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I'm not sure how current / load test are done on a vehicle battery. Typically a DC system is tested with a multimeter in series, but most multimeters have a maximum load rating of 10 amps. Starters can and usually do draw much more. Last I looked I think ours draws at leat 95 amps. Clamp style...

I quote this from someone at another forum who seems pretty keen on automotive electrical systems. Thank Cardoc at Subaru Outback org. "Check the amperage output of the battery and compare it to the CCA rating. It needs to be at or above the CCA rating and if it's not you need a new battery."...

I have an 06. My fuel pump went out 3 years ago at about 20k miles. Possibly do a pressure test?

Hoping for the best, but trust in your instinct / judgement / feelings / the force. If something don't feel right with it, pull it over and check again. The consequences of a bike breaking down while riding are a little different than when anything with more than 2 wheels breaks down while riding.

I hear the engine, the wind, and one sound that isn't changing much in pitch or frequency and I think that's just the chain. I'm just running on some earbuds and a laptop for sound though. Hopefully someone else can determine better.

Recording of the sound could be a problem of course. If on the ground, you will be traveling and there will be wind noise, otherwise, mics with wind buffers placed where you think it's coming from wired into a recorder might work well. (Don't you wish you saved all the mics from all the old...

No change in feel either? Not even in 3rd? That is the odd thing about your symptom. Most any whirring would be constant in all speeds and gears if it were chain, bearings, or tire. By any chance did your roll it backwards too? Perhaps if you can get a recording of it and post it on YouTube or a...

Well... Now that you mention it. (aw, that's not fun, I inserted a flexing arm and laughing emoji there. they don't show up) Good point. Clutch disengaged / pulled. We're concerned about the wheel, chain and transmission here and not the engine so much, yet. Pull the handle, use something to...

Just for fun and to see what the outcome might show if anything, lift the rear, put the bike in gear and roll the wheel with the engine off. Shift through them, feel and listen as you roll for anything to change. I would mark the chain and make at least one full revolution of it before shifting...

About where would you be at? Does it include the mounting bracket? What headlight set up did you replace it with?

From what I gather, they can be interchanged. They can be bought on Ebay going from 50 to 100$, the parts can be ordered to rebuild yours for about $60 depending on if you seek OEM over generic and whether or not you need to replace your bearing. I'm opting to rebuild mine.

If I remove it again or the other, I would measure them. To reach the one I did that was leaking, I had to remove my coolant hoses from the water pump. I may end up doing this before the end of the summer as my coolant came out looking like yellow. I know I filled it with green a couple years...

That much is correct. Then there is the inner rod the rollers roll over and the bolt goes through slips through one side and butts against the other. I have a photo posted in a thread on my disassembly to replace the bottom out bumper. You can see the lower bearing pretty much in position in the...

Looking at it like any spark plug in any other vehicle, it's about normal. It's not good, probably should change more often or do better weather protection, but about normal. Looking at it on these bikes, there is a tube cover on the wire that pops on like a cap and should keep moisture that...

I discovered I had been seeping oil very slowly for some time. So slowly I never would have noticed by checking levels. The give away was the discolored spot formed under my bike that should have weathered away if it had been left over from the last time I changed oil in that spot and spilled...

The N2 part makes the most sense to me now. I was previously under the impression it was a fluid filled.

When I was replacing my bottom out bumper on my shock, I went talking to some local dealerships who informed me the rear shock on the 06 model was discontinued. It appears your 09 takes the same since the image of the 05 above is. Not rebuildable? It can be disassembled, can someone explain how...

I have a 2006 FZ6. One day while cleaning and lubing my chain, I had noticed that the rear shock absorber's bottom out bumper was disintegrating. The shock itself was fine with no leaks or excessive bounce or even bottoming out unless I had excessive weight for the preload. Yamaha does not...