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Went to fit the side cases supports , and managed to chew up both the left side footrest hanger bolt heads 😕 And that was after buying a new Torque wrench and hex bits just for that job Annoyingly both the right side bolts came loose without any problems. After reading the above posts , I'm feeling even more useless about it. Thankfully our friend is a helicopter mechanic locally so is popping round tomorrow to get them out for me. Partzilla is now my Friend, 4 new bolts ordered , thankfully in stock so should be here midweek. The Job itself seems easy to do , bolts made of cheese wasn't part of the plan !!

I'm planning on doing a day trip round Tahoe when it warms up that way, I'd love to be shown some other routes 👍

Little trip along highway 50 in Nevada earlier, aka ' the loneliest highway in America ' , did 75 miles then just turned around and headed home again 😎

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First ride since moving to the States and getting my MC endorsement 😎

Welcome on board 👍 The A68 is a bloody great road , I only ever rode it once and always planned to get back up that way again but have since emigrated over the Pond so that's highly unlikely to happen. Glad you are enjoying your new Tracer .

Cable sorted , thanks for the advice Lads 👍

Exactly the help I was hoping for , thanks. The bikes only done 3,300 miles 🤔 I'll have another go at it after work tomorrow, as I need it feeling better for my first ride on her soon , as I'm finally doing my U.S M/C test this week 🤞

The new style clutch cable was the first thing I bought , even got it before I got the bike . Thanks for the tip anyway 👍

So , I need to adjust the clutch cable on my new to me FJ09 , as there is basically no biting point and far too much free play. I've read the official Service Manual and it says to unlock the locking nut and turn the adjusting nut counter clockways , my question is should the adjusting nut be so far ' into ' the grooved part ( no idea what the official name for that part would be , sorry 😞 ) or should it be sitting against it , like the locking nut ? Apologies for being a numpty , but I'm no mechanic ( clearly ) Thanks in advance for the advice and sarcasm 😁

What make is the rack ?

Fingers crossed for the bike being repairable, glad you could walk away from the crash 👍

Have a happy Christmas everyone 👍

Can anyone tell me what recalls happened on the '15 FJ09's over here , and how can I check if the bike I've just bought will of had them carried out ? Bearing in mind the fella I bought her off is in the USAF and had the bike shipped over to England when he was stationed there , and might of missed any recall notices. I had the gearbox recall carried out on my Gen 1 MT09 Tracer back home in England back in 2015 , and I think there was one for the handlebar clamps ? Cheers in advance 👍

As it happens , I did just that ☺

I'm from just outside London , though my last 20 years there were spent in Beautiful Somerset , more west / near Bristol. Very green , often wet , vastly different to the desert here in North Nevada 😎🤠

Absolutely, An Englishman now living in Nevada went to California to buy a Japanese bike bought in Montana by a bloke from Washington ( state ) which was hauled back in a u haul trailer with a Texas plate 😁

If you mean me , the bike was bought in Montana, registered in Washington but the guy I bought it from was based in Cali 👍

Cheers for the advice 👍

180 miles each way from my gaff in North Nevada to Linda , California was a 4 hour trip both ways at 55/60 MPH. Most of it was on I80 going over the infamous Donner pass , but when we hit Highway 20 in Cali it was a gorgeous tight and twisty road through a forest - great on a bike , not so in a truck pulling a trailer. But it's a road I'll be heading to once I'm legal. Hiring the trailer from u haul was a simple process , though I had to get the electrics plug on the truck fixed as it was rotten from non use. All in all , a great day out 👍

$15 per day for the trailer is a bloody bargain mate 👍 The test/ course I want to do here in Nevada is recognised as an official test by the DMV . It's a 2 day thing , both in the classroom and hands on bike training. But it comes highly recommended locally.

The guy I got it from is in the USAF and ironically had the bike shipped over to England when he was stationed over to my homeland , so it's kind of ' come home ' . The remap on the bike was done over there also. The clutch needs to be adjusted , literally no biting point. But I'll be fitting the new version cable as soon as I can find one anyway. Plus , as I keep saying , I need to pass my test 😞

Had this view for the 4 hour drive back to NV from Cali after buying my new to me FJ09 😎

So , after having to sell my beloved '15 Tracer 18 months ago because I was waiting for my green card to move to the U.S , i got my hands on this beauty today - another '15 FJ09 . Only 3,500 miles on the clock , bog standard except a ECU reflash but well maintained by the bloke I bought her from. Excited to get out on 2 wheels again - once I've passed my U.S M/C test .