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From my perspective, you don't forget an incident like that. Trapped 860 miles from home because of a single O-ring failing, and a stranger ships you one. Salvation!! By the way you sold your old gas tank to me. Blah I was just lifting it up to mess with things. Before I try to digest the...

Bit of a thread necro, just wanted to say THANKS for the great write ups! Learned a lot about the fz6 charging system (more than I ever wanted to know, but necessity demands it).

Should have known you'd have what I need. Mister spare fuel pump O ring [emoji3] It's amazing to me that mechanics won't charge batteries. Havoline and Firestone said they don't, but a mechanic at the Firestone just took my battery back into their shop despite a negative answer from the...

I just read the service manual to get some idea. It specifies that testing the RR is done by checking the charging voltage at 5k rpm, so now I see why we need a charged battery :) I'm going to try the Home Depot, of all places, since it's like 5 minutes away. If they can't do it Cycle Gear...

The nearest Autozone tested the battery and said it was good but could not charge it. I picked up a voltmeter and the battery has a resting voltage (uncharged as it is) of 11 volts on the nose. Can I run tests with this dead battery or does it need to be charged? If so I can try taking it to...

Thanks for the advice, I will test things as Scott has described. The battery has been completely discharged twice now and as I understand it that's not good for a Li-ion battery. I will probably take it with me tomorrow when I buy a volt-meter and have it charged + tested. If it's still good...

One more piece of info, the bike has a 100w power relay installed to run a dual headlight mod. I'm thinking that if the RR checks out I will also check the relay for health. It's not shorted since the headlights are working but may be drawing excess current or drawing with ignition off for all...

I overheated because I was keeping her at 3k rpm dead stopped in traffic [emoji14] luckily that part is unrelated to the dead electrical system. Checking out your thread link now. Thanks! Sent from my SGH-S970G using Tapatalk

Hello everybody. I broke my bike again. [emoji41] A few weeks ago I was on a long road trip. I had installed a cheap chinese USB outlet that I believe shorted out and subsequently my bike died in stop and go traffix. I got it charged at an O Reilley and all was good. Fast forward to...

They're so heavy. On the fz6 I can turn the front wheel while sitting on the bike, side- and center-stand up. The fjr is so heavy I had problems just turning the front wheel.

Re: What Octane gas do you use? // w details as to why! Just out of curiosity, have you had the bike dyno'd?

FWIW the quote I got from Russel was $700 for just the driver's seat with an added backrest using vinyl, their cheapest option. Seat mods ain't cheap it seems!

Some seat manufacturers (Spencer's seat mods and Russel daylong saddles in particular) will base the construction of the seat off of pictures or descriptions of how you sit in your saddle. For example, at Russel they request you send some pictures of your normal riding position on the bike...

I just got back to real life after a ~2000 mile trip. My stock seat had undergone a Spencer seat mod which as I understand it is mostly a re-foaming. Some forum members find this to be enough of a change, I did not. My tail bone got pretty sore after consecutive days in the saddle. I put an...

Interested to hear what others are doing. I don't ride sporty, so I've got crash bars / engine guards and highway pegs I'm going to install soon. Probably not the solution for you.

Thanks for links. Unfortunately I already settled on a tank bag with integrated GPS / phone pockets. Good luck with sale!

Lovin' the gear Spanky's Monkey. I've got hi-viz luggage on my bike and have been looking at a hi-viz mesh jacket. Good luck with the MSF course! That's how I learned to ride a bike and the Fz6 was my first. It's not a bad way to go :thumbup:

Not sure of the brand but I got a small bottle from my local motorcycle dealer that looks like this. Not recommending that brand (never actually heard of it), just observing that style of bottle exists. Also while doing an image search for motorcycle chain lube I learned that apparently a few...

I drove from North GA to Houston, TX one Summer and passed through LA and MI on the way. 1) It will get hot. Don't forget sunscreen on the parts of you that are exposed to the sun. I had nice tan lines on my wrists in spots my gloves didn't cover. 2) Obviously bring good rain gear. I got...

I always wear motorcycle boots, gloves, jacket, helmet...but I cheat and wear blue jeans all the time. My Dainese riding pants are really good quality but they're big like a ski bib and HOT! Mesh pants sound like the solution I'm looking for...Maybe mesh jacket, too. Now I just need to find...