What did you do to your bike today?

[carsick]

Dyna2000 = Kookaloous Re-obtainus.   

Harvy

So the ignition was shutting the party down at 6Kish? Congrats on the fix! That's a great feeling, eh?

[Arnie]

Dyna2000 = Kookaloous Re-obtainus.   

Harvy

Glad to see the sun shines from your FJ again, even if it doesn't make it to the road. :-)

Arnie

[Harvy]

I can't really say what it was that was causing it to run like shit at around 6500.
I've had the idea to go with a Dyna2000 ignition for a few years now, but never had the 'need' until now.

It may have been the Ignition box, the coils or the plug leads......... All three have been replaced now anyway so I will never know.

Anyway, the sun finally arrived this morning, so the ride into work proved the fix! Seeing the tacho run smoothly past 6500 and on up to 9000 made me VERY happy.

Harvy

[racerman_27410]

Seeing the tacho run smoothly past 6500 and on up to 9000 made me VERY happy.

Harvy

I feel the exact same way Harvy! 

Glad she's all better now.

KOokaloo!

[Firehawk068]

Installed the Renntec engine guards today.......Was a piece of cake. Just involved removing the chin fairing, prying off those chrome caps over the upper engine mount bolt holes, and removing 3 bolts on each side(the 2 frame rail bolts at the front, and the upper rearset bolt)
Bolt-on was a breeze. The 2 front frame rail bolts are re-used. The rear bolt is too short, and you must use a longer one(which Marc supplied. Thanks)









I also installed the Superbrace.........
This was probably the easiest mod I have ever done............Just clamp it on, and tighten the 4 screws.(I did have to remove my fork protectors though. I'll see if I can adapt them to the superbrace, or try and find the ones that are made for it)





I didn't get a chance to ride her today though.........I spent some time trying to diagnose why my right turn signal quit working Saturday.......I took it apart, and cleaned the left control switch assembly, and checked all the bulbs, but no fix .......I'll have to dig deeper into it later this week.

[Harvy]

The rear bolt is too short, and you must use a longer one(which Marc supplied. Thanks)


I also installed the Superbrace.........
I'll see if I can adapt them to the superbrace, or try and find the ones that are made for it)

With regard to the rear engine guard bolt........ I'm not sure if this applies to the pre '91 guards, but on the '91+ guards, there is also a spacer that goes between the guard and the hanger bracket to take up the space that was originally occupied by the head of the OEM bolt.

As for the Superbrace.......it has been reported that the fork protectors that mount to the brace can contact the bottom of the fairing on compression of the forks while cornering.......just something to be aware of.


Harvy

[DailyDriver]

Had to replace the battery in the FJ today. Wouldn't hold a charge. So I hopped on my cruiser to go to the cycle store and the battery was dead in that one too! GERRR.    So a quick charge and off I went. Mission successful.

I just hope the battery in the cruiser is still good as it cost twice as much as the FJ battery.

[Firehawk068]

With regard to the rear engine guard bolt........ I'm not sure if this applies to the pre '91 guards, but on the '91+ guards, there is also a spacer that goes between the guard and the hanger bracket to take up the space that was originally occupied by the head of the OEM bolt.

The engine guards have a built-in washer that is welded to the back here.......it fits in the area you are describing, and when tightened down, contacts where the old bolt head did........I double checked to make sure the guards do not contact the rearsets....

[Harvy]

With regard to the rear engine guard bolt........ I'm not sure if this applies to the pre '91 guards, but on the '91+ guards, there is also a spacer that goes between the guard and the hanger bracket to take up the space that was originally occupied by the head of the OEM bolt.

The engine guards have a built-in washer that is welded to the back here.......it fits in the area you are describing, and when tightened down, contacts where the old bolt head did........I double checked to make sure the guards do not contact the rearsets....

Ahha.......all good then!

Harvy

[racerrad8]

I dove into the winter maintenance/upgrades. Fork seals leaking on both bikes, took plastics off and they need a little work as well.

I started with mine...



Got the forks apart; motor coming out tomorrow.



Both bikes will be getting the once over, as well as several planned upgrades. No major mods planned, but some upgrades to several systems.

Spring is right around the corner...

Randy - RPM

(Marsh & Pat, I finally figured it out...)

[RACER111V]

 The front wheel is back from powder coat.It was yellow when I got it,so i glass beaded it and sent it out.The rear wheel was already black,so it got a coat of rattle can black,and a new tire.The front got new bearings and seals,new tire, and the rotors remounted.I also got the swingarm cleaned up.It's ready to modify and mount.



The fork springs will be here Monday.The upper fork legs went out to get hard anodized Wednesday.They should be back this week.I'm going to start with the stock cartridges for now.I do have a spare set to send out if there not up to the job.I found a spot in the shop to start ripping it down.

[Firehawk068]

Spent some time diagnosing the wiring to figure out why the right blinker quit working.......
Took the switch assembly apart(again), and checked power through there.........then followed harness and found on the left side of the frame up under the fairing there is a large blue connector that is zip-tied to the frame......The power ended here.
Took said connector apart, and cleaned all contacts......Reassembled......Now all is well!

[RACER111V]

Stayed a little late at work and started tearing it down.It was hard to find a space in the shop that wasn't being used.

[RACER111V]

 Got a little more done today.I finally managed to wrestle the old arm off.I took some measurements on the pivot lengths.The 1986 FJ was 9.940".The 1995 yzf750r measured 10.065".So I pressed the bearings in about .070" more.Then I set it up in the milling machine and milled off .063" on each side.Things like this are a pain to set up in the mill.It was about 45 minutes to set it up and about 30 seconds to cut it.The other side was a little faster. http://fjowners.com/gallery/1/270_18_12_10_3_22_07_1.jpeg 
I did a little investigation on using the yzf shock link.It uses a 10mm bolt as opposed to the fj 12mm bolt.It is also a little narrower.The kicker was the longest shock I could use was 9" long.The stock 86 shock is about 11.5" long.The yzf600 is about 12.5" and the yzf750 is almost 15".I think I will go ahead and order a 07 yzf600 shock and just make the link I need.
I did get the swing arm mounted and slipped the wheel in place.
http://fjowners.com/gallery/1/270_18_12_10_3_22_11_5.jpeg
http://fjowners.com/gallery/1/270_18_12_10_3_22_09_3.jpeg
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[carsick]

How much wider is that arm at the rear axle bolt (than stock)? It looks mighty close to the passenger peg mount, but the extra wow factor is definitely there.
Doug