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We were too busy ridin' to take no stinkin' pictures B) Sorry but here are the only pictures I took (with my phone's camera)

Great ride OGRE! Thanks for setting it up. BTW, was that a 1st gear or 2nd gear wheelie? :good:

Sounds like a plan. I may have something else that weekend that I will either try to get out of or at least come back early for the ride. I'll let you know when we get closer to the date. Stay safe over there!

I pulled the pads and applied some Gunk disc brake quiet spray on the backs of the pads and the clicking noise is gone for now. May come back when the sticky stuff wears off, we'll see.

The squeak from my front end was just the dry seals on the forks as they compressed. A little light oil on the shaft and a few compressions to work it into the seals and the squeak has been gone for 3 months now.

My '08 rattles all the time, not just going over bumps. I've confirmed that it is the front brake pads rattling when the vent holes in the rotors pass. Kind of a continuous clicking sound as you roll along at 30 mph or lower and stops when you apply slight brake pressure. I've pulled the pads...

I have exactly the same problem with the numb right hand after 10 minutes of riding. One thing I just found out was that my gloves were causing some of the problem. If I rode without gloves, I could go about 30 minutes without numbness. I don't know if it's because they are stiff and it takes...

Gunny on the Fuzeblock. I mounted mine under the left side cover behind the glove box (directly under where the heated grip controller would go). I picked up the input for switched power from the glove box solenoid. You can choose whether to use switched or always-on power on each output...

My '08 makes the same knocking sound a few times as well when first started. Pull the clutch in and see if it still makes the noise, mine doesn't. I believe it's just the engine missing and the noise is coming from the backlash in the tranny gears bouncing off one another. Someone else...

The seat position doesn't matter with what I'm talking about. If you look at the far left side of your picture, you can see how close the plastic cover is to the bottom lip of the tank. The bottom lip of the tank will contact the plastic cover over the top seat support if you don't remove the...

I found that removing the rear bolt completely works far better. If you leave the bolt in, the rear of the tank contacts the front seat support and basically tries to bend it as you lift up the front of the tank. If you pull the bolt out, the tank sits in the U-shaped groves under the tabs and...

I use a couple of tie-down extenders like these and slip them around the fork tube below the triple tree. They rest on top of the lower steering head bracket and extend down the fork tube to about where the horns are located on either side of the radiator. I just use standard ratcheting...

Pic of Gama tennis grip

I had the same problem because my hands are large. I think part of my right hand cramping was due to the small diameter grip. I have exactly the same problem with a tennis racket and used to have wrist and elbow problems until I increased the grip size. Then I got to thinking (dangerous ;)...

Don't wait too long. I contacted 11 different dealerships in the northern part of the state, including GA and NC and not one dealership had an A model and only 1 had an '08 AE. They all said they had sold out and only had '09s ordered. SCRider

I just did the BJM this past weekend and my '08 stock settings were 10, 10, 10, 10 also. Either they forgot to tune these before shipment or we got really good bikes with no variation cylinder to cylinder ;) (no chance). SCRider

Glad to here this. Just ordered one online for about $116 US.

No, I didn't know this, thanks for the heads up. I bought the bike through a Yamaha dealer who was selling it on consignment and all my dealing were with them. He said he would take care of transferring the warranty so I assume he would verify the condition of the bike but I will definitely...

I can't believe how the whole deal worked out. The guy had the reserve set somewhere north of 11,800 because that was what my max bid was set and I hadn't met the reserve with that bid. I held the high bid of 10,300 from 6 PM on Monday to noon on Tuesday and I guess he spooked. He lowered his...

Wow, what a crazy 24+ hours! Made my largest ebay purchase ever Link and it turned out exceptionally well. :clapping: I do wish the previous owner well. I can't imagine keeping a machine like this for less than a month and putting only 301 miles on it and having to sell it without some...