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My PC 800 had self canceling signals. Took me forever to get back in the habit of shutting them off. I like the STS but not the price.

I mentioned on Facebook how the new BMW 900 XR looked like it was copied from the Tracer and I sure pissed off some BMW fanbois. It sure looks more like the Tracer than the 1000 XR it supposedly is from. I think that is an attaboy for Yamaha. Good design language.

This is from yesterday. Testing it out. Need to upgrade my computer to handle the video. This was made with the GoPro app on my phone. Pardon the crappy music.

1 hour ago, fj09viking said:

Very happy with mine. I am just hitting wear bars on my first Shinko 705 rear tire with almost 8,000 miles on it. Front still in great shape and will easily go through another rear before I will have to replace it. 

Nice. Just what I wanted to hear.

13 minutes ago, betoney said:

There is no "correct position" for handlebars or your levers or the shift lever and rear brake pedal.  They they are adjustable so you can set them to YOUR preferred position.  

I put a mark on the riser and bars with a sharpie to realign after maintenance. 

First commute Shinko 705 tire review. I'm not a tire expert so take this for what it's worth.  I commute 90 miles one way. The first mile and a half is on sand and gravel road.

Drove across some wet grass in my driveway first. Not so great traction, but it's grass. Tires feel great on the sand and gravel. Sand is hard packed since it rained yesterday. This is why I bought them and they work as advertised. I have no plans to offroad the FJ. The rest of my commute was 2 to 4 lane roads and about 10 miles of freeway. The tires are fine on asphalt. Hit speeds over 70 with no issues. Slight hum from the treads but nothing annoying. The few curves I had were no issues grip wise. The bike actually wants to turn in easier probably because the back is a 170, not 180. Just a guess. Feels more flickable. Hard breaking feels normal. You can feel the front treads when you are slowing to a stop but no other time. There feels like a little more vibration in the handle bars but it seemed to get better during the ride. Used the word feels a lot, lol. I feel like I got more than my money's worth. Great tires. I'll update if there are any issues.

2 hours ago, roadrash83 said:

 I have the 705s on my KLR and i'm very happy with them. But the KLR is horsepower challenged, Hope they don't vaporize on the back of your FJ09.

I don't drive her hard or have curvy roads near me. If they don't last or work well on the road I'll probably go to the Michelin Road 5.

3 hours ago, coachluciano said:

Dam. What roads you riding. Lol. Amazes me the multi-use this FJ offers. Nice

I live on a 1 1/2 mile long dirt and gravel road. Tired of driving less than 10mph.

Installed some Shinko 705s. Live on a dirt road and need a little extra traction. I'll review them if anyone is interested. 

Unless you are an electrical engineer, the answer is no. Some people lower the high beam and keep it on. I drive at night so I won't do that. Also, I'm getting some Denali driving lights to help me out at night and make me more visible during the day.

1 hour ago, wordsmith said:

Strange, I also mentally wondered about this.   As a confirmed BMWer for many years, I don't know of a shaft-drive 850, UNLESS it was an older R850 R Roadster.   I owned many versions of this BMW Roadster model, an 1100, an 1150, and several 1200s.   Great bikes all, but getting a bit bulky and heavy (and costly!) for this biker.

I took a demo ride on the 850 Adventure. Absolutely loved it. The price was almost $19,000 US. No thanks.

43 minutes ago, ZigMerid said:

Nice write up, thanks.

 

I'm curious; which BMW 850 has a shaft drive? Is this a Malaysia-only model?

 

(Sorry, don't mean to veer too far off of Tracer-land, but can't resist.)

I think he just made a mistake. They are all chain drive. Even the older 800.

7 hours ago, jdavis said:

KTM handguards fitted today, waiting for a ride day to test them out. They look good though. Second hand off a demonstrator bike.

 

Pics?

21 hours ago, fj09viking said:

Replaced Motodynamic flushmounted front turn signals with CNC Racing Sky turn signals. Used Evotech mounting brackets (required drilling out to 10mm, but available from same shop as lights, so free shipping), TST connectors, TST relay. All straight forward except wire colors were reversed on TST connectors, which I only discovered after wiring everything together. I did plug into bike and discover before reassembly of sidepanels and bike, so no biggie. 

Nothing new here, but as great as the Motodynamic turn signals look, they are not very visible from the front. Not a safety issue, but every time I went to turn right off a street if there was a vehicle waiting to pull out from right side, they would sit there until I started my turn, which told me they could not see turn signals or was questioning what they were looking at. Someone that does not ride cant be expected to know where to look on a bike for turn signals either. The fact that half of the lights are dedicated to running light and half to turn signals does not help either. If everything flashed when using as turn signals it would have helped. It is also an invitatation for the police to pull you over of course. 

Got any pics or video of them lit?

13 hours ago, fj09viking said:

Got tired of getting on and off my bike several times a day to open and close garage door, so I purchased a Chamberlain mini remote, some industrial strength velcro, and a lanyard, which is clipped on to ignition key ring. Lanyard is multi purpose. It should prevent a fiasko in the event that the remote comes loose while riding and in case I forget to remove it, or the key, while parked anywhere other than my garage. I may very well install a button and wire to a garage remote under seat over the winter, but wanted to do something, even if only temporary.

Also added a couple of simple Yamaha decals. Removed the original ones, not because I didn't like them, but rather because I like plain, simple look and wanted to see what bike looked like without them, fully prepared to replace with OEM decals, which I might also do eventually. Original decals were off for a few weeks but I wanted to see what the ones I added today look like. If I collect a dollar every time someone asks me "is that a Tracer?" (it is a '17 FJ-09), I will have money for replacement OEM decals in no time!..... and yes I was getting that question regularly even when original decals were still on.

Edit: Apologize for picture quality. I see now after posting that I got carried away with compressing.

 

 

What size Shinko is on the rear? Can't find OEM size on the web.

14 hours ago, coachluciano said:

Just dropped $1200 on a Dianese Racing 3 D-Air jacket. Could not justify spending $600 on my helmet while not equally complementing with the latest state of the art protection which covers an many other vital organs. Even the deductible on my insurance warrants the extra 500-600 of protection over what I wear today.  Give a review after I get it Wednesday. 

Interested

@BBB.  Nothing. I have tried several browsers across several devices. I don't have access I guess.

So are new members not allowed to make galleries? I can't find any menus or buttons allowing me to make an album or upload pics in the gallery page.

Installed a Blaster-X tail light assembly last weekend. What a difference and worth every penny. Very bright and lit all the way across verses the two little triangles being lit. The braking strobe effect really gets your attention. I didn't hook up the integrated signal lights because I actually like the Yamaha pumpkin lights. I bought the optional control switch but so far have only used default mode. Took about 10 minutes to install just because of the switch. The light was less than a minute to install including removing the old one. I'd post a pic but there are great videos like this one.

On 6/18/2019 at 4:25 PM, cuff said:

Never too late to get info.👍

It did smooth things out, mostly in STD mode, but A mode still feels jerky at low speeds. The mod for me was a positive one but I know the bike will never be smooth without a full tune.

I should also say my aftermarket exhaust helped as well after finding a good baffle set up (hole size and number). To me it goes against what I've seen with other exhaust updates. Usually fueling gets worse but in this case it got better. Not sure why but who am I to question. Love the burbles on over run downshifting.

Thanks man. I'm going to try it. I figure a 16th of an inch should do it after going through forum posts.

On 9/9/2018 at 12:13 PM, cuff said:

Thanks for all this info dbeau. I was looking to smooth out my new 2017 and thought 'what the hell', I'll adjust the APS a little at a time to see what the difference was. I know there is no way of getting the numbers with the 2017 but figured I could always put it back if needed. I did this with my old Versys 650 as a common fix was to adjust the TPS a little at a time to smooth things out.
 
With my FJ I had to unplug the APS to get my rachet in there and of course, I started the bike while it was still unpluged. And as expected the bike threw a code and the check engine light now remains on.
 
I like doing my own work and forums like this are a great resourse. I wasn't sure which size plug and pins to order from Corsa Tech so I just got both. BTW, the OBD2 code reader is now $14 on Amazon.
 
Thanks again.

I know this is a little late, but did adjusting the APS a little at a time on your 17 work? I had my ECU flashed but there is still an abrupt throttle on in all modes. 

On 3/16/2019 at 5:44 PM, captfire22 said:

Evotech radiator guard and tail tidy install continued 

 

And then I took my fine 38 year old vintage girl for a ride

Nice snow machine!

Just found this post. Shouldn't have read it at work. Got to let my eyes dry out for a minute.

Did 8000 mile service, new plugs, synced throttle bodies, got ECU flashed by Vcyclenut. Drove it to work and it's like a totally different bike, in a good way.

A little late to this post but i just wanted to mention that I bought my FJ used with the eBay pegs already mounted. I have put 5000 miles on the bike and the rubber is tearing on the left peg. i am already missing a large piece of the lateral raised strip of rubber. I'm OK with this seeing as the pegs are inexpensive but I thought I'd let everyone know. This might be because I mount and dismount the bike from the peg, not the ground. Not as flexible as I used to be.