Supporting Member piotrek Posted April 26, 2021 Supporting Member Share Posted April 26, 2021 20 minutes ago, duhs10 said: I know @pattonmeused 11mm spacers. Brembo sales spacer kits. 10mm or 12mm work with R1 rotors? Extreme Creations has 10mm spacers that are otherwise correct in other dimensions I believe. A note on there says that 10mm would be applicable to 320mm rotors. There is a member on here somewhere who was cutting his own 11mm spacers. I would maybe do some searching first before deciding. 10/12mm spacers will just move the pads to extreme edge of the rotor's wear band. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duhs10 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 53 minutes ago, piotrek said: Extreme Creations has 10mm spacers that are otherwise correct in other dimensions I believe. A note on there says that 10mm would be applicable to 320mm rotors. There is a member on here somewhere who was cutting his own 11mm spacers. I would maybe do some searching first before deciding. 10/12mm spacers will just move the pads to extreme edge of the rotor's wear band. Thanks... I will search around. Just going EBC on stock rotors for now... may pursue the 320mm rotors at a future date. 90% of my riding is commuting so I'm not sure I will see the benefit of the larger rotors... 1 '15 FJ-09 w/ lots of extras... Fayetteville, GA, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoti Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Cruise control Throttle lock . I was going to fit the Kaoka unit ,but their very expensive, so Ive retro fitted a Break Away throttle lock I had . Works fine with the Mirror extension arms ,on RH one I drilled through to fix/hold the horizontal holding arm . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggy Nate Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Painted the bike with some plasti dip equivalent paint. Absolutely rubbish finish but the colour looks mean as. Think I may have to give it a paint job for its birthday. Painted the belly pan to match the wheels and it is a pretty good colour match. Stoked! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member texscottyd Posted April 27, 2021 Supporting Member Share Posted April 27, 2021 On 4/18/2021 at 3:41 PM, koth442 said: Today, I said good-bye to my FJ. The new owner seems like a very pleasant guy. I'm sure they'll be a great pair. I already bought the replacement in November, a 2011 blue / white Daytona 675. Buy in Nov, sell in April as the adage goes. I hate to see you leaving the FJ family, but it sounds like you’ve found a great replacement with the Triumph. Enjoy! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clegg78 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 (edited) On 3/27/2021 at 3:28 PM, Yamajank said: Made a modification to the tool sold by @Clegg78. No offense, but I found it hard to actually turn the preload the way it is. And I think I have strong hands and fingers. I can get a little more leverage now to make adjustments. So I have Ohlins NIX30/FKS forks installed now on my bike so I made a new adjuster (the clear resin one that has a 3mm hex in the middle now) and took time to update the round adjuster. I made the adjuster in general about 5mm bigger diameter, and put some deep scallops in the side. I didn't have issues with the round setup on the Yamaha forks, but I did on the Ohlins, going to this scalloped design makes it easy to turn the preload. I do have the updated Tracer 900GT fork tool listed here for sale, and will be listing the Ohlins NIX30 specific one in a couple days after testing more. I may also list the Tracer one for sale in clear resin, but I am concerned about the flat blade part not lasting in a resin print. (Update, I've consolidated all these products into one line now. All printed in high strength Resin. ) JK3D Moto Fork Adjustment Tool - JK3D.us This is a small portable tool to let you adjust the... Edited May 5, 2021 by Clegg78 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clegg78 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Did some fun things today on the bike after getting the Ohlins YA537 rear shock on and NIX 30/FKS front fork cartridge's installed, I installed a set of Flowing LED turn signals that also have a running light and brake light built in. Was a real easy install in the front, and in the rear I made my own wiring harness for the signals to use the stock connectors + a tap off the brake light line. I'll post what signals and such in the actual signal mega thread 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koth442 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 I'm loving all this tasty suspension pictures. 2 2 '15 FJ09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy826 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 9 minutes ago, koth442 said: I'm loving all this tasty suspension pictures. No kidding that is some nice stuff on that bike. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warchild Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 SW-Motech finally sent the SHAD40-specific adapter kit for their Adventure Rack - special order from Germany - and I will admit it's a nice bit of kit. Bike is now almost set for 2-up touring - only have the Ohlins insanity to finish up, then we are on the road. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koth442 Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Enjoy & ride safe! '15 FJ09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draco_1967 Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 It has begun! I have watched a few hours with of YouTube videos about wrapping. It seems people are split on wrapping with things on the bike vs off. For these small pieces, I don't know how I could do it off the bike. They need to be anchored to get the proper stretch in places. It's far from perfect, but I am happy for my first attempt. I'll do the tank next. I'm using 3M 2080 Gloss White Gold Sparkle. It's a pretty close match to the front panels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clegg78 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Took the upgraded bike out for a ride to the mountains, tuning the suspension a bit on the way. Hit some hilly gravel roads, wash boarded dirt roads, and some high speed twisties. I am kind of amazed how confident the bike feels now on all these conditions ! Also seeing how bright the new led signals and running lights are. I am happy with them! i designed a new tool to make adjusting the suspension on the Ohlins forks (may work with k-tech and others as well) on the fly. I was able to just pause on the ride and dial the compression valving in never leaving the seat. Öhlins Fork Adjustment Tool - JK3D.us This is a small portable tool to let... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member texscottyd Posted April 30, 2021 Supporting Member Share Posted April 30, 2021 36 minutes ago, Clegg78 said: I am kind of amazed how confident the bike feels now on all these conditions ! That was the revelation with my suspension upgrades: I honestly didn’t realize there was so much room for improvement in the basic platform of the FJ/Tracer. It’s morphed into a better real-world sport bike than I would have ever anticipated. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member betoney Posted April 30, 2021 Supporting Member Share Posted April 30, 2021 37 minutes ago, texscottyd said: That was the revelation with my suspension upgrades: I honestly didn’t realize there was so much room for improvement in the basic platform of the FJ/Tracer. It’s morphed into a better real-world sport bike than I would have ever anticipated. Agreed 100% I was out for a few hours yesterday afternoon riding some twisty rural farmland roads through the valley and marvelling at how well the bike flowed through the sweeping corners. It was one of those roads that follows the bank of a river, snaking back and forth left and right and the best way to describe it was I felt like a canoe on a still pond, just floating, almost weightless feeling. Sounds weird but that's the first thing that came to mind. 1 ***2015 Candy Red FJ-09*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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