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Yep, I see your still a dick-head. Some things never change.

Good one! :)

I'm really interested in hearing the final outcome of this one. I have been thinking of trying a car tire on my 07 Nomad. So far from what I have read they are working out fairly well. I put about 25,000 miles a year on my Nomad and could really benefit from a tire that gets better mileage. I...

I had a 06 FJR at the beginning of the summer. I put about 11,000 miles on it in about 3 months. I sold it and now have a 07 Kawasaki Nomad 1600. Both bikes are very comfortable but very different. The FJR is all about speed and covering a lot of miles in a hurry which it does very well. Even...

What a "Butt-head"

TWN, as usual the pictures don't do it justice but this picture seems to show it the best. The dark shinny section in the middle is raised with a deep impression on the edge of the dark part. Like I said, the picture doesn't show it very well but it is the strangest wear pattern I have ever seen...

My Storms ran really good for the first 2000 miles and I was more than pleased. I have always run 40psi in the front. The front tire started to develop a low speed thump and wobble shortly after the 2K mark. Now, with 4000 miles on the tire you can see the distortion and the strange wear...

It is, Please continue.

I hate to admit it after bragging how great the Avon storm's are but I now have witnessed the "JeffAshe Thump" I just got back from a 1500-mile trip and about half way into the trip (3K miles on the tires) I started to feel the front tire thump. This is the strangest thing. What would happen...

Great pictures Jeff. I wish my mom was able to take a ride with me. You are right, this is what it is all about.

I truly did not want this thread to turn into a MSF bashing thread. I feel that the couple, in our park, misunderstood the use of counterbalancing but before I started to correct someone else I wanted to make sure that I didn't have it wrong. I do think that the MSF does a lot of good and there...

This is what I thought was being taught by the MSF but the couple in our park has taken that to mean all corners, at all speeds and have been preaching it to all their fellow riders to the point that they would stop a group ride if they saw someone leaning to the inside on a curve and instruct...

We have a couple staying in our RV Park that I have been having fun talking motorcycles with. During our talk the subject of the MSF safety course came up. Both have just finished taking the course. One shocking thing came up. They were telling me that they were taught to counter balance their...

Thanks for the info. I just called UM and ordered the parts. I found out that you cannot order just the lid for the saddlebags on a 06 or 07 you need to buy the whole saddlebag :o . Should I say Yamaha is verrrrrry proud of there saddlebags? Ouch that hurts!! :cray:

Yep, I dropped it. Now I need a new lid for the right side saddlebag and a new right side mirror for an 06. Any good ideas? Thanks.

It will be interesting to hear the "Rest of the story". Keep us posted.

I think that some tires are close enough that you can get away with mixing brands and not notice much difference but I also think that there are some tires that will not work well together. I think that if you mix tires with opposite profiles and different rubber compounds you can get yourself...

"ME"? :dntknw: A lighthearted debate maybe but never argue. B)

Thanks for the link. I sure don't know how I missed that one. Great write-up.

I told you all, that holding on to that extra set of aluminum sliders was going to be a good investment. :D Congratulations Ian. This is going to be good for all of us. Thanks! :drinks: