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Just a point of reference for others as well as some historical documentation for myself. I put on a pair of Full Bore M40 (radial) tires at 22,300 miles. I'm getting ready to head out on a trip, so I've replaced the rear tire as it was nearing the end. I probably could have commuted on it...

OK, so I'll wholly admit to not keeping up on all the "regular" issues on the S10. I have really just ridden it and enjoyed it. This past weekend I was preparing for a bike trip with my wife. I replaced my rear brake pads as they were getting down there. I took the bike for a couple mile...

I just changed out my air filter for a K&N. Now I'm experiencing a bog if I go WOT and RPM stays at 5,000. If I let up of of the throttle, the bike will continue to accelerate. Any ideas? I'm heading back out to give it another look.

ETA Since I settled on the Big Blocks, I changed the thread title. Sorry to do this, but I'm on the fence. I currently have K60's on the bike, and they've been good to me so far. I've got about 9,000 miles on them, and have 4-5mm left at the center tread. I also have an upcoming trip at...

I was test fitting the ADV Monster 60 lights today and thought I would give this spot a try. Any reason the shouldn't work? I just reversed half of the mounting bracket and mounted it to one of the existing holes. I used a 12V power supply to test them out. My headlights are the DDM HID...

I was fitting the new K60's yesterday when I noticed a big chunk missing out of the back edge of my front fender. Don't really know when it happened. Any aftermarket options to replace the front fender? I thought about just rounding off what's left of the fender, but that would probably take...

I've got a little over 8,000 miles on the original Battlewings and they look to have at least 1,000 more in them. They've been decent so far and I've even felt fairly confident with them on gravel. I'm leaving on a 6,500+ mile trip in about a month and I know they don't have that much tread...

I'm 6'4" and really have to hunch over with the stock bar and riser combo. I rotated the bars up and that did help some, but nowhere near enough. I stood on another riders GS1150 this past weekend and he had 3" risers and it felt perfect. Anyone running the Rox 3.5" risers (or something else...

OK, so I did find some references to oil leaks/weeps and even one thread where the user had weeping from the exact same spot, but there was no definitive answer. I noticed this today at a mid-ride break. The roads were dry, so it wasn't from road moisture. I last rode the bike back in late...

I had Jaxon start on a skid plate for me with a few changes to the design. Finally got a chance to put it on today and things just weren't adding up for me. I gave Jaxon a call and an email and he promptly returned both and we starting talking through the problem. The front left mount for the...

Met up with a couple of friends and rode down to Bikes, Blues, and BBQ in Fayetteville, AR last week. We took off Tuesday after work and made it about 60 miles North of St. Louis. It was a total lightning show to our South, so we opted to pull the plug and get a hotel for the night. Probably...

Working on simplifying things a bit (or maybe complicating depending on your point of view) so I installed a little hardwired GPS adapter (mini USB). Here it is in it's new home next to the battery: I wanted to be able to run the GPS with the bike ignition turned off, but I also didn't want...

...get this dirty after only 1 week and 150 miles? :D I haven't been able to put on as many miles as I would have liked in this first week, but fatherly duties come first. I have to say, coming from the cruiser world, I was stupid to wait so long! Power is plentiful, even in Touring...

A great forum and site so far. I've been digging through the threads and learning a lot. I'm leaning toward a new bike and I'm feeling kinda "done" with the cruiser life. If I wasn't in the boring flatlands of IL, I probably would have made the jump long ago. I currently have 3 Yamahas in...