General maintaince

[Shane4371]

New front tire being put on along with new mirrors,does the Honda cbr1000 mirrors fit with a little mod,not sure

[FJmonkey]

If you have some scrap wood or don't mind buying what you need you can lift your FJ without putting your headers and or collector at risk.



Shamelessly swiped from on older post.
http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=12378.msg123319#msg123319

When I had the stock exhaust I could put a small piece of 2 x 4 between the headers directly on the case and lift with a floor jack. I cannot do this with the RPM exhaust, so I made a shorter version of the lower rail stand that I put on my floor jack.

Just food for thought. I love the feel of new tires, enjoy.

[movenon]

I got the original dimensions from "markmartin".  Since the photo was taken I have redesigned it a little.  As noted by FJmonkey I lowered the cross brace so an aftermarket exhaust will clear and on the sides I attached a small upright "guides" (plywood) to help prevent the frame rails from slipping off to the left or right.  I never had it happen put it looked like it could if not careful.  I put the center stand on a 2X6 then push down on the tail and have my wife or second person slip the stand under the frame rail. Now both wheels are up and off the ground. Nice for spring cleaning, inspection, wheel removal or pulling the front forks out.
George

[Super]

Warm enough weekend to sit on a box in the garage and remove the rear swing-arm "just because".   20,000 kilos on my bike, PO never had if off and the book says "moderately repack ever 24k or 2 years".  Not sure how you "moderately" repack a bearing so I dove in.  Came apart easily, I almost wish I hadn't as the grease in all the needles was still fresh and green looking.  Good excuse to clean all the chain grung off the nylon protector, cleaned and repacked everything.  Its one of those jobs that I know I won't have to do again for years.  Need to replace the snap ring on the shifter as it has lost its "snap".  I also took the calipers off and installed new seal kits for them as they had never been done, ever.   Pistons were perfect and pumped out evenly but I spent a lot of time cleaning the gunk out of the seal grooves.  This bike was fair weather driven and had regular fluid changes but the crud still builds under the seals, guess that's why Yamaha recommends changing them every 2 years.  Its not dirt, more like dried assembly grease mixed with oxidized caliper material that forces the seals.   The original pads had less than 1mm remaining, replaced them with OE pads as they seem to work just fine.  Won't be sitting on a box in the garage this weekend, supposed to be -28c.
Cheers,
Dave in Ottawa
86 FJ 1200