(05-24-2014, 09:11 PM)Aussie_imp Wrote:

(05-24-2014, 03:40 PM)Ridem32_imp Wrote: I agree it should have a flat and cleated place for your foot. If you put bike on center stand with tennis shoes on it hurts the bottom of your foot with the round knob (ouch )

You should try it wearing a pair of thongs!

(05-24-2014, 10:42 PM)DAC_imp Wrote: Yesterday, I put the tank bag on the bike for the first time. While on the bike, I was maneuvering the bike around my driveway to get the mike out of the garage and close the door with the keypad by the door. So, a lot of see-sawing of the bars.

I found out that the bag was positioned exactly in the right place to hit the horn button on the left and the emergency flashers on the right. So my neighbors, if they were paying attention, got to see me alternatively honking my horn and turning my flashers on and off. My wife came to the door to see what the hell was going on. I quickly departed to avoid any further humiliation. Next time, I put the bag slightly lower on the tank - problem solved.

(05-25-2014, 12:01 PM)Elipten_imp Wrote: Where are the censors when we need them!


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(05-24-2014, 03:18 PM)skimhitz_imp Wrote: Well, after exactly 1 week of ownership, dropped the bike today. Just finished washing it, and wanted to wheel it over and put it on the center stand to take a couple pictures. My shoe must've been pretty wet, and it slipped right off the peg for the center stand, and the bike tipped away from me (of course). Anything I tried beyond that point was futile and down she went.

Damage isn't too bad. I installed SW-Motech crash bars the day after I got the bike and they did the trick. Right crash bar took 90% of the scuffs, which I really don't care about; that's what it's there for. The bar-end took the rest, but I'll be swapping it out anyways when I get my heated grips. There is the tiniest of scratches on my exhaust, but other than that it seems everything else got out unscathed.

I'm pretty pissed off for dropping a week old bike, considering I had my last bike for 6 years without dropping it. That center stand level is not only slick, but rounded too. Carelessness on my part, but also a poor design if you ask me.

(05-26-2014, 05:01 AM)Firstfour_imp Wrote: I confess I have given up polishing the headers over and over, and am proudly displaying them au naturel in all their brown-spotted glory.