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As you have the solution, can I hijack your thread to ask about doing the same thing but with aftermarket grip heaters? I mean the kind that self-adhere to the bars and then you put the grip on under 'em? I've got 'em on my Gen 1, but find that the throttle is much warmer than the left side...

Skinny gloating *******. :P The redhead joined a gym a while ago that gave her free admission for me if I went when she did. So one day I finally gave in and went with her. Went back to the locker room to change into workout attire and, "Hey, there's a scale in here. Why not?"...

:lol: Torqued cookies. Love it. :lol: Well with 12k miles on her, I haven't yet. Hasn't one of the guys here put 150k on without doing anything? One of you mods, no? Though IIRC the bike spends a lot of time in narcoleptic mode, which takes a lot of pressure off of the steering head...

Well yeah, but it's almost wintertime here, so it's not like I'll be doing all that much riding anyway.... Oh. Wait. I live in SoCal. Strike that. :rolleyes: Anyway, why did I do it? Because it's fun to tinker. Like my father, I'm a born tinkerer. I like to fiddle with things. Right...

I wonder why it only happens for a little bit. I especially notice it when I'm braking hard from speed. When I get down to 20mph, it starts and then quickly stops. Very strange. And annoying. :angry2: But boy, it ain't just the handgrips. The whole bike shudders. I feel like a 12 year...

Nope. Not at all.

I bought a set of slightly used Galfer rotors from one of the gang here and installed them a little while ago. When I'm braking there's a short period of time during deceleration when the bike shudders. It's not constant and it doesn't feel like a warped rotor, but it's got to be the only...

Ah crap. Didn't think of that. It won't work with the stock cables and hoses. Oh well. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Thanks for kicking my brain into gear. Rancho

When I put the Russell saddle on my FJR I found that the stock bar position was bad and the Gen Mar risers, while making it better, weren't a sufficient solution. So I coughed up for the Heli-bar risers. I installed them this weekend and it's a big improvement, but I'm still feeling canted...

Maybe not the ultimate solution, but it works so far. All smoke still inside the boxes and wires. Well, except for when I shorted a wire and toasted a fuse, but that was me being a moron. There's a bolt that goes into the airbox and the nut is a locknut. It's very snug and the other end of...

Yup, fine, fine quality work. Just got mine a month or two ago and it looks great. I got the backrest as well, but discovered that it wouldn't work with the Shad top box--when you open the box, it hits the backrest. So I just installed the backrest that I had with the Shad. I wonder if a...

I was close. Running on sinus meds last night and stuck in the 45 and it didn't move much. :lol: T50 it is. Dana, Radman, Ponyfool, Bounce: you're saviors. Virtual beers all around! Thanks! :clapping: Rancho

Nope, not a BMW. Or at least if it is, it's off of my car and I have no idea how it hopped from the car in the driveway and into my parts bucket. :lol: Rancho

I think the OP had it right: Got a little bit lucky. Nothing wrong with luck if nothing else will go your way, eh? Granny always said, "If you have a choice between being born smart and born lucky, pick lucky every time." Regarding the truck driver having fault, I asked my wife who is a...

FWIW, IMHO, YMMV, etc., it seems to me that LED lights are much more directional than standard lights and consequently aren't as visible unless they're being looked at directly on-line. That said, I've got some of these on order that I'm going to try to adapt into the "reflector" on my Shad top...

Well. I'm reasonably sure I took it off the bike. A torx head (45) bolt, but I can't remember where the hell it went. It's about 3/4" long and I can't for the life of me remember where it went. I'm sure I bought the damned torx socket because I needed it for this. But where does it go...

Heh. My car has a plate that says CHLD FRE (Child Free). Got snipped at 22, met my wife about 4 years later in college, had the "do you like kids?" chat and I gave her the straight scoop. She just about jumped for joy. 10 years later now and we've never regretted it. Especially after...

Huh. I've been out of touch for too long; hadn't seen the "Drop Club" icon. My wife tipped pulled up on a canted roadside, then tipped over into me when I pulled up alongside her, tipping me over into the street :blink: Is that a drop or a crash? Rancho

Far, far too young RIP. Rancho

My kinda man. (No odotness intended, naturally, not that there's anything wrong with that.) :unsure: :rolleyes: When the redhead and I met in college we were doing the "get to know each others' mindset" thing and the topic of kids came up. I said, "Well, I got snipped when I was 22."...