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No no..you're question is fine. I'm 59 and started riding when I was 13. I figured I had at least another 15 years to go.

It's been 2 years and 2 weeks since I last posted on the board, and just under 1 year since riding longer than 15 miles in any given direction. Health issues I've been dealing with for 11 years now have progressed to the point that it's affecting my career, social activities and now, the worst...

Just an FYI.. Seat Concepts has discontinued all seat cover options for the S10 kits except for the Grippy top with Carbon FIber sides. Looks like I'll be finding a local automotive upholstery shop to redo my seat with a smooth or embossed vinyl cover.

Boris, I'm not sure that diagram is any more clear than the shop manual. Ideally, I would like a pic of the outer plate showing what the "projection" is. Japanese manuals translated to English, something is always lost. Same sort of thing occurs in the shop manual for the 2014 FZ09 I was...

During a 3 hour interruption after everything had just been torn down, I had uninvited "help" with organizing my work bench, including moving and stacking the plates, baskets, hub, etc. that I had just laid out as I wanted. o_O I've managed to not have a cardiac event and am in the process...

My old 2001 ZRX1200. Had Muzzy X-1 cams and the head ported on this one, in addition to the full titanium exhaust, carb work, etc. Increased it 39hp over stock (same dyno). It would stay dead even with my Busa through about 90mph, provided I could keep the front end just a few inches off the...

I still haven't installed my newer clutch hub but I may do a complete oil change when I do before this winter. After draining the longer M1-108A filter I installed last year, I'll see if can neatly cut it in half with a bandsaw to see what it looks like internally.

I'm of the same mindset and experience as SkunkWorks. I've repaired tubeless motorcycle tires with rope plugs and sometimes a vulcanized internal patch and ridden on them until there was no tread left with zero air leakage or other issues. Now, if it was a BIG hole, like you ran over a 3/8"...

Same, ordered the new ball since it was so cheap. And same, my gasket was folded and creased. Calling Partzilla tomorrow to remedy that.

Just ordered the new clutch basket, gasket and nut to upgrade my 2013. Can't wait to compare the before/after.

I lived in SE Ohio for a few years. I never did any offroad riding but found some nice paved routes to take. I'd also venture in to W. Virginia around Parkersburg and head east, some great scenery!

ADV tires, even 90/10 tires, with their deeper tread blocks are more prone to tread block distortion and flex under hard braking and cornering loads compared to streetbike tires. They will cup primarily due to (relative) underinflation and hard braking on the street. S10's ridden by heavier...

Time for it's bath!

It really is getting bad again in Michigan. I have friends who are nurses in several large hospitals and they share that COVID patient intake has skyrocketed. Why so bad many ask? I think that Whitmer's lockdowns, which many considered excessive, have pissed off enough folks that they are...

I lived up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina for a while and they put down more horrible ice melting materials than in the northern states. I watched my Tahoe rot before my eyes in a matter of 5 years - the frame was destroyed, all fasteners underneath were rotted away, front and...

Same. I've taken june bugs, rocks and other small road debris to the face shield and some left a serious mark. Could not imagine taking that impact to the face.

Arai helmets for the past 20 or so years. Shoei for the 15 before that. Arai Vector in the Phil Reed replica paint.. Arai Defiant (1st Gen) which has incredible ventilation at regular street speeds..

Not yet. Found a local dealer who's master Yamaha tech has worked on some S10's so he's not a total stranger to them - he'll be replacing my CCT this Spring under YES and possibly seeing if they will cover the updated clutch basket too (driveability issue angle).

Always a headache when things don't line up. Not unheard of for multiple pieces, especially tubing, to pull out of alignment during the welding process even with jigs in place but they could have checked and made adjustments prior to powdercoating. I've admired their testing regimen that they...

I wear Alpinestars SMX-5's which are their older sport/road race boots.