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I put mine facing forward to blow towards what is in front of me. A flat piece of metal from twisted throttle is what I used but I bought the horn at the same time. Anyway I screwed a bolt into the bottom of the triple tree and the bar is about 3 inches long by a 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch wide. Here's a pic, tried to edit it, crop it. Did that, blew it up real nice, saved it to my desktop and when I go to put it on here or open it, it is back to the original size. ANYWAY!!!! Mine is in the center right from the front of the bike and mounted under the triple tree. Oh yeah that sucker is loud! I've had dogs roll in the street. They are coming out to chase me, get close and I hit the horn. They act like the horn hit them and made them roll a couple of 360s and back on their feet running away squalling, LOL!

Hey, just saw this;

Molecule Helmet Refresh :: MotorcycleGear.com

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Features: Sanitizes and eliminates helmet odor on contact using...

Or this;

Molecule Helmet Care Kit :: MotorcycleGear.com

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Features: Bundled kit icludes microfiber cloth and four 4 oz sprayer: Helmet...

The helmet refresh is cheap alone. Try it and if it works, great. If it doesn't you're not out much.

On 3/9/2021 at 3:11 PM, whisperquiet said:

 I consider a helmet a short time consumable and replace regularly.

Yeah I go by the 5 year rule. After 5 years it's over. Styrofoam is decenter grating as well as other things ageing. Unless it gets 1 good hit. That's the other thing that ends a helmets life. I usually want a change by 5 years anyway. I'm sporting a Isle of Mann Bell Full face now.

On 4/10/2021 at 9:19 PM, Wintersdark said:

but when it's below freezing anything that gets wind off my hands is good, heated gloves or not.  

Ah, Ha, Ha, Ha! I don't ride in temperatures below my age. I'm 61 almost 62. So I don't ride in temps under 62 now. Good thing about this is we were in The Hill Country of Texas last week and weekend. Friday they said it would be 97. At 1 point in the afternoon it was 104 on my thermometer. Yeah it was hot but I can stand the heat much better than the cold. That was with Mesh Riding pants and jacket along with leather gloves and tourmaster riding boots, waterproof. It's a dry heat as they say. I do like the heated grips on these. I took off my hand guards. 

Nice Job! 

On 4/2/2021 at 8:12 AM, Mattf said:

One more thing-If you're considering a Tail Tidy you might as well do it while replacing the rear signals. Doh!

Yeah if you ride your bike with the bags off all the time a tail tidy is nice. I ride with my bags on almost all the time. I have a rain suit, Rev-it H2O Gloves and a tool roll. Plus I can put groceries or other things I decide to pick up when I'm out and the thought hits me. Only thing is with the tail Tidy. You can't see the blinkers or brake light from the side. The bags block it. As usual YMMV.

I put the Sargent seat on mine and it's great for me. Just enough slip and slide to get through the corners. The "stock" seat cover for the Sargent looks like the carbon on the sides of the FJ. I wear textile pants and they have a sticky patch where you set. Plus they put a cut out in the center of the seat just where the jewels set. Like the extra room. Being an old man they aren't what they used to be, LOL!

On 6/14/2015 at 12:09 PM, ULEWZ said:

I guess somebody has to say it, go get a GSXR if you want to do burnouts.  

No, it's go get a VMax if you want to do burnouts, LOL!

3 hours ago, Salish900 said:

Aprilia attitude is just, well, you bought Italian, isn't it beautiful? I'll stick Japanese, and admire the looks of the Italian bikes. Isn't that Aprilia 660 beautiful? 

IKR? I LOVE the Turono but living in Louisiana, being 200 miles or so from a dealer I'll stick to the Jap Bike. The V4 has all the power you could ever need and weighs about the same as an FJ-09. Really tempting but couldn't pull the trigger. Could have gotten 1, low miles for about the same price as my used FJ. Just couldn't pull the trigger. Maybe if I trailered to all the meets every year, maybe. But I bought the FJ to RIDE to every event except NC at 850 miles away, freeway miles that is. I do The Hill County at 450 miles each way and Arkansas at 325 miles each way. The Turono does have handle bars though. The GSXR doesn't. Can't ride it that far at this age. Still looking for that 16 year old kid that wants all my crap and that big ole 401K for that kid body. Hell I'll even give him all my experience, LOL!

5 hours ago, peteinpa said:

Good on you, able to fold yourself onto that at 58.  I got my CBR1100XX out spring of 2008 and couldn't take the neck pain for half an hour. It's bars were way higher than that Suzuki. 

It's been "standard" seating for me since.  Now it's my butt that hurts in 2 to 4 hours.

I miss that XX though. 150 HP is addicting.

Yes it is nice to come out of the corners and blip the throttle and be doing 150 mph. Getting into my 60s now. I have to chill. I keep telling myself you have to chill. Got rid of the ZX11 Ninja and my 2000 ZRX1100 to get my 2015 FJ-09. I have friends of mine riding a few weeks ago. This kind of stuff reminds me to CHILL! 

https://www.kjas.com/news/local_news/article_7c2b19a2-7f44-11eb-a4ab-8fd301744d62.html

MUST....CONTROL......RIGHT.......WRIST!!!!!!!!!

Notice the ZX11 has handle bars, Creature comforts.

That is a beautiful bike! It would ruin my ideas of becoming a mid-pack rider instead of an up front rider. All that aside, have fun on that thing!!!!!

11 minutes ago, fjray said:

Wasn't trying for laughs, just disgusted with the original tires on these bikes. I've had two new ones now and both times have taken the rim protectors off after only hundreds of miles. 

Yeah I wonder where they find these 2nd rate tires from a major manufacturer. Why can't they put on the RoadSmart III or RoadSmart 4s? Are these tires the companies make for the bike itself? Anytime OEM tires are on something they seem to be tires you won't find for sale or them promoting. One of the only tires I see them promoting is the Bridgestone S22s stock on the Kawasaki Ninja 1000s. I'm actually trying a set. Just ordered from rockymountainatv.com with a $50 dollar VISA attached. Still though wondering why Dunlop would make a tire so bad when they have good tires they could promote. 

On 3/21/2021 at 5:37 AM, fjray said:

Good thing too because the  original  Dunflops on these bikes aren't  even  good at protecting the rims. 

Now that's funny there I don't care who you are!

1 hour ago, Wintersdark said:

Gotta be careful with this stuff, though.   It'll straight up dissolve some types of asphalt.  I did a substantial amount of damage to my old driveway cleaning my XJ750's old grungy engine with this. 

I bet it would being a heavy duty de-greaser.

3 hours ago, Garybinnyc said:

Looking for your thoughts here, but my 2015 a few months ago, very nice condition but a little rust here in there which I’m getting cleaned up however I noticed today there was a little bit of rust on the chain.. any major concerns driving it for the season or do you guys recommend I replace it ASAP? 

No just go out for a short ride if possible. This will warm the chain. Pull up at the house and put bike on center stand. Turn the rear tire "BY HAND"! and spray on your chain lube. Let the bike sit a few hours or until the next time you're ready to ride. Check the chain to see if you need a rag to wipe off the excess chain lube. Now adjust your chain while it's nice and pliable so you get a good gauge of the tightness. A little rust on the chain happens if a bike sits up for a while, out in the weather or ridden for a bit without lubing it. It's not the death nail for a little rust. It's ok.

34 minutes ago, betoney said:

I bought a 2nd rear wheel on eBay so I could have one wheel for local riding and a one with a fresh tire ready to go for road trips.

I had a right angle stem installed and had it balanced.  It came with a fluorescent yellow rim stripe so I covered it with silver.

 

SCORE!

On 2/22/2021 at 1:34 PM, keithu said:

Probably designed by the same shithead who created the bodywork puzzle. 

Come on keithu tell us how you "REALLY" feel, LMAO!

21 minutes ago, peteinpa said:

Which Gunk in particular? Got a pic? Thanks.

This usually  

But I have used this when it's on sale at Advance Auto for less than the original.   Both are just fine on the finish. I spray the engine under the front sprocket to clean the chain lube that runs down the lower engine. It works great and leave residue or any discoloration of the plastic or metal painted with the flat look. I also use Turtle Wax ICE on all the surfaces of the bike. Works well on flat and rubber, etc. Makes my rubber surrounds of my 1999 Toyota Tacoma rubber bumpers look like new and the flat black factory fender extenders look  like new also. No white left on it like regular wax. A little expensive but comes off easy and doesn't make a mess or white powder. 

On 3/19/2021 at 9:38 AM, nhchris said:

It must be the reincarnation of our dear old favorite....     "GUNK."

Sprayed many a can of this stuff into engine bays back in the day!

Still using GUNK on my 2015. Works like a charm, doesn't hurt the finish and cleans the chain lube off the rear rim nicely. I make sure none gets on the brake pads or rotor or chain. Use kerosene and chain scrubber while the GUNK works in then I'm old school with DAWN dish soap and a sponge. Used to clean my bike while on trips each evening I was so anal. Now it's clean when I leave and I clean it good after a trip. As texscottyd knows living in Texas or Louisiana we get a good coating of bugs almost every time you ride.  I wet the front of the bike a couple of times and let it sit for a few minutes each time to get the bugs soft. I'm down south so we wash or vehicles in the shade also. Have to dry everything after washing with well water. Lots of minerals to make white spots. Still looks good at 6 years old and 16,000+ miles.

Oh yeah, I bought it 40 months ago with only 2,348 miles as I remember. I ride about 5,000 miles a year on it.

10 hours ago, bwringer said:

The windscreen I got is just the hunk of plastic. No hardware. It appears to just mount up to the stock stuff like a stock windscreen.

I'll see if I can get it mounted up and get some pics in the next day or two.

I haven't removed the handguards entirely yet, but I probably will. They sure don't do anything much for wind, and I doubt the flimsy plastic would do much at all in a drop. And they look weird.

Here's my FleaBay knockoff!

10 hours ago, 2and3cylinders said:

The FZ subframes as stated ànd swing arms are shorter 

My 76 RD400 has Banshee cages and Boysen reeds, bored carbs, splitter 1~2 intake with single  K&N, Protopipes and stingers, electronic ignition, rev limiter, Fox shocks, massaged forks, bushed swing arm, porting, pistons, etc and it a total hoot when it hits 5500!  Can u say ring ding ding ZING?

I love the smell of bean oil.....oh the memories!

3 hours ago, Wintersdark said:

Oh!  Oil thread!

 

Best way to uselessly waste money. 

I think vitamins are the BEST way to uselessly waste money IMHO, LOL!

Oh no he didn't!!!!  

On 3/13/2021 at 9:26 AM, betoney said:

 

If getting a set of tires specifically for sporty riding, get the S22's.  👍

I'll get those then. We will see how long they last. I'm likefjray. He says, Only sporting riding and only S22s for me.  Alas, all that fun and they're spent in under 2K. Gotta pay to play. Now that I have a tire changer that's 110.00 per set less to pay. Don't mind changing them out each trip to have the sticky stuff.

I had a Gen 1 VMax that I had put a 17" rim on the back to run radials instead of Bias Tires it came with. I used a 1X4 under the center stand. The 3/4 of an inch made all the difference and it wasn't hard to use. 

I had lowered the triples about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch but as you know the Gen 1 VMax is squirrely enough without egging it on, LOL! You might be able to do that, lower the triples to get the rear tire off the ground.