3 grand and you can have mine... ok maybe not, I don't know if i could sell it. Though I did see the new ninja 1000 in a dealer today. It kinda...
duccmann, ignoreance, and I were riding tuesday night. We saw a 1200 with a color matched top case on kanan road near mulholland drive. I actually...
They put those there in the manual because thats what they run the emissions test for the government at. Same reason the VTEC setup on the 6th...
Bryce, did you really like my 5th gen that much the other day?....
I might be in the same boat as you before too long. It doesn't help I sat on an ST1300 recently... good luck with the sale, first VFR with a...
I reserve 6th gear for highway cruising once I get the bike to a steady 75. I've found it'l get 47mpg around 70 with a gentle throttle hand in 6th.
Too many rookies around here... The best fix for the stock transmissions occasional iffyness is to make sure not to get lazy with your shifts.
The 5/6 gap or false neutral is common. I've caught it a couple times when I get lazy with my shifting.
It is a very common problem. My 99 had 13,000 on it when I got it and it cooked the R/R and wiring about a thousand miles later. I went with the...
I meant to talk to you about this tonight but I forgot about it. I was gonna try shifting the bike on the centerstand and see how I thought it...
My 99 had been down before I bought it and it put scratches on the finned part of the primary cover. I sanded the fins down a little(carefully)...
We keep randy around to weed out the weak ones... but he usually doesn't bite.
Hey, I picked up a new 99 in august. "New to me" can be just as good as brand new. Welcome to the site.
When my R/R cooked 200 miles from home on a straight 55mph two laner with nothing but 4 feet of pavement to leave the bike on and a ditch to stand...
My 5th gen runs 168-175 degrees F under cruising conditions, the fan doesn't turn on until 222 degrees. Because of that, the engine temperature...
It just hit me what caused this thread... ETHANOL. The rubber components were designed to resist gasoline, but not alcohol based compounds. The...
Whatever you do don't install the thermostat backwards. If the bike holds the right operating temperature while cruising in cold weather then the...
I have a pair of cycling shorts I used when I had a functional mountain bike, they made a huge difference. Not sure if they will be effective on a...
I just recently got a sargent seat for mine and it is superb. Has a much better shape than the stock one, takes some of the weight off my wrists....
Hey that looks like my bike when I got it... I had to get rid of the stock potato cannon pipe pretty quickly. Shes a beauty.
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