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Aerostitch's Combat Touring Boots have been out of stock for quite some time now. I wonder if the Rider Wearhouse people decided to stop importing them. There is really nothing on today's market that fills their niche. I've been wearing mine for thirteen years and who knows how many miles...

After having my Gen 1 forks rebuilt, I've been contemplating the Gen 3 forks. My mind wanders out on the slab. As I understand it, one Gen 3 fork has an adjustment for compression damping, and the other has the adjustment for rebound damping. How can this be as good as having both adjustments...

Has the OEM oil filter changed? I Just returned from the local dealer after the second trip. My bike is an '05. Earlier today, I bought some Rotella and an oil filter for my 64, 000 mile change. Back in my garage, I compared the new filter to the old one, and the new one was obviously...

Went to swap out the air filter and found about a cup of bird seed in the air box. Wife has been storing bird seed in the garage. No wonder my gas mileage has been sub par. Needless to say, there's a little box of de-con under the bike now, and I'm hoping I won't find a dead mouse in there...

Dear Forum Mechanical People, Yesterday, after an uneventful ride, the windshield on my faithful '05 failed to retract after I turned off the ignition. The switch works just fine, but now the windshield just stays wherever it was when I turned the ignition off. The problem has persisted and...

My orange rubber grommet has been knocked around over the years, and I have been brutally shoving it back into place, sometimes even using a little screwdriver to try to make the bottom flange slip into its seat. Over time with such abuse, bottom flange has torn. I always figured I could buy...

Some may remember my posts on another topic (Valve Adjustment) regarding poor idling after having valve clearances checked. The predominant collective wisdom here was that my fluctuating idle was the result of the cam chain having skipped a tooth during installation of the new, improved CCT...

I've been looking for pictures of how that rubber strap holds the fuel line in place under the tank ('05 model), and have had no luck so far. This little strap seems to be one of those critical bits. Yesterday, I got the bike back from the shop after its second valve check and a swap-out of...

It's about time for my 4th set of Metzler Z6's, and I want to use the new "Interact" models. The former model, the "Roadtec" had a special "C" designation for rear tires fitted for FJR's and BMW's, and, according to the Metzler site, the new "Interact" ones do, too. However, I can't seem to...

No fluid is showing in my clutch reservior window, but the clutch works fine, and I see no leaks. Maybe the guy who replaced the fluid last summer didn't top it off, but I think I checked back when. It's Saturday night in Springerville, AZ, and the only places that have brake fluid have DOT 3...

Meridian, Idaho, is just west of Boise, via a short piece of slab. I was not happy with last year's tires after a thousand miles or so on a road trip last summer. These guys set me up with new rubber at about the same price (maybe a little more) as I would have paid for ordering on the net...

It's about time to re-sole the old Aerostitch Combat Touring Boots, and I have to decide between the standard MX sole and the new cleated type sole. The new sole looks like it will give better traction for walking around. Anybody have any experience with the cleated sole? WBill

Y'know... As I cover the miles between fuel stops out in the lonesome highways, I've been contemplating trading from my '05 to a new '08 or '09. However, I've been reading about a lot of troubles with the Gen II bikes. Where to start: ignition switch failures; snatchy fueling; mileage...