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anybody have a picture of your bike with the OEM side cases with the cases off the bike? I'm thinking of getting some but am not a fan of lots of plumbing always on the side as most of the time I would not have the cases on. The OEM mounts seem to be be a lot less bulky but I've yet to see them...

I'm not a fan of side cases, they always strike me as much too wide. I'm also not found of the framing they leave even after the case itself is removed. What I use instead are seat bags, really big seat bags. They hold enough for a 2 or 3 week cross-country trip, put the weight where it is...

I have a Madstad bracket with a Parabellum tall & OEM winglets. With that, I don't get any buffeting but I do still get some wind noise, depending on the conditions. It is big tho. I thought I'd try the stock shield on the Madstad to see what that would do (not good, I'm 6'2" and it was a lot...

in my quest for a quieter cockpit, I thought I might give the Madstad bracket a try. That was informed by a couple of things: first, I had one on weestrom years ago that seemed to help and second, I find adjusting the Gen. 2 OEM bracket a PITA. And so, I ordered one from Madstad. It came...

I didn't care much for the plastic rear rack so I removed it along with the plastic sub-rack below and added a Pelcan 1150 for some water tight storage. That worked great but as I tour with a fairly large seat bag, I felt I likely needed something a bit more stout back there when it come time...

the S10 has nice bars but they could stand to be a little higher. Unfortunately the angled clamps on the Gen Two bikes limits your options there. The pivoting Rox Risers are lovely but they are more of a lift than I needed and can raise some cabeling issues depending on the setting...

when I went looking for an oil change thread I noticed the main one has something like 400 replies, 'no way I'm going to wade thru all of that. So, since I just changed the oil for the first time, I thought I'd jot down some basics in case it is of any help. This by the way is one of the most...

the Pacific Coast Highway, about an hour north of the Golden Gate: ::006::

In advance of a trip next week to the left coast I mounted up some highway pegs, a necessity for me for long distance- I need to be able to move around. To hang the pegs I needed crash bars but since the goal was more peg oriented, I let the driver be how low they were and tube diameter. I...

so when a mouse chewed thru the wiring harness on my sport touring bike shorting out the injectors and control modules for good measure, I took it as a sign that it was time for a lighter & less plastic-dipped mount. I went with the Tenere for a couple of sentimental reasons: my first bike was a...