RDawson

Got home from the fire dept and finished installing the FJR pumpkin and new Nexen tire before getting called back to work for guys getting sent home with Covid symptoms. Got in 20 miles for a test run before the call.

Once the steering head is removed they just slide up and off.

I finally got around to doing the swap. A local machine shop milled out the speed sensor and I installed it this week. I ground down the “deck” where the sensor sets as it was thicker than the OEM casting and made 1/4” spacers behind the acorn nuts as the studs in the FJR final are longer than the venture. Took it for a test run and yeah I like it. I never checked rear gear temps on the OEM but it’s running 155* which doesn’t seem bad to me. I did lose cruise in fourth also.

The idiot jab is a joke from back in my construction days, I was always the one willing to work up high and took all the jobs up there. In the beginning there was some exhilaration but soon became normal and comfortable. We’re in a small town with only 4-5 college buildings tall enough to stretch the ladder truck all the way out. I don’t get that high very often anymore so some of the normal feelings are gone and the older I get some nervousness does set in. Careful movement and safety belts are becoming normal now, the younger me scoffed at the idea. Somehow I lived through those days. As far as super human nerves I think most of us do things we’re comfortable doing that scares others to death, motorcycles for one. I’ve watched linemen climb power poles in a storm to get power back on, not for me. I talked to a woodland firefighter once and told him no way in hell I’d do what he did, his response was you structure fire guys are nuts. It all boils down to what we’re trained to do and can be comfortable doing it.

Working up high has its advantages, fewer idiots up there to deal with. :whistling:

You’re not the first, wish I could say it never got me.

I usually ride somewhere on 9/11 in remembrance of the 343. Today I had to ride this. 10 wheels instead of 2 and 100ft high

Checked the ignition switch?

I think a couple of those bank cards are mine. :cool10::mo money:

Those in the video flip and back. The clamps I used on the hand rails are Bimini boat clamps. I did have to remove some of the rubber as it’s molded in an oval shape from Yamaha. I drilled and tapped set screws in the bottom of each one.

My grandfather was a cotton farmer way back when it was picked by hand. He and his kids did the work and from the stories I’ve heard he’d go nuts if he looked out in his field and saw cotton still on the plants. I remember as a kid riding with dad through cotton fields and he always mentioned the cotton missed by the automated pickers.

https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/motorcycle-high-beam-and-low-beam-headlight-bulb/motorcycle-h4-led-fanless-headlight-conversion-kit-with-compact-heat-sink-2000-lumens/3930/8566/?make=105&model=3743&scc_id=1940&year=2009 This is what I’m running. Much better than stock with no mods to the bike.

I designed a set that work different than any I’ve seen, they do flip up for passenger to mount/dismount. @cowpuc has a video of them (surprise right) from Don’s MD last year. I’m not producing any parts right now but will tell you what I did if you’re interested in building some. Basic tools to cut/drill/tap involved.

You caMe through my neck of the woods.

Its a VMax/FJR specific part inside the pumpkin. Ours are a little different. I was just curious about your take on it, I’ve talked to several with it and unanimously love it. I have no doubt I’ll be happy with it as we pull a trailer on long trips. Sorta anxious to get it done now that I have a little time to mess with it.

So @Papa Fred have you gotten enough miles in to form an opinion on the new gear? I went to install mine today and realized I need a spacer that was not included with the FJR pumpkin I bought. I ordered it but won’t have it for a week. Now either the bike stays on the lift another week or I install the OEM and swap it out again. :doh:

Just follow me. Famous words of Carl. :cool10:

You can only pull your big girl panties up and deal with it so many times before the elastic breaks and you show your butt.

Hope ya got it. That’s a substantial leak.

I have some of those Vise Grips, I find them in welding shops. With all those years working in sheet metal and then welding I have a large collection of all shapes and sizes, you can’t have too many Vise grips.

Couple questions: Are you referring to the carb vent tubes? They are rubber but I can’t think of any steel lines there. Did the light flash under hard acceleration? If so it’s not unusual. With the bike standing vertical off the side stand what was the oil level in the window? Trying to wrap my head around what’s going on. There should be no oil around there other than the airbox drain normally.

All the time a 1/4” socket set, screw drivers, metric ratchet wrenches. Long trips add a plug kit, compressor, 3/8&1/2” ratchets and assorted sockets, ohmeter, crimps, wire.

I finally got around to dropping my FJR pumpkin off today to get the speedo sensor hole milled out. Got the new Nexen mounted and have an Edset’s Bluestreak being delivered Wednesday. Gotta start riding again soon, mods are more expensive than gas.

I would practice with 1/8 or thinner so you don’t have to burn as hot. You’ll be “stacking dimes” before you know it.