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I knew he was a member here, but I couldn't remember his name. Thanks for the heads up. George

I was wondering about the difference in the two headlight mod harnesses on the 6th gen bikes. The $15 one gives you 6 filaments on high beam and the $20 one still only has 4 on high beam correct? I want to order a few things, but want to make sure that I get the right one. I'm wanting to have as much light as possible so I think the 6 filament harness at the top of the page would be my best bet. Can someione confirm this. I would reference part numbers so as to not be confusing, but I didn't see any on the website. Did that make sense? Thanks, George

Bike looks like a really nice concept. I agree on solidworks being great. I've been out of that stuff for about 5 yrs, but even back then Solidworks and surfcam were my most used programs when I was a design engineer. I also used a bit of autoCad, but always felt it was second rate compared to solidworks. George

seeing as how it doesn't attact to the bars, unless you use the bar end parts, it should work fine. Clearance may be an issue, but I can work around that for the winter and take them off when the lakes start to melt. thanks, George

OK, here in WY it gets really cold, but doesn't always snow a lot. I have developed the habit of riding to work as long as the roads are clear, even when the temps are below zero. There have been a few days I ended up riding home in the snow, but it's no big deal as long as the snow is fresh and not packed into ice. On my ST1300 it was a great mod to put a set of Suzuki DL1000 handguards on the bike to help out in the cold, but I cannot remember how they mounted and if it would work on the VFR. I'm gearing up for the cold as the temps are dropping fast here, so here is my plan. Heated grips will go on soon Handguards would be awsome Spooning on a set of Dunlop 616 tires Putting on a tall touring windshield Most likely adding heat to the stock seat. Improving the light output for the short days / long nights Any tips, ideas, suggestions, condemantions?? Thanks, George

Of course you are correct Gary, we tend to make the bikes what we want them to be and often that is different than what they were designed to be. I didn't add my personal view in there, but my VFR fits me pretty decent at 195lbs, but I also tend to ride some rough roads, including a 13 miel section of dirt road I take on the way to work sometimes just to change things up a bit. George

Look at it this way, how many people do you know who have refused to buy a particular bike because they didn't like the spring rate on the suspension?? Me neither. Yes they should care about their customer base, heck even the skinny pro riders weigh more than 150lbs especially when you factor in the heavy race leathers, but yet they pick a random number out of thin air and that's what we get and we continue buying them because, well.....ever manufacturer pretty much does the same thing. George

Cool, that pretty much sums up what I was thinking it would. With a bike this heavy the diff will not be noticable and will only result in lower life. I just had to ask. Right now I am runnign a 45 tooth steel rear instead of aluminum as I like things to last a long time and this is the first chain drive street bike I've had for quite some time now. George

Well, simple question. I was just wondering if anyone has done the 520 conversion and if so was there any noticable difference and was it worth doing? I know they make a decent amount of difference on some high revving, light weight bikes, but on these heavy relatively low rpm bikes I'm just curious if it's an actual improvement or just a way to spend some money for fun. Thanks, George

I'm not so much concerned with accidental 1st gear downshifts, but I'd love it if more bikes came equipped with a high gear indicator like on some of the touring bikes. This keeps you from looking stupid while searching for 7th gear It's not a big problem, but coming from a 5spd to a 6spd I sometimes double downshift to pass and then only upshift once forgetting that I can shift up again. It's all part of learning the bike really and it's not an issue 99.99% of the time. George

I used to be big into hiking and after fooling around with cheap tents I decided one time to splurge on a Kelty. I hated so bad dropping the cash on a $160 tent, but I am a big time believer now. It sets up so easily, tears down in seconds, weighs almost nothing, poles are short enough to store easily and it has great weather protection and impressive breathbility. If you're going to use it once or twice, buy a cheap colman or whatever. If you're actually going to use it a lot go ahead and pay the money for a goos tent. You will find they are much more user friendly and now that I have mine it rides on the bike if I'm going out for long trips because it is such a wonderful tnet. My opinion and expereince says go Kelty or stay home :biggrin: George

Sweet! I like the looks of that peg. Add me to the list of people awaiting the production run of these things. As long as I can afford them I will be ordering a set as soon as they are avaliable. George