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#1
Maintenance / Re: First time she died in 13 ...
Last post by gyrfalcon - Yesterday at 11:22:58 PM
Thanks for your reply!

I have not been having much luck uploading images here but I just sent an email to Randy at RPM with
photos of the ignition connector that did not look perfect after ??years and had one hole in the male
side of the plastic body.

I may try to clean them up if I can pull the spades out and test if any non working lights came back on.

I was also thinking about trying to jump from the positive battery terminal to the nearby 2 fuses that
had no power in the fuse box but didn't know if that would cause any new problems..

The battery after 2.5 hours off the charger was 12.89 and it was just installed last year.

Thanks
#2
Maintenance / Re: First time she died in 13 ...
Last post by RPM - Robert - Yesterday at 04:12:52 PM
With all of that not working, I would start at the ignition switch plug.

Check the photo in Mark Martins post from several years ago: https://fjowners.com/index.php?topic=14220.msg144336#msg144336

We have replacement plugs in stock: https://www.rpmracingca.com/proddetail.asp?prod=M%2FC%3AIginitionPlugKit

Also, what is the battery voltage when not on the charger?
#3
General Discussion / Re: What the hell is wrong wit...
Last post by 86FJNJ - Yesterday at 02:39:46 PM
Quote from: giantkiller on May 01, 2026, 12:07:28 AMI was helping a friend of mine. He's going to have back surgery. He was going to adjust the chain on a friend's Indian. The guy left the key. But he couldn't ride it to his garage. So he asked me to help.
Expecting a big bagger...
It's an FTR 1200.
I never knew they made such a thing. Awesome vtwin torque....
Now I'm obsessed with them.....
I'm trying not to buy one.

FTR's are really cool, you can find them for decent price because they're discontinued but I've seen they are harder to find for the same reason. A similar look/feel would be a Harley Pan America ST, the ST version is the rather new road focused version to the Pan American line up but you may see those used in the near future, 150hp vtwin, stay away from the 2021 and 2022 Pan Americas but I've hear good things about the 2023's and newer.
#4
Maintenance / Re: New Tires
Last post by MarioR - Yesterday at 01:20:37 PM
Quote from: Pat Conlon on Yesterday at 01:10:28 PMIn 120/70-17 and 180/55-17  I'm currently running a Michelin Road 6's more for touring than sport.
I chose the Road 6's due to the excellent mileage I got from my previous Road 5's.

However, if I didn't care about mileage I would try Bridgestone Battlax S23

Red, 17" conversion like Pat suggested.

Pat, I had Michelin Road 5 and didn't like them. To me they felt kind of soft—not very solid or stable—but that was just my experience.

Now I'm considering:
Michelin Power 6 / Bridgestone Battlax Hypersport S23 / Dunlop Sportmax Q5A or Dunlop RoadSmart 4 (I have RoadSmart 3 on the FZR and they look and feel good).

Mileage — I don't care.
Most important is that the bike feels stable and solid.

Thanks.
#5
Maintenance / Re: New Tires
Last post by Pat Conlon - Yesterday at 01:10:28 PM
In 120/70-17 and 180/55-17  I'm currently running a Michelin Road 6's more for touring than sport.
I chose the Road 6's due to the excellent mileage I got from my previous Road 5's.

However, if I didn't care about mileage I would try Bridgestone Battlax S23
#6
Maintenance / Re: New Tires
Last post by red - Yesterday at 12:49:27 PM
MarioR,

What size rims? (What size tires do you have there now)?
#7
East Coast Spring Rally / Re: Boone 2026
Last post by CodyNKR - Yesterday at 12:49:13 PM
Rumpty trying to get to his rally weight.....so he can eat more hot dogs!
NancyK
#8
General Discussion / Re: What the hell is wrong wit...
Last post by Pat Conlon - Yesterday at 11:25:24 AM
.....and he will figure out a way to retrofit a turbo on both of those....
#9
General Discussion / Re: What the hell is wrong wit...
Last post by Waiex191 - Yesterday at 11:21:47 AM
Dan clearly needs both!
#10
West Coast Rally / Re: Willits 2026 Rally Swag?
Last post by yamaha fj rider - Yesterday at 10:24:49 AM
Garth In a previous post I asked for 1 Gray xl. Please add 1 more to that for a total of 2. Gray xl, 1 short sleeve and 1 long sleeve. Thank you again for doing this.

Best wishes
Kurt