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basically, the stock tires suck. Mine also started wearing strangely at the same mileage. edges are ridgey and make a howl in turns. Get some PR2's and ull be good to go.

my stock tires are just at 5k miles and the front is cupped pretty badly, howls in the turns...will be replaced soon.

Head to Harbor freight and pick up a grinder for 10 bucks. I've had mine for years, they work great.

which tire, front or rear?

Been with her 5 years...so I know the feeling. They lure you in, then stop putting out a few years later when its too late to bail out haha.

My girl's major complaint is her lack of visibility. I'm tall, she's short so she sees the back of my head. I'll often say, "hey look at that" and she will never get to see it. For me the biggest thing that added to our riding pleasure together was a communication system. I do think her taking...

My girlfriend will ride with me but since its an obsession for me, I want to ride much more than she does. It helps when the destination is somewhere she wants to go. I've just accepted that she won't wont to go as far as I wanna go, or ride as often as I would like to. I enjoy having her on the...

hmm I don't notice any vibes, but I do own a KLR as well. I hadn't ridden the KLR in a month since I bought the FJR and I thought something was wrong with it due to the vibes. Turned out I was right, my doohickey spring was broken...torsion spring in stalled. Still has lots of vibes but its not bad.

well My ride to work today proved that the clutch soak definitely helped. The bike also doesn't lurch anymore when I pop it into first from neutral in the morning. I am probably still going to do the R1 shift arm because good can always be better.

Let us know how you like it. I'm strongly considering going to the darkside as I will be needing a new set of tires very soon.

I'm planning to attend NAFO 2010 and would definitely like to ride down with some people if possible. I plan to leave Friday Morning early and do it in one shot. Maybe leave at 6 or 7am and get there around dinner time. I could possibly leave thursday but its an extra night in the hotel and an...

congrats, I hope to join the ranks very soon

First as FredW keeps pointing out, it hasn't truly been diagnosed as a ticker yet. And his bike could turn into a ticker in the future as well. From what I gather, any Gen 1 can be a ticker eventually. I've got a letter drafted to send to Yamaha about my bike. If its a ticker, I'll get Yamaha to...

What did you have to give for it? (I'm continually trying to justify the amount I paid for my '03 with 3300 on it)

Definitely seems a fair amount smoother. The clutch disengages completely now when I pull in the lever which it didn't seem to before. Before I could pull the clutch in at speed with the throttle still held back and cruise along. I think the first to second issues are mostly me. It takes some...

Didn't you use the Shinko 006 Podium's? I haven't read anything bad about the Shinko 009 or 005 on here other than some people don't like the way the front tire turns in on the 009. I can say with assurance that the 005's I had on my VFR were great, I rode them very hard in the Pocono Mts with...

luckily, it was an easy fix. In my case, the clutch was basically locked open, in gear the bike would roll around with the clutch lever not pulled in. I must say, it was a very easy job overall, second time around, I had it apart and back together in under 30 minutes. And I will say, I used your...

NVM, figured it out. I didn't have the pressure plate lined up with the splines. Good to go now. Will test in the morning.

okay, I put all the plates back in, in the correct order, torqued down the spring retainer bolts to proper spec, buttoned up the cover, the clutch lever will not pull in? What did I do wrong?

Well my clutch is apart right now. All of the plates were bone dry except the outer plate and the inner plate. I'm thinking that worst case, I just became a little more familiar with the bike. But I would imagine it should shift a little more smoothly now.