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Yesterday was primo riding weather in NY-CT. I was out on the highway, doing fine, minding my business. I was slightly exceeding the speed limit, slowly passing cars in the right lane, and a Wagoneer was a little behind me. Not too close, but he was there. After a bit I hit the throttle...

A couple of weeks ago I was riding in FL, NJ, trying to get on the turnpike south. Traffic is crazy there and I thought I was getting railroaded over the GWB into NYC, so I quick turned off onto what turned out to be a one-way street. And of course I was going the wrong way. No traffic, but the...

Does anyone have a solution to glare in the mirrors? With the Winter sun so low, I've been getting into situations where the glare is a problem. Late afternoon today I was entering onto the superslab and couldn't see a thing behind me. So naturally I sped up to "clear" the field, and that...

I was happy with the stock Bridgestones, but the rear wore out at 8500 miles. So I ordered up a new Battlax BT021 from motorcycle superstore. The tracking page said it would come on the 9th, so imagine my surprise when it showed up today. I think there's a learning curve for changing tires...

I don't know if this has been posted here. I saw this at the kawasakiversys.com forum. Just to be perfectly clear - this video depicts what one should NOT do during a bike commute. :eek: -p. YouTube - This is How We Roll in India

I was running the bike at a standstill in 6th gear at idle, to clean and lube the chain, and I noticed that the chain slaps around quite a bit. Measuring it, there's about 1-7/8" slack, outside-to-outside. That seems like a lot to me, but the owner's manual specs 1.77-2.17". Anyone have any...

First off - thank God for the break in the weather! That was one ornery Winter. Now to my complaint. I'm getting inundated with bugs. All over my shield and upper jacket. Sometimes I'll go through a horde of them and it's like the shield was spray painted. I think they're arriving with the...