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I'm glad it all went smoothly.

For what it's worth, I did sag measurements on my stock S-10 when I got it and found that the front springs were adequate for my 240 lb. weight but the rear shock spring wasn't even close. I ran the stock suspension with a resprung rear shock for a while before snagging an Ohlins, and I found a...

They look like SW Motech, so not exactly "designed" but rather picked out of a catalog.

If you'd rather ride in a car on Sunday, I can pick you up and drive you out there if you chip in for gas and snacks, and I'm somewhat less likely to rob you than the crowd on the bus. On the plus side, if the bike sucks, I can drive you back to the train station and you aren't stuck.

I feel kinda guilty for buying the uppers on eBay this morning...

The Triumph scrambler would be awesome as a second bike along with a Tenere. I would not want to accrue major mileage on one though, as the seat is a horrendous creation and wind protection is non existent. A friend I ride with frequently has a scrambler and a Bonneville and the key drives him...

I'm happy to see a single throttle body on the V85TT. Keeping the dual TBs clean and working properly can be a bit of a chore.

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If you put Givi monokey racks on your bike, then you can put a huge variety of cases on there with little effort. Their Canyon soft bags also are locked down, so they are a lot harder for someone to walk away with (though those soft bags don't quite clip onto the monokey racks, they will mount...

I would try adding 5 lbs. of air to a flat tire with a hand pump and consider whether you'll live long enough to fill a flat tire to 40 PSI with a hand pump.

I can't understand how in 2024 we can get a new bike with throttle by wire that doesn't have cruise control. This is a swing and a miss by Honda as far as I can tell.

No, a riding buddy has been lusting after one for a few years now and needed some help loading. He made it 3 days into ownership and there's a warning light, though I think maybe it's for the key fob battery.

Yeah I didn't buy it, but I went along to help my riding buddy load it up.

Lousy headlights aren't exactly a "it's broken and it doesn't work" situation. The hard starting also has a solution that doesn't involve a repair and it's rare enough that getting a bike to the dealership that will actually do this on demand is difficult. For the 50,000-ish miles I've put on...

Well I couldn't stop him, we'll see how this one goes. For anyone looking at one of these, Triumph decided to copy Harley with a damped trunk mounting plate, but it seems to rattle around on its mounts, so maybe go with the setup directly from Givi.