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  • cannedSardina
    cannedSardina replied to the thread Clutch Cable.
    This is the stuff I have used for ever. Same bottle cause don’t need much. Not cause it good but bc somehow it’s ne day it ended up in...
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  • cannedSardina
    cannedSardina replied to the thread Clutch Cable.
    FWIW, I have always lubed cables on all my bikes and a few yrs ago a riding buddy (dirt bike) made a comment that once you lube it you...
  • Eff-Zed-1
    Eff-Zed-1 replied to the thread Handlebar wobble cause?.
    My 13 FJR has about 106,000 miles on it. Stock ball steering bearings. Loosened/ greased/ re-torqued at 50k and 100k. No issues. But...
  • Isleoman
    Anyone have a favorite cable lube? Currently trying a dry teflon based “lock” lubricant. Helps for a ride then it seems to get...
  • Isleoman
    Isleoman replied to the thread Handlebar wobble cause?.
    Hadn’t thought about it but it makes sense that a shaft drive would put a different torque moment to the chassis than a chain.
  • J
    jwarden replied to the thread Handlebar wobble cause?.
    Maybe try loosening the steering head bearing and going back through the re-torque sequence?
  • J
    jwarden replied to the thread Handlebar wobble cause?.
    Seems like a pretty unusual problem on the FZ1 unlike the FJR where quite a few experience this.
  • K
    killer5280 reacted to SVandST's post in the thread Handlebar wobble cause? with Like Like.
    Thanks for the replies guys. It’s not a big deal and one I don’t mind living with. It just nags me a bit.
  • S
    SVandST replied to the thread Handlebar wobble cause?.
    Thanks for the replies guys. It’s not a big deal and one I don’t mind living with. It just nags me a bit.
  • S
    SVandST reacted to Eff-Zed-1's post in the thread Handlebar wobble cause? with Like Like.
    I've been kicked off a couple forums for thoughts and replies on this. Sometimes folks get too heated on the subject about the same as...
  • J
    jimco reacted to Isleoman's post in the thread Carb Adjusting with Like Like.
    The clutch plates may be gummed up and stuck together. I’d throw it on center stand and repeat trying to put it in gear. Then work...
  • K
    I was squeezin' the Charmin a few weeks ago at a Cycle Gear and was surprised how much stiffer the carcasses on the Bridgestones were...
  • K
    Put a set of 33's on friends FJR1300 last Saturday. So will have some reference even if on an old heavy.
  • Eff-Zed-1
    They were a wrestle to get on compared to the PR5 GT from before.
  • Isleoman
    Some of what I read about them made them sound like the GT version of the T32 with stiffer sidewalls.
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