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Nice. I was wonder which of the 15 metallic blues it was, lol. How's it look? Dude at the Yamaha dealership said it was a 3 layer job to get that color... EDIT: Do the rims need primer first?

Weird indeed. I just looked at the stock tire I pulled off the bike a few days ago (never changing tires by hand again, btw) and the direction arrow on the tire does point "against" the tread. Somehow this never looked odd to me when it was on the bike. The one time I did ride it in heavy rain it was no fun at all though...

Scratched the crap out of my rims installing a new front tire (doh!). Anyone know a paint stick that matches the OEM blue/purple/swiss money/whateverthehellitscalled color on the rims of my silver (gray?) FJ? Thanks!

Looks like your front tire is on backwards. Not sure that tread is doing much for you going in that direction...

Would it be too much trouble to ask you to post a picture from the rear, similar to the angle fddr has in his photo above? I know you all in the UK take your filtering very seriously, so you've caught my interest by saying they're slim and fit within the lines of the bike. Now I just have to find them in the US... EDIT: Christ, nevermind. The E21s were replaced with the much uglier and boxier E22 cruiser cases. Le sigh. The struggle continues...

Through a combo of ebay and amazon, I can get the cases, locks and mounts for $913.96 with free shipping. That still feels like highway robbery to me, considering the givi cases are less than half the price.

Second is. They are the right size. The right size for the bike and the right size for keeping you honest about what to bring on a trip. As an old backpacker and kayaker "less is more" or "light is right" This is a pretty light weight bike, putting 45 liter givi cases on it then filling them with stuff even light stuff is defeating the purpose of getting a smaller lighter bike. IMO, YMMV. This is what immediately drew me to the cases. Seeing them from the rear on your bike nearly sold me til the price unsold me. I commute on the freeways in SoCal, so I need slim cases that aren't wider than the handlebars. The choices seem to be few as far as hard cases go, in this regard. Shad is out and its hard to tell exactly how wide some of the smaller Givi cases are without seeing the bike from directly behind like you have in your picture. Anyway, thanks for the info. I'm gonna trawl the interwebs and see if I can get a lightly used set for a reasonable price.

I need these, which cases are they?

Not illegal. If it was, Yamaha would get in big trouble with shareholders for not issuing ebay a cease and desist on that item.

That's weird, my official manual has the same front cover, except is has the year (2015) under the FJ-09 text top right corner. Mine also has a different left edging, so not sure if this is official or some kind of knock-off.yeah, that's what kind of turned me off. I'm not opposed to paying a 3rd party a fraction of the cost that Yamaha would like to extort me for for information that should be included with the product or otherwise freely available from Yamaha, but I'm less inclined to pay for a copy of a copy. also, wth is this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/2015-2016-Yamaha-MT09-MT-09-FJ09-FJ-Tracer-900-motorcycle-paper-service-manual/302098451530?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D38530%26meid%3D95027bbffd1244869a9cf2e4c94ff4f6%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D252575684778 a photocopy of oem book in a 3-ring binder?

So I clicked on the ebay FJ-09 parts link on the top of the page and this was the first item: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yamaha-2015-2016-MT-09-FJ-09-Tracer-900-Service-Repair-Workshop-Service-Manual/252575684778?_trksid=p2045573.c100507.m3226&_trkparms=aid%3D555017%26algo%3DPL.CASSINI%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D38530%26meid%3D637680aff5854179953e2b90313f0d15%26pid%3D100507%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26 any idea what it is? Is it a photocopy of the oem manual or a photocopy of Clymer or some other 3rd party manual?

Is there a certain range of model years/numbers of FJR bags that will work on the FJ-09? For example, I see the occasion 2004 FJR1300 (a model number that is no longer in production) up on ebay and wonder if these will fit the same as FJR1300A (the current model number in production apparently) bags do.

It's very easy with a pair of needle nose pliers. Just be careful as there are small springs underneath the blades. I worked on a table with a couple of paper towels spread out so the parts can be seen easily and the springs don't roll away.oh you manually rerolled the lock pins and all that shit yourself? Damn, that's pretty gangster. I didn't even think to do that...

The Yamaha top case is nice, but it's not available locally. I'll probably get a Shad SH39 and put a backrest on it to satisfy the lady. I also took the FJR cases to my mechanic (did't have a working drill at home, duh). He drilled the hinge rivets out in seconds; the old rivets were quite long and looked more like 3/8" ones than 1/4". He confirmed that it's okay to paint over the old paint as long as the chipped parts are scraped off and the surface is prepped properly. We sent the lids to a nearby paint shop to get them painted matte grey (my bike's color). The job is not going to cost a lot, but it'll take a few days. It's gonna be a long few days for me! I can't wait to see the finished product. how'd you get them all keyed to the ignition?

I need these boots. I would happily pay 200 Euros for them but I'm less happy to pay 200 Euros plus shipping to the US west coast for size 14 because who even knows size that is Euro numbers and for sure I'll have to send the first pair or two back and all of sudden my 200 euro boots are now 500 euro boots after all the restocking and shipping fees. Do they sell these boots in the US? If not is there something similar? I need a pair of low-profile riding boots that can be worn in a business casual environment and are comfortable to wear for a few hours at work. It'd also be nice if they kept my ankle attached to my foot should it get stuck under something. Outside of those paltry requirements, I don't need them to be waterproof, shockproof, fireproof, frostproof, heated, made of kevlar, lined with kangaroo balls, or whatever other ridiculous marketing gimmicks they use to sell $100 shoes for three times the price. I feel like it should not be this difficult to find a pair of boots that fit my needs. . .