Adventures in Motorcycle Touring
Yesterday, I arrived home to find a package on my front door step. My newly rebuilt shock from Race Tech has arrived!!
The first 2 things I noticed where 1) It’s got a bright red spring and 2) It’s clean!
After firing up the heater and letting it warm up the garage for a bit, I headed
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According to the Yamaha Service Manual, the spark plugs in my FJR should be changed every 8,000 miles. I’ve put well over 10,00 miles on the bike since I bought it in April of 2013 and I have no clue when they were last changed so since the bike is partially torn down waiting on my rebuilt shock to arrive, I thought I would install some new plugs.
It’s winter in WV so the weather is cold and terrible. However, riding season will be here before we know it so we might as well get some off season maintenance completed.
Anyone with an FJR knows these things are undersprung from the factory and with over 30k miles on my rear shock, it’s feeling awfully spongy. I spoke with the folks at Race Tech about doing a Gold Valve Conversion to the
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