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Hi Bigdog, I had a similar situation and needed to change the painted part of the case. The best and easiest by far is to drill out the two rivets on each hinge on the outer painted side of the hinge. They come out really easily and need to be replaced with 4mm (5/32") diameter - 7mm (1/4")...

I had the same surging and rough acceleration and tried the cleaning connectors route with no success. I looked at FredW's posts on the his TBS syncing method and it prompted me to adopt his 'balancing the cylinders' with each other when doing the TBS. The tank is up already to do the TBS so...

Is it possible you didn't have the "GT" spec mounted? I've got almost 4000 miles on my GT spec 023's and the front is still almost perfectly round (no cupping) and the back is still good with a slight flat spot beginning. For comparison, same roads, same load and riding style, my stock 021's...

A friend who runs a touring Company in the Uk who travels all over Europe each year, uses three sets of tyres each season. He prefers the Dunlop Roadsmarts for wear and ease of tipping the bike into corners. He's been through all the tyre manufacturers and says the Dunlops and the Michelin Pilot...

The set of Bridgestone BT023's I had fitted in April have now had to be changed in an emergency whilst on a trip in the south of France. I experienced rapid wear on the rear tyre having left home with 3mm + of tread. It tore up within 1200 miles right across the tread pattern down to the bare...

I would say, if you're going to do a TBS, you might as well do it this way. I think the results are superior and, after you've done it a few times and gotten use to the procedure, it'll probably only take 10 minutes longer. I would agree, having done the servicing and TBS for six years (had...

Hi Fred W, Having been doing the Throttle body adjustment now for the last 5 or 6 years I've never been really all that impressed with the throttle response even though at idle (1000rpm) it purrs. Blipping the throttle wasn't a smooth ramp up in RPM's but a bit lumpy instead. I agree that the...

Just launched in the UK is the Bridgestone BT023F (Feb 2010) to replace the awful BT021 - I've just had a pair fitted and have done about 650 dry miles on them (as for some strange reason it hasn't rained here for over a week now). I will post some results when I've been to Spain on them but so...