What did you do to your FJR today?

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Re: What did you do to your FJR today?

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Replaced the leaky rear shock assembly.


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Right at 1,000 km between Friday and yesterday. FJRoss came to seeme from New Brunswick heading to parts north. We had a good time exploring southern Quebec. Ride report and pictures forthcoming.

Stay thirsty, my friends....
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Hppants wrote: ↑Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:22 am Right at 1,000 km between Friday and yesterday.
We read in miles here :)
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He's not "Here." :D
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gixxerjasen wrote: ↑Sun Jul 13, 2025 10:54 am He's not "Here." :D
He's not writing his ride reports in French either. Know your audience :)

"here" as in this forum.
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Festus wrote: ↑Sun Jul 13, 2025 10:44 am
Hppants wrote: ↑Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:22 am Right at 1,000 km between Friday and yesterday.
We read in miles here :)
.62 is your friend! LOL 😆
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So...about 600 miles. Don't worry Steve, I'll translate for you. Lol.
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Pantalon, s'il te plaît, écris ton prochain épisode de voyage en français. Translation.
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fontanaman wrote: ↑Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:54 pm Pantalon, s'il te plaît, écris ton prochain épisode de voyage en français. Translation.
Fixed it for you - Pantalon, s'il te plaît, demande à Tammy d'écrire ton prochain épisode de voyage en français.
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Re: What did you do to your FJR today?

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Finally managed to brute force the screw off the other pannier lock. Got it all re-keyed and put back together with blue locktite and brute forced back in. Hopefully I never have to mess with them again, because it'll be screw extractor time.

Now to figure out the gas cap and the seat lock so I can be back to one key again, plus the Shad key. So technically two keys. Might have to look at that and see if there's any compatibility. I doubt it though.
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