Premium Member fanowater Posted December 31, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted December 31, 2015 Installed my heated grips today. I decided to install the 4" piece of shrink tubing on the left grip based on the suggestion of someone on this forum (forgot who, but great tip. Thanks!)Job went smooth except when it is 45F in the garage and all you have is a hair dryer it takes a freaky long time to get heat shrink to shrink. Tomorrow is supposed to be cold and sunny - sounds like the perfect chance to test them out. 2015 FJ-09 2006 Triumph Daytona 675 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b12ty Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Installed my heated grips today. I decided to install the 4" piece of shrink tubing on the left grip based on the suggestion of someone on this forum (forgot who, but great tip. Thanks!)Job went smooth except when it is 45F in the garage and all you have is a hair dryer it takes a freaky long time to get heat shrink to shrink. Tomorrow is supposed to be cold and sunny - sounds like the perfect chance to test them out. You're gonna love em! Don't forget to program the 3 presets to a value of 1-10. I have mine on 2-3-5, I think. Works for me down to 40f. Ty '05 Bandit 1200s ( Blue and White ) Bandit pic 2015 FJ-09 ( RED ) FJ-09 pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member fanowater Posted December 31, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted December 31, 2015 Thanks! You are right, I haven't done that yet. Going to get moving on that in a few minutes.Cheers Done - starting with 2-4-6. Will adjust from there.Cheers 2015 FJ-09 2006 Triumph Daytona 675 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member jetfixer Posted December 31, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted December 31, 2015 With my holiday time off, i've continued farkling my FJ. Dialed in my Nitron shock upgrade, wow what a difference! Firm but plush as they say, no more jolts on hard edge bumps. Waiting on Andreani fork cartridges to complete suspension work. Meanwhile, with Lewis's ( ULEWZ )help, flashed my ECU yesterday. Just did some basic things starting with removing the speed limiter. 8D Disabled AIS, set cooling fan cutoff points lower ( 210/200 rather than factory 224/215 ), and played with engine braking settings. Left the fueling alone for now, as I ride in STD mode which always felt fine to me... Today I installed a Pyramid Fender extender. It comes with little plastic "push rivets" now, instead of just double sided tape. You do have to drill some holes for the rivets, but it's really solid now. Looks good, and will keep a lot of crap off my radiator. You listening wessie? Next up, I installed some ebay aftermarket lighted mirrors. I wired them to my turn signals. Not only are the backs of the mirrors lighted, but the front is too under the glass. Most visible at night, it looks cool with the arrow shaped pattern. And totally invisible when off , neat! A little wider than stock so I can see better around my shoulders, the only thing I can nit-pick is that the mounting stem is a little shorter slightly blocking the menu selector rocker switch. No biggie. Last thing today is a USB cigarette lighter adapter. It reads out voltage, and amps drawn when you plug something in. My Garmin pulls .3 Amps it appears. USB voltmeter bought here: link Mirrors here: link Says Ducati in the title, but comes with Yamaha reverse thread adapters. Note: These are clear lenses for max brightness, also made in smoke. Ty Thanks Ty, Mirrors have my thinking, running lights also? I have the indicators on the hand guards but I was thinking of ditching the guards, Hummmm? Bill 2015 Heeled by the hands of Nel's @ 2WheelDynoworks K-Tech forks and shock lots of other expensive unimportant stuff. The "Ex" 2003 FZ1 Ride more, worry less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b12ty Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Next up, I installed some ebay aftermarket lighted mirrors. I wired them to my turn signals. Not only are the backs of the mirrors lighted, but the front is too under the glass. Most visible at night, it looks cool with the arrow shaped pattern. And totally invisible when off , neat! A little wider than stock so I can see better around my shoulders, the only thing I can nit-pick is that the mounting stem is a little shorter slightly blocking the menu selector rocker switch. No biggie. Mirrors here: link Says Ducati in the title, but comes with Yamaha reverse thread adapters. Note: These are clear lenses for max brightness, also made in smoke. Ty Thanks Ty, Mirrors have my thinking, running lights also? I have the indicators on the hand guards but I was thinking of ditching the guards, Hummmm? I originally wanted to do that, but then the running lights would light up the LED arrows all the time. I thought about wiring the front side separately, but the mirrors are sealed. So I just use them for turn signals, for now at least. Ty '05 Bandit 1200s ( Blue and White ) Bandit pic 2015 FJ-09 ( RED ) FJ-09 pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member jetfixer Posted January 1, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted January 1, 2016 Ok that would make sense, I didn't think about the arrows bring lit constantly. Thanks. Bill 2015 Heeled by the hands of Nel's @ 2WheelDynoworks K-Tech forks and shock lots of other expensive unimportant stuff. The "Ex" 2003 FZ1 Ride more, worry less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member fanowater Posted January 13, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted January 13, 2016 I installed a GPR V4 steering dampener this evening. Hopefully, I will get some dry roads to test it soon. The nuts under the top triple clamp are a serious pain in the arse to get too. Hope I never had to access them again. Cheers 2015 FJ-09 2006 Triumph Daytona 675 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member cman Posted January 13, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted January 13, 2016 Installed my Givi D2122S Windscreen yesterday and rode it in today. It's a nice looking windscreen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member stealth09 Posted January 14, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted January 14, 2016 I ordered the Yamaha rack and a Shad SH45 top case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member stealth09 Posted January 14, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted January 14, 2016 I ordered the Yamaha rack and a Shad SH45 top case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member foxedupone Posted January 14, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted January 14, 2016 Mocking up the cage to get it ready for some mods with spacers and new tabs on skid plate to make it all fit. Aux lights will be mounted next to the top loop on this cage. I had kris higdon paint it orange for me. akrapovic headers gave some fit tent issues though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member 1moreroad Posted January 15, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted January 15, 2016 (Finally) installed heated grips and wiring for my heated jacket. Have the grip levels at 3, 6, and 9, but I think I'll need to bump those down to 2, 5, and 8. Weird weather -- it was in the teens on Monday and over 60 degrees today. Moved handlebars 10 mm forward. Raised the forks from 1.6 mm (from the dealer) to 4.8 mm (close to 5 mm without going past). The bike might turn in a little faster, but it may be wishful thinking. Trying my second attempt to install my Laminar Lip. The Lip is held by adhesives to the stock screen. The first time I installed it, it did great under 55 mph, but worked loose after about an hour at interstate speeds. This time I'm using some C-clamps and spring clamps to hold the lip to the windscreen for 24 hours to see if the adhesive "sets" better like the instructions say. Riding around with no screen right now. Surprising how much smoother the air is under ~ 50 mph. Starts to get back (but never quite gets) to stock screen noise levels above 55 mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groverdill Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Paid it off! Now I just need spring to get here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member paladin Posted January 16, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted January 16, 2016 Today I installed pyramid plastix front fender extender. It took about an hour. I had to remove the fender, 4 hex screws, then the brake line holders, clean, stick extender on with included foam tape, drill 4 mm (5/32) holes then install plastic rivits. There is a good video on Youtube. Then install fender. The wlole thing took about an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member stealth09 Posted January 16, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted January 16, 2016 Installed the Yamaha rack and Shad SH45 top case. Looks great with the Yamaha hard side cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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