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I never have a problem with the lid on my V46 staying open.

Gunny on that. Lee's gloves are also the best I've ever owned.

My Acura TL was made in Marysville Ohio. Maybe they're going to expand car production with motorcycle assembly moving to Japan.

trmn8r, I can understand your affection for the CBR. But like you, the lack of comfort caught up to me on longer rides. But I did find a solution. I purchased a new '06 FZ1 and modified it with goodies from Ivan. I have more power than an '04 R1, with comfortable, upright ergos. I love the...

Ideally you don't want to just change the fork oil you also want to flush out all the old stuff and remaining contaminants. I like to use the fork oil that I'll be refilling it with as the flushing agent to avoid any dillution of the new fork fluid. Take the forks off, drain them, flush them...

Powerman, you made many good statements which I agree with, but I'd like to expand on the comment about cc balancing the chambers. Although widely done by many machine shops, it really is a useless endeavor unless it has been verified that the piston deck heights are equal. Remember...

This engine is not going to benefit from porting and polishing as much as you think it will. If you're modifying an engine by installing a larger cam which will increase the peak horsepower and torque at higher rpms you will of course need to allow it to breathe well with an intake and exhaust...

Happy Birthday TWN! Like Warchild said, I can't make age jokes as I'll be hitting that half century mark in ten months myself.

Gunny on that! I have a silver helmet for two reasons- a light color is cooler as it reflects sunlight (one study I read said a light color helmet can be ten degrees cooler than a dark colored one) and secondly I don't have to worry about color matching/clashing crap as it goes with all four of...

Nice to hear a good insurance story now and then. Maybe I missed the thread describing the crash. Were you hurt? Hopefully getting the bike fixed is your biggest concern. Good luck with the repair and mods.

Having ridden both bikes. I can give you a little perspective. If you are tall person, long of arm and torso, you would probably find the ergos of the Busa more to your liking. If you are short or medium height and don't have long arms, I think the 14 would be more comfortable. The Busa is...

In light of my post and Radman's, it should be emphasized that any time you're introducing a liquid into an engine you have to be careful that if you're turning the engine by hand or cranking that you don't introduce so much of the liquid that you damage the engine. The principle of hydraulics...

Before I built my temperature and humidity controlled garage to store my Mustang and motorcycles, the Mustang had to be stored for the winter in what can best be described as a barn. The carb would come off and I would spray WD40 in the intake manifold (2 cans at the same time) while an...

Unlike our FJRs which look great without the bags, you should see how fugly this thing looks with those Rube Goldberg bag mounts exposed. I love my 2nd Gen FZ1, but I'll carry my stuff in the Corbin Smuggler and forget the sidecases.

Congrats on the new bike Dale. After reading the new Motorcyclist, I was lusting after one myself. Problem is the bike doesn't fit me. I ride my buddies '01 now and then but that reach to the handlebars gets uncomfortable after awhile. It's definitely a bike for a guy with long arms. I...

Thank you Dale for posting the information, and I appreciate the difficulty in doing so. I feel no differently about the contribution that I made. It is for his family and to honor his memory. The details have just made me sadder about the whole thing.

Howard, My deepest sympathies regarding your loss. Chris

PayPal sent . As I mentioned in the other post, Andrew obviously made a lasting impression on all of us.

I don't know how I missed this before today. I've been sitting here reading every post honoring him, and I can't recall a time when I've grieved more for someone I had never met. I recall how much I enjoyed his posts, in particular his comments responding to my post about dual sport bikes...

As a prosecutor of 24 years I have prosecuted many more homicides by drunk drivers than by guns. Most of these offenders serve a state prison sentence, the length of which depends upon their priors. I can tell you laws are changing, at least in New York, that are closing many of the legal...