mello dude

Its interesting that he was nominated by Reagan.

Tempting, but I'm Dayton to come look at it.... CL link - no go....

Waaaaaay Cool! Gimme that bike! --- $15K Ouch! Headers are by S&S -- they will have to botch the production parts for the regs...

Stupidity in action ?

Interesting you say that. I stand and move up and down quite often on a longer ride. Also when I know I am going to attack a major group of twistys, I stand up and down a few times to shake off any stiffness and to get my brain and focus up to 10/10ths to remind myself any effe ups are not acceptable. My roots are from motocross so standing on any bike is no big deal...

Agree to take your fav pain killer before a longer ride. Also with a new bike, the ergos a slightly different than your other rides, so you are awakening muscles that you didnt know you had. Then same kinda deal... every year early in the season we are out of "riding shape" and by the end of the season, that stuff doesnt bother as much. (Every year early in the season, my shoulders screen - " Here I am!") -- - Another tip - try a throttle rocker.. that helps big or right hand/wrist/arm fatigue. -- Also agree with ricer -- playing with seats/bars/windscreens -- ergos can have a positive help too. -- Good luck... (Gawd, what I wouldnt give to be 39 again...) I laugh at plenty of my VFR guys when they whine about "oh the ergos are so low!" - Jeez, I put on the lower stock bars and it seems to fit me better, and I'm prolly a tic or two older.

Running Bosch or Purolator... at about $6 or I can pay more than double for the Honda OEM filter... (Made by Honeywell or Fram)

Holy XXXX!!

Wow! That is cool! Is that a T shirt?

Ouch!

https://motorcycleinfo.calsci.com/FilterXRef.html

Yeowzha! Its purty... Oh shit, I am damn near a neighbor...

Hi The classic saying on being a new rider--- You get a full bucket of luck and an empty bucket for skill. When you start out, you are mostly using up the luck bucket. Your job is to fill up the skill bucket before the luck bucket runs out. Best wishes and welcome to riding. - Practice as much as you can, and as been mentioned, find a more experienced buddy to ride with and ask lots of questions..

i was sipping beer when I read this... You made me pass half a mouthful of brew threw my nose.... (funny as hell...)

Dealers will try to get an extra point or two for thier own profit. Avoid that route.

I'm the admitted VFR800 addict.. Get a ride on a 5th gen or any of the others.....

Lots of times on Honda's the stator connector to the R/R get burnt up fubar causing a big mess of charging issues. That is a quick place to check for condition while digging in the guts. Agree with all above. If there isnt a problem that jumps out on the charging debug, lots of times its a little bastard moving short to chase. Bleah -- bike electrics suck !

Alright I'll bite.... A Honda with charging issues? No Way! (lol - j/k) I have fixed my share of VFRs, throw in a Yams and Zuks.... Anyhoo - this is my charger debug it procedure that usually points to what to do.... The drill.... as listed, you need to know your battery is good - first. Get out the multimeter (I see you already have done some) a go to town on this.... "The Drill" Sorry for your electrical troubles. Well, looks like you gotta do…. “The Drill.” Go through all your connectors for burnt leads, dig deep. Crispy wires? Not good. Your gonna have to fix that! Then---Go through this starting point quick list. You will need a multimeter too. Steps: - Recharge battery overnite - then to take it to Autozone, Batterys Plus or similar to load test. -- Good? Bad? – An iffy battery can fake you out and act like a bad R/R. Buy new if needed. -- A GOOD BATTERY IS THE FIRST THING! - With good battery fire it up, warm up for a minute or two. These are R/R quick checks--- --- With voltmeter at battery get voltages -- idle volts? 5000 rpm volts? What’s the numbers? Should be in 13ish min idle and in 14s at revs. If in the 12s at idle, try at 1900 rpm. (It’s not unusual for the system to be in discharge or no charge at idle.) - Check stator - 1. Pull connector apart. Set meter to resistance. Check pin to pin stator side, 3 yellow wires, A to B, B to C, C to A. What’s the numbers? 3 separate readings --Should be less than 1.0 ohms. (Engine off) - 2. Check continuity from each A,B,C pin stator side to ground, -- -should be infinity - nada nothing. no continuity. -- 3 separate checks. (Engine off, again connector is apart) -- Again, what's the numbers? - 3. Crank it back up. Do another pin to pin thing, but set meter on AC volts. idle and 5000 rpms. What's da numbers? Should start 15 -20ish and climb 50ish and more. Again – 3 readings stator side connector and still apart. - Repeat hot if you dont find anything wrong. Sometimes the stator will be fine cold and be a problem hot. (If you find the probem cold, you dont have to redo this hot) Come back with your numbers written down... GL Steve..

Nice 5th gen!

Whoa - that GW is gorgeous!

Pretty sweet!

Hi - the BMW is your first bike?

Jeez dude, just trying to help.

Jeez Derek, my 2 cents is your way too nice....

Reply to them and ask if they want a class action law suit. That will get their attention.....