gregman

The PLR2122 is what I need! I'd like to take them if you can ship them to Atlanta.

Got a great deal on some Givi cases locally and looking for some used mounts before I order new. Need side case mounts and topcase rack. Thanks in advance!

Has anybody tried this on an FJ-09? Considering trying it on mine but I want to see what it looks like first.

Well, dealer called the other day to tell me my tensioner was in. Problem is, I bought a PSR tensioner and put it in. This did absolutely nothing. You can turn the tensioner all the way in with no resistance, and the chain still sounds like a can of rocks. I think the bad OEM tensioner has ruined the guides/sliders. I just hope, if that's the case, that they don't try to say the MCCT caused the failure, since I've let the bike run a total of ten seconds with the MCCT in. I do still have the YES warranty on mine and I'll be pretty upset if they try to make me eat the cost of the timing chain (I used to run a powersports service department and I know how much of a pain in the ass these companies can be).

Same here, been almost 2 months. Bike is sitting sad in the garage on the battery tender.

Yep... the easiest way to dismiss someone (like a customer with an issue) is via text/email (social media darling), not so much via telephone... and even harder face-to-face.... if you have the right argument. Quite a thing this human interaction is, I tell ya. Hope all goes well with the Yamaha CCT. On the referenced site I saw the FZ-09 in the drop down list, but not FJ-09. FZ-09 and FJ-09 engines are 100% identical, FWIW.

I called my dealer yesterday. I was also told that the tensioner was on backorder until December 6th. The guy also said that Yamaha told them they "may get it sooner." I told them to give it another week to see if the Yamaha tensioner arrives, and if not, I will pick up my bike as-is next weekend and put a manual tensioner in it myself until the OEM parts arrive. I ride essentially every day and there's no way I'm going to be bikeless during the best riding season of the year. And for those that will say "just put the MCCT in it and leave it," I have the extended service plan until 2020 and I put a lot of miles on my bikes. I would rather know that a critical engine part is being covered under warranty than have an aftermarket part in it.

Yikes. Dealer has my bike for the CCT (17k miles), has had it for three weeks and has not given me a date for the parts yet. I'll call them tomorrow, riding weather is just getting good.

8k miles is incredibly short for an FI bike (especially for a closed loop system like the FJ). First off, let's talk about why you replace or service spark plugs. Two reasons. One, the spark plug physically erodes to the point where the gap is out of spec. This typically takes a really long time, and takes much longer with platinum or iridium plugs. Two, the plug accumulates carbon deposits and either fouls (bridges the gap between the electrodes, EXTREMELY unlikely in an FI engine), or builds up in the well around the insulator and changes the heat range of the plug (this would actually take, by far, the longest of the three scenarios here. Carbon fouling is a real problem with a carbureted bike, since the air/fuel ratio will change drastically depending on altitude, humidity, etc. An open-loop FI system (no oxygen sensor) is only slightly better. A closed-loop FI system (O2 sensor in the exhaust) is much better, since the ECU gets air/fuel ratio information from the exhaust, and can change the fueling to compensate for altitude, humidity and other factors. So really, with a bike like the FJ (closed loop FI), the primary concern is electrode erosion. Even with a standard, non-iridium NGK plug, I would expect 20-30k miles before the electrodes wear to the point that it causes a problem, and the first indicators would be skipping at idle and slightly reduced fuel economy. I feel like the manual is being way overzealous with an 8K replacement interval. Also, the nice thing is that you're really not going to break anything with a worn plug, so you don't have to worry about warranty issues if you extend the interval. Really the worst thing that could happen is the side electrode wears to the point where it melts and falls off, but that would take like 150-200k miles on a modern plug, and would be preceded by very poor running and detonation. I'm at 8k now, and plan on balancing my throttle bodies next weekend. I'll pull the plugs while I have all that junk off and report back, but I bet they'll be just fine.