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ooh aahhhh, very nice ....

Hahahahah!!!! I still have original '86 pads on rear of my VF500F. 🙂

Only goes to prove that marketing works! Sell ice to eskimos, blah, blah, etc. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1448669642/ Anyone remember all those "STP Oil Treatment" and "STP Engine Treatment" commercials back in '80s? They tripled their earnings in very short time. But ended up paying millions in false-advertising fines. Granatelli told us whole story at Rotary Luncheon once. Slick-50 too as I recall, $10-million I think. Nowadays, FTC is in back-pockets of big corporations and we'll probably never see that kind of legal action again. Best bet is probably finding greedy law-firm who'll take on class-action lawsuit on contingency.

Welding such thin metal causes overheating in that area and pressure cycles eventually cracks it. Proper procedure for joining such thin metal is brazing. It's such a problem that my racing club had banned K&N filters over 5-yrs ago. Trackday providers should do it also. Two years ago, burst K&N in T14 @ Thunderhill caused 5-bike pile-up. Totaled one very nice RSV4. One guy broke both his wrists. Another had serious back injuries requiring surgery. Not uncommon for spewing oil to land on headers and catch fire!! K&N burst and caught on fire @ Buttonwillow Raceway 2-yrs ago.

Awesome photos! Is Holland really that full of open space? Where's all the people? How soon can I move in with you?

Thanks Cogswell! 👋 I got one of these couple years ago for my Ninja 250 race-bike: https://www.amazon.com/Outlaw-Racing-Magnetic-1-5-13MM/dp/B00AWER052 Recently switched to this one. The alloy body sucks away less magnetism and bigger magnet catches more fragments. https://www.amazon.com/Magnetic-Drain-Plug-Sump-Bolt（12x1-5，Red）/dp/B07BQPGV9G/ref=psdc_15726101_t3_B01N96K2OL

Modern oils are so much better than what was available back when these bikes were new. You can't go wrong with any of them really. Note that as synthetic oil breaks down, it actually goes towards high-end of viscosity-range. So your old Motul 7100 was getting thick with age as it wears out. Causing more load on system and generating more heat.

I really like Dunlop Q3+ if you're looking for something sportier than Roadsmarts.