me it actually is possible to retrofit the AE engine to an A, although it had never been done before until I had to do it out of necessity

. My original engine died at 213,000 miles so repairing it was not economically viable.

Converting Gen 2 AE to A engine - is it possible?

The only consolation is that that 10k mile AE engine was a genuinely good low mileage engine (about the only thing the DL Salvage scumbags (Todd and his colleagues) didn't lie about), I've clocked up around 27k miles on it since the retrofit and it runs like a new engine.

 

[Streethawk]

Wow.Good on you James for the engineering. My repaired 07 is still running strong with no issues! I'm about to saddle up for the ride to work in a few minutes.

I think about moving to a Gen 3 FJR but can't justify it. At least not yet.

 

[eflyguy]

Best write up ever! Thanks Streethawk!

yes! Thanks for the bump - I would never have seen it. Great read over the last few days..

 

[FJR-AZbrad]

I usually curse our IT guy, but Streethawk, that was a fantastic sequence of documentation.

Thank you.

I'll be splitting my case very soon.

 

[Streethawk]

You are very welcome Brad! Thanks for the bump.

I haven't put a lot of miles on it, maybe about 11K in 4 years I've owned it. The 07 is still running great! Every shift is still perfect with no issues.

I just purchased a 2015 FJ-09 and will be putting the FJR back in the basement soon just to do a fork seal and some regular maintenance.... and probably some cleaning as well. I want to clean up the wiring from an LED headlight install and I need some grip glue on the heated grips I installed this past winter.

I bought the FJ-09 because I wanted something lighter to commute with. Also it accepts the FJR bags. I'm not sure if I would sell the FJR. I still just can't justify it. FJR's don't have a lot of monetary "value" but they DO have TONS of useful and practical value! If I did sell, my buddy Doug (mentioned earlier in this thread) has shown interest in moving up to a Gen 2 from his Gen 1. ((shrug)) Not yet though!

 

[Peter in AL]

Great thread great pictures I enjoyed reading through this. Thank you.