What did you do to your bike today?

[fb747]

Over the past week i've...

-Installed weighted bar ends to stop some of the vibes.
-Installed a new clutch diaphram spring and cover gasket so I now have nearly no slip.
-Cleaned out all the gunk behind the gear selector cover and replaced the gasket.
-Replaced my oil filler cap with a new aftermarket black anodised one.
-Got my passenger grab bars painted as they were scratched and faded.

The result is a much nicer ride with the looks to match.

[big r]

My new tires came this week,Avon azaros. went and disconnected the res. plug. Sat on it and looked out the shop door at the snow coming down@minus 20 c. Wish it quit friggin snowin

[Firehawk068]

Installed these new fancy bar ends...........Thank you Randy...



Then took the wheels off, cause my rear tire just started showing some cord..........




Put 2 new ones on, even though the front was only about half way through it's tread life. I went with the same Pirelli Angels that I had on there. I got 7600 miles out of them.......mostly slab miles unfortunately.
Is it just me, or does it seem like the cost of tires has gone up considerably in the past year?




Oh, and I cleaned and lubed the chain while I had the rear wheel off.....Now ready to put some miles on her!

[Pat Conlon]

Damn Alan, that is a bitchen bike. I like your attention to details, like the R-1 gold spots with the gold rims...kudos!

[Mark Olson]

I finally got around to installing my vibration eliminators as well , sun came out and the road was calling.

[Pat Conlon]

I finally got around to installing my vibration eliminators as well , sun came out and the road was calling.

Craig and Mark, let me know if you think they made a difference.

[billwest]

They do!

[Firehawk068]

Damn Alan, that is a bitchen bike. I like your attention to details, like the R-1 gold spots with the gold rims...kudos!

Yours is quite frankly, the most "Bitchen" FJ I have ever seen...........but thanks Pat.


I took mine for a short ride today (about an hour )
First thing I noticed was, HOLY CRAP! I forgot how much better a new set of tires feels.....It flicks over so much easier, and She feels about 100 lbs lighter when the tire profile is actually rounded!

Next, I paid attention to the "Vibrinator" bar ends........At low speed cruising, and lower rpm's(2000-4000) I couldn't tell that they made much, if any difference........At freeway speeds (4000-5000 rpm's) it seemed like they tune out some of the vibes in that range.....which is good if this is the case, cause this is where most of my long-distance riding is.......
I'm going to take her on a longer ride later this week, and see if they really make a difference in the way my hands feel.

[Pat Conlon]

Ok cool guys, I'm sure we will hear more reports as the weather warms up and folks can get out and put some miles on their bikes.
Here's one thing I noticed with the Vibranators: While on the freeway or other appropriate road, get up to 60-75mph, set your cruise control or throttle lock, then take your gloved hands and feel the bar ends. The Vibranator bar ends shake/vibrate a bunch huh? Yet that vibration does not transfer thru to the grips.
I think that's the tuned damper wiggling/vibrating which offsets/cancels the natural bar vibration. Kinda cool yet Wierd.

[Ruffy]

Fitted my new screen also the new mirrors and ordered the rear tail light led kit from RPM too

[Firehawk068]

Well, I didn't actually do anything to the bike today..........except look at it 

In anticipation of our upcoming move to Denver, I bought my FJ a present...........Now it's not one of those fancy, fully enclosed, luxury units, but it really didn't cost all that much, ($299 at Harbor Freight) it is really lightweight/easy to tow, and it also folds up for easier storage.
The only downsides were that it came in "some, and/or all assembly required" form......Also the Arizona DMV requires you to register it with permanent tag, wich cost $129.    The only consolation that they could provide was " When you move in a few months, you can declare it sold, turn in your tag, and get a credit back by mail" I'm not quite sure how I am going to pull this off from Denver 

Here it is in semi-assembled state.



And in fully-assembled, ready to take to the DMV for inspection state.........I just have to add plywood decking, and bolt on my front wheel chock.

[RACER111V]

 After working with a custom link and r6 shock I've decided to go another route. The r6 shock is designed for a low ratio light bike. It has to much travel. I considered a bottoming spacer which I believe would would do the job. The cost of re-valving the shock was a little more than I originally thought. So I  managed to find a used Fox Shock twin clicker. The valving should get me in the ball park. I located a '90 shock link (which turns out to be very closed to what I ended up making out of Aluminum). I got a #1400 spring for it. The bounce test tells me I am not to far off. I got the rear brake line and clutch master/line installed and bled.Today I did the front brake lines and battery box.








Riding season is coming up fast and I still have a lot to finish.

[Harvy]

Got the Acewell Digital Dash installed over the weekend.

Pictures tonight.

Frank M - I ended up using the OEM dash. I cut holes in the clear cover for the cables to pass through and removed the OEM innards, replacing the inner face cover with a piece of black plastic I liberated out of my sons wrecked 300zx.

I now have a set of OEM cluster gauges if anyone is chasing them.

I also now know how to disable the 180KPH ignition cut-out on Japanese domestic models if anyone is interested.

I've also discovered that the Jap models have 2 extra wires going to the cluster via the 4 pin connector (which is a 6 wire connector on these models). I'm not sure what they are for as all the wiring diagrams I have do not show them. I have a feeling they may be part if the ignition cut-out. Anyway, I left them disconnected.

Another strange thing is the Neutral light connection. The light comes on when in gear and goes out when in Neutral if I have the clutch lever pulled in.... BUT..... If the clutch is engaged and I am actually moving, it functions in reverse.......most interesting! I have a feeling it may have something to do with the clutch micro-switch on my YZF750 clutch master which is a 3 pin rather than the usual 2 pin FJ unit. It also may have something to do with the fact that I am using a Dyna2000 ignition system, and the OEM ignition connectors are not connected to anything. A bit more investigation is in order!

Been an interesting mod, but I am very happy to have a speedometer again!


Cheers
Harvy

[SlowOldGuy]

Harvy,
I'm almost as old as you, so I forget.
What year is your FJ?

DavidR.

[racerman_27410]

Got the Acewell Digital Dash installed over the weekend.

Pictures tonight.

Frank M - I ended up using the OEM dash. I cut holes in the clear cover for the cables to pass through and removed the OEM innards, replacing the inner face cover with a piece of black plastic I liberated out of my sons wrecked 300zx.

them.

Another strange thing is the Neutral light connection. The light comes on when in gear and goes out when in Neutral

Cheers
Harvy

Nice,

Kookaloo!

for the nuetral light issue try switching the ground wire on the acewell for that light.