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I'm just happy that if need be I can ride 200 miles with no worries. I have friends with Gen 1 and 2 VMaxes that are on fumes at 100 miles. Heck, I used to ride a Gen 1. Look at the new Suzuki GS1100. Has a 3.8-gallon tank. Who designed that? Used to looking at 100-120 miles and more gas so 200 miles is easy to me now. Now if you want to think of this bike in FUN per gallon. Now you are on the right track.

And easy to do. I do it all the time. Back in the old days....funny hearing me say that but anyway, back in the old days we would only disassemble 1 side of a drum brake system. That way you had 1 side to look at to put the side you took apart back together. That's why I use the camera so much now, even at work. It's so easy nowadays.

In a size 180, they have a heavy duty carcass and a regular carcass. The heavy-duty carcass is about 20 bucks more. The heavy duty is called A-Spec and is a 2 ply carcass

OK, betoney, I just ordered a 180 Angel GT for the rear. On your saying you're getting 9,000 miles out of a rear. I can tell by your riding style it's close to mine. So if I can get 6,000 miles out of a rear that's a riding season for me. @ 164 bucks to my door, I'm in. And that meaning it should be at my place by the end of this week. I was just using el-cheapo Conti_Motion rears for 98 bucks and hoping to get 3,500 to 4,000 miles from them till I needed a new front then start with a fresh set but thought about it and I'll start trying out high mileage sport tour tires to see how they do. My tire changer guy went up to 45 bucks a tire to mount and balance. I see a Gen-Mar tire changer in my future. So the Angel GT is my first choice on your referral there, betoney. PLUS I had 20 bucks in Revzilla CASH!!!!! Down to 144 bucks..... Just to let you know there was a lot of back and forth between the PR 5 and the Anget GT.

I don't know about you Moses but WOW! we're cool kids!!!!! I finally made it! 😀 WE finally made it!!!!

Hey FJ_Junkie, the Corbin seat for the FJ09 appears to be shaped completely different than the passenger section for the FZ6. Might this work for you. I ride solo and the Seargent front seat works great for me. I never changed the rear section but Seargent does make a pillon seat for the FJ09, also the make a backrest, see here; Sargent Seats - Yamaha - FJ09 / MJ09 WWW.SARGENTCYCLE.COM

Yeah, I always ride like they don't see me. A quick bump of the horn and I'm visible. Glad most of my riding is leaving from my house and going further out in the boonies. I don't commute, I have a company car and just ride the bike for pleasure. I live out of town on a lake here in NW Louisiana and ride further out on backroads. It's enough to deal with people pulling out of their driveway onto 2 lane country roads. Again, a slight tap of the Soundbomb and they double take and think it's a semi.

I have the split Soundbomb myself. People jump when I hit the horn. You see them in their cars when you hit the horn. They do a double take expecting to see a simi or such vehicle. Easy install, worth it IMHO. In the States, we have our headlight come on with the key. I run high beams most of the time.

All I can say is it must be the surface of your roads and the coolness of the area, rainy cool streets. 9,000 miles out of a set. Is that 1 rear gets 9,000 miles?

I need to ride behind 1 of these folks that get 12-13K out of a rear tire. Maybe because daboo is in Seattle and it's wet and the tires/Pavement is cooler most of the year makes a difference. And here I am in Louisiana, riding in 90 degree plus days almost half my year. Our roads are mostly chip rock over tar which eats up tires too. daboo might have more asphalt roads or cement. I'm changing a rear Dunlop Roadsmart II at 2330 miles because I'm not sure it will make the 1600 to 2000 mile trip I did in early April. At 2330 miles it's a little past halfway gone and getting flat across the center. I was hoping with a lighter lower HP bike I'd get better mileage out of my rears but I think my riding style just eats 'em up. My friends and I call it Spirited Riding. Usually nothing over 100, that's the cut-off. Mostly twisty roads with 25 up to 45 MPH curves that you can almost double the MPH sign for that corner. Just having fun and using about 3/4s of your skill so you always have that extra if you need it. I didn't think at first it was the riding style. I had a ZX11 Ninja and a ZRX1100 with ZX11 Cams my nephew put in for me. Both those bikes got 2,800 to 3,200 miles. 3,200 miles was cord hanging out. Well come to think of it I am getting better mileage! I hope to get 4,000 out a rear tire now. I was also thinking of the new Michelin 5s. Would be nice to find a tire that gets me 5 to 6 thousand miles, that's a riding season for me. Have to look into Angel GTs too. Keep up the replies folks!

All my Yamaha VMaxes, 3 of them, '94, '95, 99' made that sound/noise/feeling. Even after taking the front triple tree apart, regreased the bearings and tightened to correct specs. to get rid of the VMax headshake. Never had the noise or feeling on my ZRX1100 or ZX11D Ninja. Not sure if it's a Yamaha thing or if it's just the bearing setup in the bikes that make the noise. My 2015 FJ09 doesn't do it and it's a Yamaha. At least I don't think it does. Never felt/heard it. Don't have the headshake on my FJ09 but I took off the handguards right after getting it. reflashed it last year on a holiday for a better deal but never had the weave or headshake in triple digits after the reflash. From what I've experienced with my bikes and the comments here I'd say your OK. Even tho I have the 1st version of the FJ09 I'm very happy with the bike. Does what I want it to in a nice light package with plenty of performance. I am getting a few of the standard things found on the GT like slipper clutch and cruise. I already put the heated grips on and love them.

Yuppers didn't remember that. Mine was already adjusted right when I bought it.

Not sure on that Luma, I have a 2015 FJ and my GPS rides right over the display, which of course is different from yours but it works perfectly. Tried to load a pic but it's too big, oh well.

maybe this??? MT09 Tracer Adaptive LED Fog Lights CosmoMotoAccessories WWW.EBAY.COM Led Fog Light for the MT-09 Tracer that turns when turning! 1 x 36W Cree Waterproof Flood and Spot Led bar (half led flood half spot). The light is mounted with a special bracket on the forks and it...

It does work as advertised. Little to no vibration and the ball is a hard rubber so the RAM mount stays put. I use a waterproof GPS case with a sun visor on it. Got it here; Amazon.com: RiderMount Waterproof Sunshade 5" GPS Satnav Case with RAM Type 1" Ball for Garmin Nuvi Tomtom Go Start 5 inch: MP3 Players & Accessories WWW.AMAZON.COM Buy RiderMount Waterproof Sunshade 5" GPS Satnav Case with RAM Type 1" Ball for Garmin Nuvi Tomtom Go Start 5 inch: Vehicle Mounts - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible... Tried to post a pic but it's too big. Not into getting the software to shrink pix. download, setup, blah, blah, blah. Have ridden in sprinkles so far to test waterproofness. No downpours yet. I usually put the GPS, Radar Detector away if and that's if we decide to ride thru a downpour or thunderstorm.

I have this and really like it. Original Yamaha FJ-09 MT-09 Tracer 900 GPS Phone Holder, CosmoMotoAccessories WWW.EBAY.COM This holder can be installed with any windshield. Very easy to fit! | eBay! Mine is a 2015 FJ09. Don't think it fits the new Tracer or Tracer GT. This has worked well for me over the last year.

Stand back and admire your handywork before covering the bike up again because you can't go out and ride it because it's -20 degrees Celsius outside. 😱 That was my question......And now how has the ride changed? I understand your turmoil, I'm 60 and if it's less than 60 degrees I don't pull the bike out. Remember when I used to ride to work in the upper 30's to low 40's.......oh the humanity!!!!! When you get a chance to put a leg over the bike, write us a line. I'll probably have already bought the shock by then, a couple of weeks, but I'm pretty sure the report will be good.

Chicken strips.....we don't need no stinkin' chicken strips............

Betoney, I hear you and I love my 200 mile range on the FJ. That being said.......I'm an ole VMax guy and a longtime member of the VMOA. I rode Gen 1 VMaxes, owned 3 of them and wasn't a big Gen 2 fan. On gen 1 VMaxes you got 127 miles out of a tank. And a Member John Furber made rear ends with Venture gearing. They got 165 miles out of a tank and only dropped the RPMs by 500. And on hard acceleration still yealded a long black strip all thru 2nd gear. But now I ride with quite a few Gen2 Vmxes at 3 meets a year I make. With some of their reflashes, they get 90 miles on a tank, reserve and all. Totally out at 90. But hey we've known each other for about 25 years and really enjoy the visit every year, makes it easy to make lots of gas stops. I'm in that 60-year young group now. I was riding a 1996 ZX11 Ninja before I bought the FJ09. It has a 6.5 gallon tank and got 43 miles to a gallon. I used to get gas every other time we stopped, LOL! I'm more than happy myself with 108 RWHP but those Gen2 VMaxes come out of a corner and nail it with 196 RWHP. They just zip past 150 MPH like the FJ09 zips past 90. Now that I think about it I'm pretty happy they need gas every 75 miles or so. As I get more seasoned, as in a seasoned citizen, holding focus for more than 75 miles of twisties is getting harder. 😵 I almost went with the FZ10 as we call it here when it 1st came out. Then I checked the insurance. $376.00 every 6 months...The FJ09 costs me $78.12 every 6 months. I don't have to have 143 RWHP and 463 lbs. anymore but 5 years ago I would have. If they could put an FJ in front of it my insurance guy says FJ means touring, FZ means naked bike/hooligan. I can tell I'm almost past the point of entertaining the thought of owning a sport-touring 143 RWHP lightweight bike. A little less hooligan these days.......Still, love the light weight power to weight ratio of this FJ. It puts the sport back in sport touring.....don't tell my insurance agent, LOL!

Yup but as you can see it's not the same bike as is in the youtube vid. In the vid it's a 4 cyl.

Hey, I'm 60 and that's the temp I start to think about riding at. 60 degrees or higher these days. Any colder the bikes in the shed that is kept at 55 degrees during the winter don't move. Your talking 11 degrees????? 50 degrees down south is a non-starter, HA!

I'm in for a t-shirt or 2. A pic that shows the FJ09 as the naked bike it is with a shorty screen.

Waterproof Tour Master Solution 2.0 Boots, comfy enough to walk around in if you ride with a group and they are site seeing also if you yourself like to do a little hiking down to waterfalls, etc. Plus the price is nice on them and they wear pretty well. I also get them in the wide version. I wear an 11.5 EE in New Balance. I wear a 46 Wide in these. http://www.motorcyclegear.com/street/street_boots/waterproof_sport_street_touring_boots/tour_master/solution_2_0_waterproof_road_boots.html

OK betoney, Went out this morning and set the grip warmers to 3, 5 and 7 from the stock settings of 1, 5 and 10. It's still 29 outside, not in the shed where the motorcycles are, 55 in there. Once it gets to 48 today I'll warm up the bike with the grip heaters on and see what I get. It's so easy to move around in the menu area, even for the 60-year-old inside me. Sometimes he comes out....."Git off my lawn," LOL! But most of the time my 25 to 35-year-old self is in charge. But yeah it is easy and intuitive. Went out, cranked up the bike. Ran the heated grips. Found 3 to be great for low, moved it to 6 for Med. Not enough difference between 3 and 5 so 3 then 6 then 8 for high. Still only a high of 47 today, just don't have the will/urge to ride when it's much under 60 degress.

3 5 and 7 was what I thought. I did a search and got 1 guy at 2 3 and 4. I'll set it to 3 5 and 7 and go from there. Seems mid-level setting for each 1. Haven't tried them yet. it's mid 30's and 15 MPH with 25 MPH gusts of wind. Not riding, e en with heated grips, no sir! But I did get 2 layers of electric tape over the handlebars on the clutch side in case there was any difference in heat others had claimed. Thanks for the replies folks!!!