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Brian drags a squishy-braked 2015 Yamaha FJ09 into the black-box confessional, where a factory ABS bleed apparently wants Yamaha diagnostic tool 9890-03231. His refrigerator, somehow the more transparent machine, becomes the comparison point: cheap heater, cheap timer, visible failure, fixable problem. The real gripe is not ABS, fuel injection or modern displays (it's useful technology locked behind tools owners can't buy).

Robin brings news from the practical side of the machine pile in the form of battery-swapping electric motorcycles and Rider Nav screens. He also sharpens the valve-clearance math for shim-under-bucket engines, aiming exhaust and intake clearances toward the upper half of spec instead of worshiping "in spec" as a finish line. Then the manufacturer rant arrives in full: Triumph gremlins, BMW TPMS and heated-grip wallet surgery, Suzuki wrench icons and the simple owner request to let the person who bought the motorcycle maintain the motorcycle.

Jordan closes the shop door and opens the next Joey Dunlop chapter, with 1977 turning from apprenticeship into proof. Joey beats Ray McCulloch, scares himself, goes back for more, hauls the Armoy Armada to the Isle of Man by fishing boat and lands on the same coin in every corner. The class breakdown gets properly weird from there: Formula 1, 2 and 3, two-strokes against four-strokes and KZ1000s against RG500 Gamma/TZ500-style science projects.


Speaker Entry:

Brian Wringer - 00:02:00
Robin Dean - 00:02:17
Jordan Liebman - 00:38:40

Episode Page: https://tro.bike/?p=36790
Music by Rabid Neon and Otis McDonald