tedski

I think it's partly that and partly the newer coatings they put on the plug threads. Simple advances in science and manufacturing.

A similar thing used to happen to my Google Pixel 2. Went through about 3 warranty replacements before I realized the phone mounted in an x-grip was rattling the camera module loose. You'd go to open the camera app and the phone would crash and reboot.

I prefer JT sprockets, personally. They seem to be of high-quality/craftsmanship machining and I've been running them on all bikes for years now. As for chain, I am personally fine with any of the top brands o-ring or better chains that meet the spec (EK, RK, DID if they're on sale). As for sources, I price shop between Revzilla, BikeBandit, etc.

It's a coolant temperature sensor, not an engine temperature sensor. The coolant does change temperature that fast, of course. As to where it is, it's in the back of the head on the right hand side of the bike. See: and

Put it on the centerstand and spin each wheel independently (have someone push down on the rear of the bike to lift the front). It may be the rotors dragging in certain spots of the rotation.

But when you install the QS for the first time, you have to enable it. The enabling procedure is to hold the shifter up. That's why I think it's normally open. There's probably a logic check in the boot process of the ECU that checks if that circuit is closed (shifter up) and then flips the "QS Installed" bit.

I couldn't find the QS switch on the wiring diagrams in the FSM. I was hoping we could get the switch spec from there. But, thinking through the installation process... the way you enable the QS is to also hold the shifter up, so that leads me to believe it's normally open. My thinking is that when the connector is bare (bike without QS installed), the circuit is obviously open. If it were a normally closed switch, then holding the shifter up (engaging the switch) would not be a different state from the absence of a QS.

Hey, for the rest of us who actually want to have constructive conversation and learn from each other... please share your findings.

From experience with clutchless upshifts on all of my bikes (none have quickshifters), you learn that you can weight the shift lever and then decide when to blip the throttle to shift. With the engine load on the gears, the shift fork can't move things until the throttle is blipped and that pressure is relieved. This translates to the quickshifter mechanism so that the power cut is as near as the point of the shift fork being ready to move things. Hope that helps explain it.

Welcome! I also had a V-Strom 1k a few bikes back. I can easily see why the FJ-09 is a natural progression for many.

Huge +1 to this. I've done the custom Corbin thing and it's a great experience (they have a cafe on site with good WiFi so you can occupy time while waiting between iterations). I'll be headed to Ventura for a Bill Mayer Saddle for my '17 here soon, but they are not cheap.

I carry a MotoPort rain suit that I put over my 'stich if it's going to be heavy rain all day. Even if the 'stich is water tight, wet gear sucks in the hotel room each night. Rain gear wipes dry. I consider the 'stitch (and any cordura laminated gore-tex) good for what I call "commute rain" but if it's going to be heavy rain all day or multiple days... I'll take a rain suit.

The difference (advantage is subjective) is the power curve. I find all 3 modes to be smooth, but that's also subjective. I, personally, enjoy the power application of A-mode in the twisty stuff. I trail brake and I enjoy getting on the throttle through the apex and exit. A-mode allows me to do that with the most... "umph?"

My 'stich has also seen lots and lots of Death Valley and other hot weather riding. I never close the back vent. I open and close the underarm vents as desired while riding. With the underarm vents open, I lift my elbows (think dirt bike riding position) and the air flows right through. Is it perfect? Absolutely not. Is it adequate? Yes.

Forget about lighting, forget about hi-viz. Find a way to appear on their phone screen and they'll see you. Until then, ride as if every cage is out to kill you.