DougFromIndy

Put some moth balls in tin foil, keeps critters away. Get a box of old school moth ball, wrap in tin foil, poke holes in tin foil. keeps the mice away.

Seb, they will work fine, not sure if are open ended but an exacto knife solves that. Softer than oem grips but less cush than a progrip, middle of road between sport and tour. You will like the knurled pattern, grippy and a bit sticky. oem grips, these harris VFR grips (FIRM) renthal (MID) progrip (SOFT) follow my complex chart above and if they don't work I will buy at $15 shipped thats like a $2-$7 gamble, can you do it?

My other HONDA has renthal grips on it:

Seb, both are softer than oem....the grip is good, I would go with the medium. Less cush than a progrip but more cush than oem.

I have the Pazzo look alikes on both V-stroms and they are exactly same quality as Pazzo.....very happy with them. I love the chinese sellers names on ebay......I buy from FIRE DRAGON BROS but really want to try HEY MAN....now when a company is called HEY MAN are the levers any good? YES DUDE, lol. probably every single one is out of the same factory. Really Nice quality to me from Fire Dragon Brothers. HEY MAN

The linked braking system is a great feature that works very well. No way I would eliminate it from my VFR. Why?

Great !!!! Keep pushing forward on your ideas....ignore the doubters.....go to you tube and watch "The Power of Dreams" , failure is the key to success .....realize you can never fail, many prototypes & problems sure but eventually you will get there. Thinking this way is THE KEY to HONDA DEVELOPMENT. Best Wishes on your project...remember Mother HONDA had millions of set backs just to get that 2 wheeled machine in your driveway, they did not quit. When I ride I am always thinking "what an amazing machine" We all get to enjoy the benefits of these machines, we just turn the key and go....nobody thinks about the thousand of hours it took to design something. Good Luck, I am with you, now get back to work, DOUG

The seat is always a pita to take off then on, I use a bar that attaches to license plate frame, holds 2 lids, works with oem bags, easy, called the helmet guardian......watch the video, I have these on all my bikes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDJr-H_KuAI

EXCELLENT !!!!! cant tell the difference, I could not see any flaws....one had a broken clip, an email got another like the next day without sending bad one back, so good people here imo/quality screen