I changed to synthetic oil in the FJ mainly due to it handles the heat better when traveling longer distances.  Yamalube syn was a good value.  10w40

I used kerosene to clean the chain -- just on a rag and rotate the chain through.  It won't harm the rings -- then applied bel-ray chain  --- it comes out the tube in a foam and easy to apply.

Also in stock
Clutch cover center

I watched a guy put his bike on the side stand, stand next to the bike, and spray the chain lube  from the side. Then he moved the bike and sprayed what he missed the first time.  Needless to say, he ended up with more chain lube on the bike than on the chain.
Try this instead: put the FJ on the center stand, start the engine, and engage first gear.  Get directly behind the bike, and lay the skinny straw from the aerosol can on the top of the chain, pointed straight at the front sprocket. Using gentle pressure on the spray button, put a thin stream of chain lube on the chain as it moves toward the front sprocket. When the chain has made a few laps around the sprockets, the sprockets and the chain will be well lubed. Hold a paper towel against the bottom of the chain between the two sprockets, to clean away any excess lube. Don't let the paper towel or your hand get anywhere near the sprockets. NEVER wrap the paper towel or your hand around the moving chain to wipe away excess lube. This process does not allow chain lube to go anywhere except onto the chain.  HTH.

Yes Sparky84. I need the middle piece silver with logo. I didn't realize they came apart. New situation for me.

That makes more since. The ole brake lever puncture.

Many times I've seen the front brake caliper seals harden an not allow the piston to move forward as the pad wears.

This can cause a wonky lever feel.

Bottom line, you need to just freshen up your front brake system.

The whole thing.

What they said, plus when mine gets grungy, I'll carefully use a Motion Pro Chain Brush on it.

One of these rules is that I will buy any motorcycle that:

• I can ride it as it is without much if any work.
• Has a clean title
• It is a buck a cc or less

At this point in my life, I felt safe, as I am not in buying mode.

Far from it.

Then a Buell Blast comes up and it met the criteria.

It's basically half a Sportster engine, the rear cylinder removed.

It's slower than any 500cc motorcycle I have ever ridden.

The brakes are stellar.

That windscreen, that may have been created by Satan himself.

Specifically, Satan wanted it to wind buffet a 6'4" rider into a fierce rage.

After a mile I was ready to push the bike in a ditch and burn it.

After another half a mile I was riding it like a dog hanging it's head out the window - leaning way to the side, into a stream of fresh, stabile, pleasing wind.

The handlebars also sucked, being too narrow, making everything harder than it needed to be.

Halfway through the ride, I stopped for the 1st time at a friends house, and begged him for tools to remove the fairing.

Buell, would it take simple tools to do anything an engineer has touched? Who was I kidding. Plus, my buddy had trouble finding his allen keys. Asking for more tools might have been bad.

That fairing pulled right off, no tools needed, and the motorcycle was 1000000 times better.

Rode home and got to work.

Found a stock windscreen on eBay. Fine, now I am over a buck a cc.......

Those bars and knuckle busters are now gone, replaced by no less than 5 different slightly bent handlebars that I thought were good.

I picked up a ton of parts from a dealer, now I am realizing, I hauled off a lot of scrap metal.

The 6th or 7th handlebar was not bent, but it was wide, and not a bad height, in fact, it is darn near perfect.

Windscreen auction was won, it arrived.

Slapped on a set of bar end mirrors replacing the stock Mickey Mouse Ear mirrors.


It's much better, as soon as the temperature hits 50 again I'll take it out again.

Someone is going to buy this from me this spring, for probably $1500, and it will be a great motorcycle for them.

My goal is to try and not put more than that amount of money into before I sell it.

I think Chipmunk meant clutch cover and possibly just the outer ring

https://www.rpmracingca.com/proddetail.asp?prod=OuterClutchRing&cat=31