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I had the eBay pegs for three seasons... then the rubber cracked and peeled away... found out on a trip as my footing felt floaty... lesson learnt. Bought MT-09 adventure pegs from yamabits... here.

Congrats... will make the ride much more enjoyable and safer. Low cost options are out there, but man... deciding on which one can be a chore. I went with fundamentally the same combo... springs and a re-valve kit, albeit not all at once. Worked out very well.

A humble tee for me. 😎

Great news overall then... and at least the timing chain cover gasket is an easy fix. Just have to mind that the chain guide pivot pin stays firmly in place (crankcase side) as you remove the cover.

Plan for next year... do NS, NB and PEI, by way of ME (coastline), and then back via QC (or the other way). Will need full two weeks to do a loop that includes eastern NL... hope to be able to do that some time.

10Nm... image post failed miserably, sorry. 7.2 lb-ft... coat with oil.

Congrats on a successful project, and thanks for a nice writeup and photos. 👌

Beautiful bike... congrats and enjoy... and come back with ownership/riding impressions.

Another take... FortNine style.

This is the thread that brought me to the brink of ordering a set a a few years back. Questions remained, so I never pursued. Very good write-up though, and seems the OP in the thread was a happy camper in the end. I recall that he bought springs from another manufacturer and modified the spacers to suit.

Racetech online tool outputs 0.9kg/mm for your 78kg weight, which is 8.8N/mm, although I found RT spec a bit on the aggressive side. I am 90kg and run a 0.9kg/mm spring, and it works very well. Can you set sag with a little room to spare? CW to increase preload. That creaking could be the spring compressing and bowing off center... which causes it to rub against the inner tube. That is not abnormal, but than again... not able to hear what you're hearing, so YMMV. FZ09 board has a lot of information on the Andreanis. Have a read on there.

I ran 2.5W and 3W in the active leg, but valving is probably different than yours. No issues here with knocking in the forks or other unusual sounds, but what you describe could be the floating brake rotor just at beginning of the rebound stroke. Have a third ear available?... have them have a closer listen. 125mm is pretty high for oil level, and at that value I think you would be filling the outer tube as well, unintentionally. Riding is believing though... have a go and see how it feels. If you have any doubts about the assembly... take them apart.

Try tweaking the APS while you have the bike apart. Made an improvement for many on here. It can smooth out any throttle twitchiness that you may be experiencing. A-mode should be pretty smooth with the flash... the power just ramps up quicker as you twist the throttle, without being twitchy.

Good job. Your son is very good at this.

I used Pro-X shims in .025 increments. I opted toward looser end of the spec. May not be optimal, but it is safe and worry free for a couple of seasons or longer.

Bonus that the ECU remains unmolested. Nice innovative design... good option for legacy MT/FJ-09 owners. Not cheap... but convenient and leaves much of the control with the owner... and the footprint is tiny. Glad it's working out for you.

Standard mode as default, generally in the city and the burbs. A-mode (quick-turn) on the freeway (unless in traffic) and other fast roads where I need quick passing performance. B-mode on wet and gravel/dirt roads.

Sounds like a great trip. Stunning scenery. Thanks for sharing. 👍

Man... that is the fanciest I've seen. Nice work. I put less effort into mine... doesn't present well. 😏

AdventureTech bracket will work great for these lamps. Give Lily a scratch behind the ear for me... love dogs. AdventureTech @keithu...on second thought, these lamps may be too large/heavy for the bracket. I use them with the smaller 2" lamps. Noticed you have have the Givi bars... maybe somewhere on there would be safer. 🤔

...sorry, couldn't resist...

You won't be disappointed. I am not tall... but I can vouch for the product quality and design (adjustability). Make this the only screen you buy for your bike... trial-and-error thing could get just as costly... lived it. 😏 They run discounts every now and then... call them up.

Google Maps > KMZ > Base Camp > GPX (8 day-routes combined). A bit of a hack, but you can work with it. PM me your email address.

Tuners disable the AIS (if you want them to) by getting the ECU to force the AIS solenoid valve to remain closed. This is an easy way to close the system, and doesn't require any surgery on the bike. The solenoid valve can still leak or fail... I know, not likely. I simply chose to blank out the ports and remove components that no longer serve any purpose. Just another way of getting there.

Thanks @rlambke19... we averaged under 600 km/day. We could have certainly taken longer if time allowed, but we had just the 8 days in the schedule. Much more to see out that way. Syracuse NY is where the fun kinda ended... it was the freeway home from there onward.