What have you done to your FZ-10 today?

Feb 18, 2017 17:05:30 GMT -7 tigershark said:

Interesting registration number...

Isn't it now.... lol

Put on Woodcraft front and rear axle sliders plus R&G bar end sliders. The front axle slider was super tight fit, but worked out ok in the end. Not sure the bar end sliders are much better than stock but they look cool.

As a related item, I always put my helmet on a shelf in the garage with the visor up so any moisture can escape. Was in the garage today and in flew two wrens, they were in the early stage of building a nest in my helmet. Guess they liked the dark protected space. I always put my foam earplugs on the shelf and then put the helmet over them. They didn't like that and both plugs were on the floor. Cleaned the twigs and stuff up and closed the visor, but then they couldn't figure out why they couldn't get in the helmet and kept running into the tinted visor. I shooed them out and they didn't come back. Same thing last year except it wasn't in my helmet. Will have to remember to keep the garage door closed for the next few weeks.  It was 85 today in Texas, spring is upon us in the south.

Update, 2/25/17:

On 2/23 I took the bike out for a nice spin, the first really warm day we have had, 90 deg.  About 30 miles into the ride on a good curvy road I slowly became aware of a heavy feel with the throttle, like it was stuck with no return action on the grip.  H'mm....a very odd feeling in trying to fine tune the throttle, I never realized how much you rely on the return spring in operation.  Proceeded on the ride but it was becoming a hassle to modulate the throttle, and in any sort of slow speed operation it was a PITA at best, semi-dangerous at worst.  Got it back home and immediately thought that perhaps the new R&G bar end sliders were binding.  Pulled them off but the throttle was still sluggish and non responsive.  So I had the bright idea to shoot a little WD-40 between the throttle tube and the inner bar.  That did nothing.  At this point I thought maybe the return spring had become disengaged.  So the next day drove it down the 26 miles to the dealer and left it with them (Friday).  Got a call today saying the bike was all fixed, evidently some of the glue used in attaching the rubber grip had made its way into the space between the throttle tube and the bar, maybe when I took the original bar ends off and replaced them (?).  When the temperature got close to 90 deg the glue became soft and bound the system.  So they took it all apart, cleaned it and reassembled it, and now it is back to normal.  They are submitting it to Yamaha as a potential production issue.  Just be aware as the temperatures start to climb in the spring and summer.

Also had the Side Stand Switch campaign issue done as it was flagged in their system,  Campaign Number 090XE.  So I should be all up to date.  But now the cool weather has returned, only 59 deg today.