deersSlayer

Please post a few pics of the Madstad installed. Maybe to the "FJ-09 windshield options" thread?

It may work very well for you. I'm 5'7" with a 30" inseam, and would like my CalSci shorty to be about 1" lower to be in clean air. Seems like your torso is 1.5" shorter than mine so... let me know how it works out! 8-) (before I try cutting down my screen.) <edit> I got that bass ackwards! If your torso is shorter, you'll likely get more turbulence than I do.

And they turned it into a cafe racer? Sacrilege! O_o To each their own I guess... The only mods the previous owner (a friend) did was replace the battery with a capacitor (kick start only bike anyway), and install Jolly Moto exhaust. Current owner (also a friend) is doing a complete rebuild, and installed modern wheels (17" front, and wider rear.)

I feel validated as a biker - I told my wife it was for a Honda 400! Great little bikes. Lot's of people turned them into cafe racers...I believe you're thinking of a different Honda 400. The NS400R is a mid 80's V-3 two stroke race replica: http://classic-motorbikes.net/wp/honda-ns400r/

Yes. It came with a Honda NS400R. That question is over 2 months old (Jan 20 post!) I may cut down the CalSci shorty/low even lower, not sure yet.

Thanks. Hand guards are not a problem, I already removed them completely. I don't like the look of the Yamaha guards, and they are very wide. The first thing that attracted me to the Madstad screen is it's wider at the base.

Did you ride over to Madstad yet? They now show an 18" version for the FJ-09, might work well for my multi-day rides (I'm 5' 7".) I'm curious about how easy it would be switch back and forth between the 18" Madstad, and my current CalSci shorty (which I may cut down shorter.)

Excellent, thanks for that! Yes, more pics please! I'll be doing this installation too, and I suck at this type of work... BTW, nice Freudian slip in the subject title!

Yeah, only got mine home because I have an enclosed trailer.

Yeah people, answer the poll! Do you have fast grey or slow red? WTH are you people arguing about bike colour, don't you understand some of us have a really serious problem: new FJ-09 in the garage for over a month, never ridden it, and I have serious PMS!! (Parked Motorcycle Syndrome) It's -23 C this morning, -35 with the wind. ARRRRRRG!! Ok, I feel a little bit better now.

This is a little Cortec 11L Mini, not made anymore, that worked, and stays on fine. The best location as when you open the top, the angle makes it harder to use and stuff can fall out. Not good if you are fishing in there when you are riding.I hope to use my RKA 17 ltr (6 + 11 expansion), just for tools and a water bottle, and of course the map window for directions (only turn on my GPS for detours or when lost!) Only fish for the water when stopped. I only use the expansion for food at/near end of a day's ride when camping. I'd love an expandable ADV style bag: low at front, high at back, so the map window is level. But nobody makes them with magnetic attachment, just with straps. This is my first bike with a sloping gas tank in a lonnnnng time: Yam XS400 Special in 1979.

Thread drift: magnetic tank bag. Did you do the ULEWZ glued magnets mod? ( http://fj-09.org/thread/255/use-magnetic-tank-bag-plastic ) If not, how well does the bag stay on?

Yes. Yamaha makes that clear on the first page of the manual (2nd pic in my Jan 31 post.)

You just print out the pages. You can also do searches in a PDF, try that with paper. I'll probably have the whole index memorized before my first ride. Two months of reading without riding, damn winter! BTW, the manual's description of theory of the complete braking system including ABS is excellent. Even if you never plan to work on your FJ-09, get the service manual. You'll have a much better understanding of how everything works.

I think the bound manual was CDN $140. About US $111.

That seems odd. Unless the manual is in something like a loose leaf, 3 ring binder format I don't get how they could print copies on demand...but what do I know. Please describe what you get.539 page bound manual. Better descriptive text than my Triumph manual. http://i.imgur.com/c5VG3pY.jpg They finished it just before the bike's release:http://i.imgur.com/ncKMduN.jpg Seems like it was printed in Canada:http://i.imgur.com/2kCFVwl.jpg

Oh dear god, what has this board come to!?!?!?!? Blasphemy!!! I'm not a fan of the matte grey 'colour', nor the batwing hand guards, but that very shorty opaque windscreen really ties it all together! Are you going to paint the upper fork tubes matte grey/black too?

I ordered mine Saturday (Jan 24) at my dealer. He said it would be in in about week to 10 days, and claimed they are printed when ordered. My dealer is small, although they also sell Suzuki and MV Agusta.

Interesting. Doesn't seem wider from the pictures. As long as it clears the hand guards, But if it's made for the bike, it obviously does. http://www.calsci.com/motorcycleinfo/FJ-09prod.html Scroll down a bit to the table. Compare the widths to the stock shield.

Installed the CalSci dark short windshield (See Garage -> Parts and Accessory Reviews -> windshield options)

All pics taken with shield in lowest position! CalSci dark shorty installed (random white areas on shield from fluorescent lights, except the label saying "tighten to maximum 4 ft-lb"): http://i.imgur.com/HVk9UuQ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/z0YuQQr.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ORcvZqC.jpg http://i.imgur.com/5lkifiP.jpg http://i.imgur.com/h3rvbUZ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/1H2Ddoc.jpg Note that the CalSci shield does not go as low down as the Yamaha shield.No ride review until spring, when I get my first ride with my bike! :-S Stock Yamaha: http://i.imgur.com/jCFWVC3.jpg To me the CalSci attachment hardware (screw + plastic holder + grommet + aluminum spacer + cap) seems better quality than the Yamaha hardware (screw - that's it!) Yes, my garage is *extremely* untidy! Bonus to anyone who can spot a partial glimpse (in 2 photos) of a rare Honda accessory (came with bike only available a few years in 80's in Canada, never in the USA.)

I stayed a day in Big Bend mid-late April 2007. Temperature was about mid 90's. I remember a 2-lane road with a 75 mph speed limit! (#90 ?)

If there are no pictures, it didn't happen. Ok, then I did not bring my new red FJ-09 home today. ;-) Roads were clear and it was a balmy -10 C, good enough for an enclosed trailer ride....

I ordered the CalSci short shield too, I also like clean air. Had a small issue trying to order online. I live in Canada near the US border so it's easier & cheaper to have stuff shipped to The UPS Store at the border. The CalSci site supports a separate delivery address, but had an issue with zipcode vs postal code. I emailed CalSci, they replied right away with a solution. Got it ordered, they shipped it same day. Very professional!