magicman

The difference being that you now have to keep an extra close eye on your oil level. Low oil in the resevoir of the pro-oiler means you have a dry chain. Low oil with your method means you're about to have issues...

LOL That's what I meant too... :fing02:

Christmas list! Nice write up. :fing02:

I agree with Morbo. It NEEDS the bags there, but it's not THAT bad. Shame you gave in.

Just because the receptionist doesn't know what it is doesn't mean the techs don't know what they are doing.

I just got a call this afternoon. Bike is ready to pick up. Front sub harness replaced, fresh oil/filter, air filter, and they installed my Scorpio Alarm while they were in there. And the kicker is that my hardbags just arrived from the UK this morning, so all in all, it's been a pretty good day. Ready to rock. Only made the call last friday, and dropped it off on last wednesday. Quick. I guess all you back-order guys have to take a trip up north. :cool:

Would it not be possible to shrink your pullies to lengthen the shorter buell belt? It would require changing both pullies of course, and I'm not sure how much distance you could gain, but maintaining the gear ratio would not be very hard. Your 30:72 gives you a 2.4:1 ratio, somethink like a 27:65 would give you a 2.407:1. And I imagine a 65 tooth rear sprocket would be significantly smaller. Not nessissarily small enough, but you can always drop down again if you're custom fabbing it. EG: 24:58 returns a 1:2.416 ratio which would actually be slightly closer to the stock 2.529. Costs are going back up, but if it lets you achieve your goals then why not? This would also allow you to run the Buell style tentioner, would it not?

Doesn't the recall kinda cover the issues here. I understand that the upgrades are nice, but with the recall, they shouldn't be required, right?

Well, I made my appointment today. The dealer said it should take about a week for the harness to come in. Here's to hoping it's not on backorder from Honda Canada.