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While cleaning my bike yesterday I actually read the tire tag for the first time.
The tag says the tires on my US 21 R18 Base are tubeless?! Has anyone with an early US bike pulled the tires and checked? (For whatever reason) Anyone with tubed tires checked the tire tag to see what it says?
Welcome from the Space Coast. We are just up the road from Melboure; Florida that is! Let me be the first to pass on the standard advice, set your preload! Makes a world of difference.
Oh, and post pix when you get your new bike.
The Configuration Tool isn't quite ready for prime time yet but at least you can see what is coming down the line. (For instance, you can't add the new white paint color and wire wheels and black fork tubes as an accessory option even though they show as standard) I only took a look at the R18...
Mine will spin (machined version) if it isn't fully "engaged" I'm not sure how to describe what I mean. Mine has a certain amount of play after it is fully closed.
Thanks for link. I'm having a hard time telling from the picture that was posted where the leak was from. Mine was from here:
And it looks like it is leaking a bit again! Doh!
So I came home from a 45 minute ride and parked the bike in the garage and went in to change and grab a drink. 20 minutes later I head back out to the garage and see a large yellow glob on the right side of the oil cooler shroud. I look up and there is a thin line of grease and large glob of...