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Excellent. Welcome to the Corbin/FJ family. Nice to have a real seat, eh?Yesterday I rode the FJ down to Hollister to have a new Corbin seat built. One of the benefits of doing a ride in is that you are able to change the designs a little from what is normally offered. I elected to make the seat in a monoposto style, covering over the passenger area in a flattened surface to better facilitate strapping on luggage. I will never be using this bike for a two-up tourer. And I went a little more outside the box and covered the seat in the "Black Bomber" leather. It actually is more grey and has a bit of a vintage distressed look to it. Mike Corbin made the suggestion to use the material and I agreed that the color worked well with the matte grey paint on the FJ.
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As I told my wife, I spent the day getting to know my new lady. I installed some of the parts that have been arriving. I raised the shifter 2 mm to fit under my boots better. Still a few things to add ...
New larger, softer pegs. I had to drill out the rivet on the left one. Did not eliminate any buzz on the highway, but it seemed a bit more comfortable on my ride today.
Billet stem caps. I had these left over from a custom build.
ASV levers. These bolt right on without fuss. A lot to disassemble to get at the pivot nut. They feel and work very well. I lengthen the mirror a bit with the stock adjustment nuts. They are a tad
wider and taller now.
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I agree on the earplugs and use them more and more now. Unfortunately the Givi doesn't meet my second basic criteria of making the bike look worse.
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@redfjniner Thanks. For me it comes down to noise and can't ruin the look of the bike. That's a pretty low "perfect" bar
. I like your DIY model.
BTW. I am 5'10' with 31" inseam. For me. The stock windscreen's problem seems to be turbulent air around the vertical edges. I simply think the vertical edge shape needs to be different. I'm going to start working on options.
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Parabellum may have just produced the best designed touring screen. This looks perfect - now does it work? I've decided yesterday after a long ride that noise is the issue and not buffeting for me. I'm not looking for a windless ride. I'm looking for a less noisy one now. I like the Ermax, but reviews are so mixed I'm hesitant to go down that path.
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Rev'it Raceway with cooling vest. Sand 2 pant with the liners left at home.
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Wow. The Givi looks like it will push a lot of wind. Not a fan of the design.
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where did you get the decals?
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Perfect! Thanks for the connector information. I've been cutting into wiring harnesses for a long time on 30 year old bikes, but I'm going to keep this one tight and tidy.
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Thanks. I ordered some clear ones. Does anyone know were we can buy OEM connectors without having to cut up our original parts?
On the extenders I think I can get 1 inch length. Do you think 1 inch would be good enough for a standard stature rider?
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Were those clear flasher lenses just plug and play? What kind are they? They look like perfect replacements.
Are the mirror extenders 2". Would 1" be long enough?
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Hi all,
I am thinking of putting together an online tool that will map screen performance (wind, noise, quality) against torso height and riding style. Essentially, the goal is to move from anecdotes to a consensus driven way to choose a screen. Any thoughts on how this should work?
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Thanks for the analysis. It may be the combination of increased air pressure on the rear and hitting the bigger screen. This is good to know as I was looking at the wind screen. We look forward to more analysis.
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I see wobble, but it isn't clear that it is front end wobble. I've never seen this. What do you have on the back of your bike?
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I think your clutch needs some adjustment. Mine is exactly the opposite of what you describe. My clutch engages very late in the pull (relative to some other bikes) and stays engaged as expected.
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Fair points, but the bolts don't need to be there or visible and even if painted look hideous from a design angle. Someone said you have to drill holes. I guess for wiring. Anyway, please post comments about quality when someone receives these. I may work on designing some that can be snapped into place with bolts showing.
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right ;(It matches the "gold" fork color.....
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Why do all these have to make the bolts so prominent? I would buy them in a second if the bolts were blacked out or covered. This is looks cool + cheap to me.
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I just ordered the FZ6 pegs from Ebay as these are exactly what I've been looking for to eliminate the small buzz and be slightly more forgiving. Hopefully they'll be good quality and not too slippery.
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I did a test this morning riding many miles at 60+ MPH. The natural frequency of the bike seems be triggered near 4500 rpm. When I shift up into 6th and get 3800-4000 rpms the bike goes quiet. This is all relative of course. There are no strong vibrations on this bike at any speed. If you feel some, then something is wrong. One need only ride my '81 Ironhead to feel the difference
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Wow. Those look huge!
What did you do to your FJ-tracer-gt today?
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