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Sometimes the pistons can travel too far and bind when no rotor/pads are present, but is usually remedied by pushing piston back in and sometimes back and forth, to re-coat the walls with fluid. Brake cylinders( in rear drums) suffer this fate but rarely seal up correctly after pushing piston back in, but end up obviously leaking. When foot lever is pressed down..does the piston travel inward at all? IE squeeze the pads. So if it is squeezing the pads, but not releasing. double check the slide pin at the top. Not sure if ours have rubber bushings on them but if cleaned or lubed with the wrong stuff they will swell and bind. But either way remove them and make sure they come out easily and slide in easily. Make sure #9 is installed and slides freely as well. It is the lower "slide pin" https://shop.ncy-motorsports.com/fiche_section_detail.asp?section=2995089&category=Motorcycles&make=Yamaha&year=2016&fveh=1687768 I would think it would take some pretty crazy hard force to bend anything related to the brake caliper, rear wheel etc.

It is there. Just smooshed. Have fun getting it off. Always a pain. Usually i take a small screwdriver and pry it up a bit then take some small wire cutters and cut it off.

Not sure if you are still having this issue and if you have a charcoal canister on your bike but I am in california and had to delete the canister to get it to start when in direct sunlight. It was giving it a super rich condition and would take awhile to kick over. deleted it and it almost completely went away.

AMEN! I will just keep doing what I do. Pretty religious on taking care of it. But all in all...an extra $2 every fill up in the grand scheme of things wont hurt if I continue to use it.

Was thinking of a injector cleaner machine which can hold up to 8 injectors so you could in theory test 8 different cleaners. But anyways I agree with the "from day one". And even using it now/little later/here and there you could in theory keep it from building up to an amount that might effect something.

Someone needs to set up a injector cleaning machine and point them at a dirty carbonned up valve with different cleaners and see which valve starts to clean up first. That would be interesting. I Picked up 4 of them for like $8. They are convenient because the size of them mixes with 5 gallons. So just carry one when I go to fill up and throw it away but I am sure if you got some chemical breakdown of them it would be similar . I will probably start investigating better fuel anyways.

Anybody use it? Made by yamalube. Was at the dealer the other day returning the CCT i got since I put the MCCT in. Saw a FJ out front and i liked the windscreen so found out who's it was and it was an advisers. Talked to him for a few minutes..he has 25k on his FJ and has had no issues. It is a later 2016 it looks like. Original CCT, Just about to do the valve adjust though. So he did the sales pitch etc and showed me valves out of another FZ. The intake valve was caked with carbon and the exhaust valve was burnt looking but clean. His pitch was "something too much carbon, lean condition, hot valve=tight" etc idk..tend to kinda tune salesmen out, He says he uses this stuff every time he fuels up and has for the last 20k.... Did say something about fowling the plugs though. I ended up buying a few bottles lol but think it would hurt to try?

After thinking for a few I took your advise and left the the intakes alone. Just tightened up the one and brought them all to a snug .152. I will re check in 10k and maybe intakes might need an adjust. I was surprised that I am only at 18,758k miles and some exhaust were in the high teens and some low 20's. Glad I did not wait until the recommended time . Got the Ape tensioner and she purs like a kitten. Runs/pulls way smoother as well. Except when idling in neutral. Clutch makes such a racket.

Thanks. Almost was putting valve cover back on before I started thinking I should adjust em. Just I needed 5 x 1.90 and kit only has 3..But found out my dad has the same kit so I am going to steal some from him. Thanks for the reassurance

Doing my valve adjustment at 20k and it has been kind of a PITA. But all the intakes measured at .152. So a little snug. Except 1.. the closest one to the cam measured a snug .102. Question..Any theories as to why that one was tighter? Maybe just a fluke from the factory. I put a 185 in it and it is a loose .203 so I might put a 190 in. And.... Would you adjust the other ones? My math measured to do 190 but the kit only came 3 so that will be a pain finding 2 singles.

I ran into this when I first got my bike. Putting in the exact amount the manual suggested resulted in over filling and a lot of blow by into the air box. I now fill it to the top of the sight glass. Run it. Then fill it to 75% and I still see a little residue in the air box but no puddles.

wWent through most of the list and added the big items and some of the small ones and it was about $198. I didnt go through all the little nuts and bolts though. So I guess total cost with windshield to be in the $350 range...not sure its worth it.

Next time you guys see the GT try to inspect the windscreen mount system and determine (to the best of your ability) if we can retrofit older models.... one day maybe I will come across a GT to inspect myself.I really want do this. My local dealer had a fj and a gt next to each other and I sat there for about 10 minutes comparing. Seems it would need most of the front end swapped around though. But the headlights etc seem to be the same shape. But everything that holds the meter assembly and all the plastic cover pieces would be needed. And the shield. I dont see any online parts diagrams yet for the bike to see what the mounting looks like underneath.

Im tempted to order the Regina Chain riveter tool. I already have a chain breaker and this is almost half the price of the motion pro PBR tool. +1 on the chain alignment tool. https://fortnine.ca/en/regina-chain-assembly-and-rivet-tool-805199?gclid=CjwKCAjw9e3YBRBcEiwAzjCJumKMe5_fpBCZ1MLLY5ouQwsNVhJt9lxK21OYFqwOh4wSuosqTfbYQxoCabYQAvD_BwE Was able to find a RK excel tool on ebay used for about $60. Made replacing the chain so much easier!! (just checked ebay, there is one on there now)

My input with the non-dampened front sprocket is the "wine" got much louder when cruising, running just over a inch of slack on the center stand. The vibrations are much finer now but kind of annoying on the left peg.

I was told over the phone that they had two left in black, so I got one of them. Jerk. Lol. Ill get some high temp paint and see how it holds up.

How did you get the rear sprocket black? I only found silver...

love driving through joshua tree. Except the speed limit. Always wanna twist the throttle!! Can get a little fun down on south side if it isnt much crowded. Jealous of death valley trip. Hope to make it there this year.

My bike is difficult to start when it sits in the hot sun for many hours, the oil levels are filled to exactly the top line on the sight glass so I know it is not overfilled, and I never use a full 3 quarts of oil. I had discussed this with the dealer a few times and after they contacted Yamaha about it, their proclamation was that this was normal. I forget the exact explanation but the heat was causing something to happen with the fuel line, probably forcing the fuel back out of the line into the tank. Sorry for late reply but if you have a CA bike you need to delete the charcoal cannister. That fixed my hot start issue. Gas vapors from cannister was causign a vapor lock/rich situation

Any info on these? Where you grabbed them from? Brand? How have they been working for you?

Here is a screen shot. If you message them for a early copy of it. You get a drop box link and a serial #. The computer warns you it could be a malicious file but I downloaded on my work computer and it was fine and after a thorough scan at my home computer it worked nicely there as well. I recommend it.

Probably not, but it is like a program like mitchell or ondemand5.

I just picked this one up. Pretty good so far. It is like its own program. I messaged them for a link to download from drop box before the cd came in. Works really well and super easy to navigate. http://www.ebay.com/itm/172846494003?ul_noapp=true

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BOOM!!!!!! http://fj-09.org/thread/4415/sharing-failure My bike had issues starting when warm etc. It was really weird but when my bike sat outside the other day uncovered when I was in school and it was 90 ish degrees outside it took me three times and some throttle to get it to stay idling. Going to remove the airbox again and see what it looks like in there. Maybe there is still some residual.