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  1. sandro1973

    Small oil leak - water pump tube

    Noticed today that a bit of oil came out of this tube, noticed a drop on the floor as soon as i parked on the garage and a bit more on the outside / lower part of the engine guard ( i'm guessing the wind blew it and kinda sprayed it ). I took a longer ride today, did a few quick runs to get the...
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    MRA Vario-Touring screen

    Hi folks, i'm trying to find a better wind protection over the stock windshield. I'm 1.94m ( 6,36 ft ), i find the stock one OK for shorter distances, but on longer rides, the wind noise is tiresome. I don't like the OEM Touring version Yamaha offers, or any other of those huge screens, most...
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    Ignition Coils - replaced

    So i decided to do a bit of "above and beyond" extra-maintenance to make sure everything is working at 100% for a long time....48.000 miles on my bike, took it to the shop to change oil+filter, clutch friction plates, NGK Iridium plugs and replace all 4 ignition coils ( OEM ). I had a few...
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    Glowing exhaust header

    Early morning, bike starts just fine, goes fine after that...but while warming up, one of the pipes seems to get a bit hotter than the other. I never noticed this until winter for the obvious reason...the lack of light makes it noticeable....Don't know it it's "normal" or a sign than one of the...
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    The sound of thunder... ( Arrow, in fact.... )

    Gotta love this bike....getting close to 75.000 km ( 46.600 miles ), doesn't look, sound or ride like it...feels fresh and solid.......fortunatelly, since i got it when it already had 44.700 miles....so, fairly new to me... :p Did a valve adjustment recently and replaced the camchain ( kept...
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    Sporadic Start Failure ( NOT "hard-start" issue....)

    Hi guys, I ran this question on a local ( portuguese ) FB Group, some folks told it also happens ramdomly to them....no apparent reason that anyone knows, even with new less than 1 year old bikes. Really simple to explain..... Key ON, fuel pump builds pressure, ignition button, bike seems...
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    From Portugal - ST 1200 ZE ( ES ) 2015

    Hi folks, I'm a new happy owner of this beast of a bike, not a brand new one but at 45.000 miles it looks, sounds and feels fresh in my book....loving it so far and a big difference from my previous one ( 2n photo ), a 1990 XTZ 750 Super-Teneré, which was pampered a lot.... I went for this...
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