Alien VFR

While simple green is a great cleaner, it will DESTROY certain materials, like the gaskets in your chain. Ask me how I know...

8hp looks like a red X.

Looks great; really updates the styling of your bike...

I read somewhere that the advantage of the wave design is that there's more "leading edge surface area" sweeping across the pads. This provides better feel and improved braking. Your pads will probably wear a little faster, but at $100 for a set of front pads, it's not that big of a deal IMO.

That looks pretty good...

Damn, that looks good; I've always hated the look of the chaingaurd. I hope you don't mind me copying your idea... 'cause I'm gonna!

I installed and tested the grip warmers tonight and I can't believe I've ridden sixteen years without them. One of the best "Bang for the Buck" mods out there. I headed out and it was 45 degrees which I can handle without warmers, so it wasn't bad. Felt good to try out the new warmers and see how they work. The ride home was 33 degrees, and the warmers were definately helpful. Along with all my riding gear (layers), I was very comfortable and could've ridden a long distance in relative comfort if I had to. The half hour ride home was great. I was actually surprised how hot the grips get. Riding through town the High setting was too hot, so I switched to low. But on the highway, the hot setting was perfectly adequate to do the job. Here's what I wear whenever the temps get below 50 degrees. It took a while to figure out what works best. The key is layers and making sure there's no exposed skin. The Under Armor is awesome. It's like a second set of skin. But you have to use the tight fitting synthetic stuff that's not very breathable, it works the best. Here's what makes me comfortable down to at least 30 degrees: Under Armor Cotton T Shirt Turtle Neck Sweater Icon Leather Jacket w/ Liner (Sleeves of liner cut off so my arms aren't too bulky w/ the sweater, etc.) Icon Timax Gloves Balaclava (like a ski mask, w/ no mouth hole and one oval eyeport made of synthetic material) Icon Helmet Sweat Pants Under Jeans Boots w/ Thick Cotton Socks Symtec Grip Heaters Every year I will ride regularly until the first real snowstorm brings out the salt and sand trucks. Then the road surface is pretty much shot until spring. I'll still ride on the occasional nice mid-winter day though. Goodnight...

Stock 6th gen grips.

I just successfully installed my new Symtec grip heaters. Last year I intalled a 12v cigarette lighter adapter for XM Radio/phone charger/etc. I just tapped into the power and ground wires. Removing the grips took about 15 seconds. I took some starter fluid and sprayed it around the edge of the grips. They slid right off. I used the starter fluid to reapply the grips and it worked perfectly. After 30 seconds, the grips were super tight. Installation took about an hour. Could be done in half that time if you were really in a hurry. Flipped the switch and Voila! HEAT!!! I'm going to go for a ride in a little while to try them out. It's about 45 degrees right now, so I'm sure I'll feel the benefits. Thanks to everyone that provided info prior to my purchase. It helped make me a confident buyer and installation was a snap.