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The entire PAIR system was engineered in response to a problem that doesn’t exist. It’s only purpose, believe it or not, is to get the...

Overthinking this? Every PAIR system I have pulled off several FJRs looks like this to some degree. Why? Who knows. Remove the...

I’ll be putting some miles on them this week. Captain Jack and I are heading down to visit Bill’s Old Bike Barn in PA. We’ll ride some...

Yep, with 6 various bikes in the garage, changing my own tires is a requisite. The knobby tired bikes wear their tires even faster than...

Yikes! $300 is cheap now for moto tires? I just put a set of Shinko Ravens on my FJR fir the first time. No real experience other...

Took my first real ride on the K12RS today. My God, what an amazing bike. So smooth. So powerful, even carrying about equal weight to...

Yeah, I always wanted one. Couldn’t pass on that deal.

2000 K1200RS. Only 47k miles. $2000 Crags List find.

So, in keeping with the theme of this thread, look what followed me home today

Just priced those Trailmax Mission tires. Yikes! They’re over $400 for a set! They’d better last a lot longer at that price. The...

The Husky has plenty of power for the highway, but I have some real knobbies on it, which keeps me from riding much more than 60-65mph...

14,000 miles on a rear tire is pretty damn good. I wish I could get that on any of my rides. My friend, Captain Jack, seems to get far...

Follow-up on my BMW F650GS Dakar: After getting it into reasonable riding shape last winter, I jumped the shark this spring and...

+1 on the black shelf liner stuff. My SO used that stuff exclusively on her seat to keep her from sliding forward into me when I hit...

Doing smaller pork butts is probably the best way to go. The last ones I did took over 16 hours at 235F steady, but they were both...