angrygirafe

Well, the bike failed to show neutral on the way home yesterday, so I guess the cleaning didn’t help. I’ll check connections next, but I’m guessing it’s time for a new sensor. 

Mmmm snowing. Always a butt-puckering fun time

11 hours ago, Wintersdark said:

I always forget to pull the sprocket cover off and clean out in there, and yeah...  Eventually, you do remove it for some reason, and OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL IS THAT.

 

My wife came out at one point, looked around. “... Do you want more rags or paper towels ?”

Bless her heart, she brought me a whole roll and never said anything about the state of the concrete around me 😂

On 9/28/2020 at 8:12 PM, angrygirafe said:

Neutral stopped showing for me when I got home tonight. 2016 with just a bit over 50k miles. I’ll try to clean the sensor in the next few days. After 12 hours in the office, I don’t wanna deal with it tonight. 

Finally got around to looking at this. Took the sensor off and cleaned the contacts. They didn’t look bad, but they are a little shinier now. Flicking through the gears really quick they all show up, but that doesn’t mean much; neutral was only going blank probably 10% of the time the last couple weeks. We’ll see if it’s better this coming week. 
 

Also cleaned out 50k miles worth of chain wax around the sprocket. It was... a mess. 

Route 14 between Duck Creek Village and Cedar City is also fantastic. 
 

The section of Route 12 everyone is mentioning is 0:55-2:06 and Route 14 is 2:56 to 3:39 in this vid. 
 

1 hour ago, maximNikenGT said:

Gotta ask - what kind of bike and what year?

 

That was a 2013 Honda CB500X. Loved that little bike, put 25k miles on it in the 9 months I had it before upgrading. Not shaky by any means, but day two into a six day trip I noticed my fairings where more flexible than normal. 😂

After my first multi day tour (different bike) and losing a bunch of bolts for my fairings, half the tools in my kit are loc-tite

Neutral stopped showing for me when I got home tonight. 2016 with just a bit over 50k miles. I’ll try to clean the sensor in the next few days. After 12 hours in the office, I don’t wanna deal with it tonight. 

Man, that was a fun sounding trip that turned south in a hurry. Sorry, that sucks. 

Have you tried riding with a camelbak? I started doing that on multiday trips and it’s awesome. Much easier to stay hydrated sipping all day than waiting until stops to chug a water bottle. 

3 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

Their Fire Hose pants are also my go to for motorcycling (and everyday use). Super comfortable and wears like iron.

I was wearing those pants when I dumped my dads GS1100G when someone tried to merge into me. 600$ to repair the bike. Pants did not require repair, and I still wear them 😂

11 minutes ago, Clegg78 said:

Already been down there! I love that area on the bike, and driving down that way.     Winslow is just close to Meteor Crater and the Petrified Forest NP which are 2 things I wanted to check out, Winslow itself is FAR from a destination I thought I would head toward for any other reason

I would go to Camp Verde/Jerome/Prescott again if it wasn't a pandemic.    But I agree, that area is legit awesome, 89A is a fantastic highway!

I love your Los Alamos idea. I’ve only been through Santa Fe into Southwestern CO once on the bike, but I think I could spend some time tooling around that NW New Mexico, SW Colorado area. Curves for days!

Payson is nice if you want something a little cooler than Winslow. 
 

Payson to Camp Verde is from ~0:20 to 0:54 in this vid. Pretty pleasant. 

If you wanted to go farther south though, I’d go from Payson to the Roosevelt dam, then Globe, and then 60 back up to Show Low

I have the National Cycle sport touring and sport screens. With the sport touring, I’ll slip a neck tube over the cluster when I’m parked. The sport is all tinted, so no problem with that one. 

47 minutes ago, Bill H said:

WTFYTB

When the frogs yearn to bounce?

Why, that’s fantastic you tom boy?

Whence thou flailed yonder tubby buttocks?

I’m not very good at these acronyms.

17 hours ago, thewrenchbender said:

Thanks man. 

First FJR had Realtime Industries bag vinyls w/tuning forks, I added his side stripes. When I got my ‘15 I added the tuning fork vinyls and made my own side stripes.

The bag vinyls would work on the Tracer (same base case), but decided different bike, time to try something different.

Wife came home with a Black Friday Cricut a few years back, before Friday was over found software to talk to it and the next day had a Hello Kitty with an AK cut for my truck...

Mark

Kalashnikitty!

11 minutes ago, Stew said:

The only thing I can think is someone has let their kids sit on the bike, and one of them has stood on it.

It was totally hanging there.

As you say, it could have been worse. Years ago I left college, went to the car park to get the bike and it was lying on it's side

 

I have definitely had to yell at kids that saw motorcycle, thought, “awesome”, dropped whatever they were doing and sprinted to it to start climbing up. They just grab whatever looks like a convenient hand hold too. *If* there’s parents around (usually not) I politely (loudly and angrily) explain that their child was almost crushed into hamburger by 460 pounds of metal, and the funeral budget would have had to be trimmed to pay for my repairs. 

1 minute ago, 1moreroad said:

I didn't think Euro 15s were governed. Maybe Yamaha thinks they're better drivers over there on average.

Comparing our rider education requirements I’d say they’re absolutely justified in that belief. Mistaken of course, but understandably so 😉

1 hour ago, Stew said:

Sadly no. I get them once in a while if I sit around too much. All from a whiplash when a car ran into the back of me at around 50mph about 30 years ago.

 

And NO, to my knowledge the ECU has not been flashed. Bearing in mind the bike is a 2015, I can't guarantee it. Is there any simple way I can tell without stripping it down?

In the US, the 2015 was limited to 115mph. Flashes usually removed the limit. Looks like you’re across the pond so it might not help, but at least it’s an excuse to go fast to check? 😁

3 minutes ago, keithu said:

 

Or just realize that nobody ever looks at those mirror nubbins and don't worry about it.  

This. Mine have almost no paint left. Between weather and road debris, there’s no hope of keeping them nice. It’s like trying to avoid scratching your helmet visor; somethings always gonna hit it. 

I need to do this.

My phone shuts down from heat sometimes, especially in slow traffic during the summer. But I’m in Phoenix, and have seen the bike air temp gauge indicate 126 in traffic. Sometimes it won’t turn back on until it’s been inside enjoying the AC for a bit. 

I bought my bike with a Sargent and switched back to OEM as my right leg would go numb after 40 minutes. The OEM sucks and leaves me hurting after a couple hours but at least I can feel my brake pedal. I know others love it though. 6’3” and 185lbs, 34” inseem for reference. Tried the Sargent in high and low, same problem with both. 

I’ve left two of the Motion Pro alignment tools clamped to my sprocket. It’s a good thing they’re aluminum, but the resulting aluminum powder is not good for the chain seals. So... Put a red ribbon on it or something. 😬

My wife and I have done an overnight on my 2016 FJ with stock suspension. I’m about 180 without gear, she’s 105ish. Both 22l sidecases and the 47l top box were packed full. I took it a little easier than I would have solo, but it was a fun trip, even if we were over the weight limit. Nothing falling off yet.