Search results

  1. Duster_360

    Comfortable seat

    FWIW, Dirt Road Eddie is no longer doing seats due to health/retirement reasons. Last I heard he was training someone to appeared skilled enough and agreeable to take over his seat recovering business. Eddie said it would be a "few weeks" before he'd start taking seats, but so far, there has...
  2. Duster_360

    New MT10

    I was at the dealership last week getting pair of tires mounted and the mechanic asked me if I wanted to see my FZ1's replacement. Obviously, I said yes and they took me back and showed me the first FZ10 they had received, a black one as it set there in the just opened crate. I want to see it...
  3. Duster_360

    Gen II fan switch

    This is from the "other" FZ1 site, it says it will work on either Gen 2 or Gen 1 but is illustrated for a Gen 2. It resets the temp for the fans to cycle on and cycle off at a user desired level. My brother did this on his 06 and it did take a little fiddling to get the turn on temp where he...
  4. Duster_360

    Brand new fz1s from dealer question

    I wanted to do the same thing when I bought my 84 RZ350 way back. Dealership told me that selling it that way could cost the dealer his Yamaha franchise, so unless things have changed since then, don't think that's going to happen. In my case, since I was a Yamaha trained mechanic from back...
  5. Duster_360

    FS: Watsen LED turn signals - Gen 2

    Been out of thehouse and away most of the day, sorry for the delay in responding, but I just PM'ed you my shipping address. LMK if you need anything else.
  6. Duster_360

    FS: Watsen LED turn signals - Gen 2

    FWIW, tried PMing you back and your inbox is full.....
  7. Duster_360

    FS: Watsen LED turn signals - Gen 2

    Paypal sent, thanks, please lmk when they ship and any tracking if available. duster_360 / Harold
  8. Duster_360

    FS: Watsen LED turn signals - Gen 2

    If these are still available, I'll take them. Please send a PM and let me know how you'd like to be paid. PP (f&F) prob easiest, but there are other options as well. Thanks!
  9. Duster_360

    Gen II sprocket side wear: running out of ideas

    Found this last night on youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m9tdTN2OKo Something similar to what you've prob done. Don't discount the accuracy and sensitivity. This guy corrected a 1.5mm alignment problem IIRC and felt that was important even at that magnitude, but provided no post...
  10. Duster_360

    Gen II sprocket side wear: running out of ideas

    I tried measuring from center of the SA pivot to the center of the rear axle on both sides to see if they were the same. This is easier said than done since there are no common reference points. What you are basing the measurement on changes from one side to the other. As near as I could tell...
  11. Duster_360

    Gen II sprocket side wear: running out of ideas

    My '09 seems to be doing this as well, but I've only looked at it from the rear sprocket where I see a wear pattern on the chain rollers that is offset to the outside of the chain instead of being centered like on my other rides. Mine has started doing this only recently. And it seems I see...
  12. Duster_360

    New MT10

    I'm guessing - MT-10 coming to the US may be a matter of how many "left over" FZ1s are still in dealer inventories.....
  13. Duster_360

    What did you do to your FZ today?

    I ride a Sargent seat and its better than the stock seat. I'm 150lbs and the stock seat was a killer. The Sargent is pretty firm and its taken a while for mine to break in and provide a softer ride.
  14. Duster_360

    FZ09 or '15 FZ1??

    I have an '09 FZ1. The forks are still the FZ1 compromise - both left and right forks are adjustable for spring preload. Just the right fork is adjustable for rebound, the left fork adjusts only for compression. To get fully adjustable forks, you'll need to swap to a set of R1 forks or go...
  15. Duster_360

    Warm between the legs

    Learned early on a pretty hot day that I wouldn't be riding my FZ1 wearing shorts! One time was enough!!
  16. Duster_360

    My FZ1000 so far

    Integrated tail light? Don't see turn signals back there either....
  17. Duster_360

    Looking at buying a "new" 2014 FZ1

    I did the same kind of thing - mine is a '09 I bought in June 2011 for $6900 out the door. I added a MogoTrack (like LoJack, but better) and wound up at $7650 actually out the door. The battery, in spite of being on a tender whenever it was parked, did not last a full year. Other than that...
  18. Duster_360

    Oil Filter options

    Apparently so, my brother installed one on his '06 and even though he torqued it to specs, it had a slight leak after a test ride. When he removed it, the area where it threads on to the bike was no longer dished downward into the filter like the one he just replaced, but was flat. This makes...
  19. Duster_360

    0xygen sensor removal ?

    I just did had to do this installing a Yoshimura full exhaust system. I had no trouble using an ordinary wrench and letting the electrical cable wind up as I loosened the sensor. When it came time to reinstall the sensor, I manually wound the sensor cable by hand before threading it into the...
  20. Duster_360

    Ever got pulled over by the POPOs & why?

    Got a bunch as a kid on my Honda 50 - pretty much you name it, I got caught doing it, lost my AFB drivers mc license twice..... Haven't had one as an adult until 6 months ago - 80 in a 55 - and I was lucky, I had slowed way down when he tagged me with radar, I'd seen 137 before I got out of it...
Back
Top