slo1

Twenty years ago I flew to Nashville, borrowed a 5th gen, and rode to Charlotte NC on all the best roads. Went home and bought one soon after. Last week I flew to Nashville, borrowed the same bike (only 22k miles now) and spent 4 days riding some of the same roads. I now understand why VFRD meets in Franklin. We stayed in Townsend, and just rode everything we could in the area. It was epic, and I will not wait another 20 years to head east again.

Agreed.... and RIP Dardanelles which burned down 😞

Hopefully there will be some good used stock bodywork available from the donor bikes. There are also some that have been built showing up for sale already, and not fetching the cost of the build.......

It's been 4 years since the 5th gen took me on a tour. 2 years on a Tracer GT, and 2 years on the Multistrada. Loaned the Multi to a friend who flew in from Oklahoma, so it was 5th gen time again. We bonded immediately, but I missed having cruise control. 600 miles in and the battery was shot, but not the R/R or stator. And it was awesome to hit the thousand of curves on the old girl. Still love this bike.

Did a Canadian in here have their bike break down in Utah ? I vaguely remember seeing something about someone's bike tossing a spark plug and ruining the engine. That's the one, but can't remember if it was on here or on the Book of Faces. My local bike shop has the bike, and I am interested in it.

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Years ago I bought Feddies 6th gen VFR that he used for two-up rides at the school. Other than the suspension and stickers it was stock, and he could fly on that bike. Me, not so much.....

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That was mildly entertaining, and food for thought, but MCN did chemical analysis every 2 weeks for 6 months with Ethanol Free gas. Any bike/car that sits for long periods of time should have Ethanol Free gas in it. My lawn mower likes E-0 better as well, the snow blower is stored with no fuel. Climate will also play a role, as where I live the humidity level is often below 30% and sometimes below 10%.

Years ago Motorcycle Consumer News did a 6 month scientific test of fuel stabilizers. By far the best rating went to Startron. Switching from Sta-bil to Startron has proved to reduce issues with our fleet (now 70+) of MSF training bikes which sit for 3 months a year. It has also helped with the too many carbureted bikes in my garage, some of which see only 500-1k miles per year. YRMV

Just sent a PM with the same comments as Tim 😂