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My two-cents, for what it's worth: Model year is important............. '05 ABS Odometer............................ 116,000 miles Aftermarket seat.................... Yes - Bill Mayer, with Beadrider OEM seat = 350 miles of comfort per day...

I ran the stock windshield on my '05 until it needed replacement due to scratching and hazing. The aftermarket one is just slightly larger than the OEM.

Three minutes of sage advice:

California State Route 2 is the famous Angeles Crest Highway. Can be lots of fun, but on a dry sunny weekend there will be tons of bikes on the road, and that also means a lot of enforcement activity on the posted 45mph speed limit.

Great pic. There's one R in that domain name - fjriders.com

My recollection is that Larry was banned from this forum back on '07 due to some semi-serious shenanigans.

Crossing Ebbetts Pass west-bound on California SR-4 during an SS1K in September:

I've used a Camelbak in the past, but after a couple hundred miles it felt too constraining, so I moved over to a Garauld Refreshment System. This hydration system comes with a base that bolts to either passenger foot-peg, a Coleman insulated water jug, a clamp- or strap-based retention system...

For your list of requirements, you might consider imgur.com. It's free, you can group uploads into albums, and the individual photos in an album can also be accessed individually with a unique URL, it's free, and it's been around a while. It's one of the primary image hosting sites for Reddit...

In the High Desert of Southern California, we're running about 30°F overnight, mid-50's during the day.

I have a compressor attachment for inflating beach balls and air mattresses, shown in yellow below. I pull the Grip Puppy on about half-way, then use this attachment to blow air between the bar and the Puppy while pulling it onto the bar. The air flow prevents the inside of the Puppy from...

About six months ago, I was at mile 2400 of a 2800 mile multi-day ride when my throttle-side Grip Puppy started to tear. I stopped by a Big Five in Casa Grande, AZ and bought a roll of tennis racket grip tape, and just wrapped it over the half-torn Grip Puppy. It added some extra thickness...

For the last few years, I've been riding an SS1K on the first day of each new season. Back on the first day of Fall (September 22nd), I rode north up US-395 to Topaz Lake near the Nevada border, then headed west on CA-89 and CA-4 over to visit my youngest son, who lives in Albany (just north of...

I also prefer #2, but would be quite happy with #3.

I'm in for three or four.

Bright and sunny, high of 87°F after an overnight low of 55°, Normal early fall weather in the High Desert of Southern California.

Signpost Forest in Watson Lake, YT on my 50th birthday ride in 2007. I rode from home in Southern California to Banff, in the Canadian Rockies, and met up with my wife who flew in to Calgary. We spent a great week in and around Banff, then she flew home and I kept riding. I went north on the...

My Gen I unit is also still running great. The battery life on the Gen I's is fantastic.

I rode my PDP-era '05 from SoCal to Austin to visit my granddaughter, who turned 4 months old while I was there, and on the way back it rolled over 110,000 trouble-free miles.

Went on a two-hour local ride picking up BMR bonuses - 7 post offices and the word of the day. My eighth PO picture was rightfully rejected -- too much sun glare to make out the words on the side of the building.