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They got a pretty good write-up in the latest Motorcycle Consumer News. I was curious if anyone had seen them in person. It's an interesting concept, and they claim up to a 70% reduction of handlebar vibration. The only downside is you do have to cut your handlebars to fit them (an expensive...

Well, an update. I did go to my local dealer to order 2 more of these (I figure if it happens once, it'll happen again). Those little buggers are $6.47 a piece!!! (they "might" have them in by Friday) I stripped off the entire lower cowling only to find.....nothing!!! The only thing that...

I took some time today to install my new power distribution block on my new '06 FJR1300AE. In the process, I removed the black cover over the battery. As I am pulling it out, the small metal clip on the forward end of it slips off and falls inside the cowling (of course). I then proceed to...

I had my new '06 AE at the local BMW dealership and got a lot of the "where's the clutch lever" comments. They were interested as they came really close to selling me a Beemer (I've had two in the past) and wanted to compare to the R1200RT and the K1200GT (of course, I had already done that...

Okay, so I picked up my new '06 AE last week. No one really knew what the real line is on throttle manipulation while shifting. The manual states to close the throttle (as stated in a previous post). However, interestingly enough, on the "official" Yamaha website at...