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0619 only a year old. Nothing unusual

SO I decided to abandon my much beloved Michelin PR5's for another brand based on a great price only to find I made a mistake. While I've had success with Dunlops in the past but my "new to me" Dunlops Roadsmart III tires ride like I'm on a washboard road. Perhaps a slight exaggeration, but they are hard. They ride hard. The front at times feels like I'm riding on iron, not comfortable at all like the Michelins. I tried 36-34-32 psi to see if this changes the "feel" and at 32 they are not very firm and sure footed in corners. At 36 they are hard as rocks. 34 seems to be a compromise, but not as compliance and confident as the PR5 and PR4''s were. Sad to say I'll be running these down until I either can't stand it or have the money for another set of PR4 or 5's. Lesson learned I guess. Saving a buck for confidence wasn't what anyone wants in a motorcycle tire. Glad I've got a few miles under my belt as these tires aren't for a beginning rider. They kind of remind me of the very old K591 "murdercycle tires". Hard as hell and would ride 15, 20 thousand miles and still have tread. Hard as rocks and shitty as hell in any wet conditions. Just one mans opinion.

My current suit is 13 years old, so its very well broken in and the R3 is almost brand new and stiff as hell. They take a long time to break in. That being said, it is much lighter without the liner. Zippers are the seal behind waterproof style, grommeted hole for electrics power cord, better adjustments for pads as they are velcro'd in place, not pockets, button down collars, magnets to fold the collars open (kinda weird) hanging loop is on the outside, inside cell phone pocket, knees are different, stick out more on the R3 than the road-crafter. The main difference is the weight and insulation. Should be much cooler in the spring, summer and fall, but lacking in the winter riding. But I have an electric liner. Zippers are different, as they are slower and I think over time they will be more prone to failure. so maybe more care involved in maintenance of them. Lubing the zippers and keeping them clean is very important on these suits as replacing the zippers is not cheap and takes forever to get your suit back from the factory. Cordura is the same weight, thickness, protection. So ridablity and protection should be the same. Although I hope to never find out! The zippers though, (so I am told by R3 riders) is the big improvement. Absolutely waterproof. (so they say) My road-crafter will leak in the crotch and under the arms after 4-5 hours of riding in the rain. I just ordered the suit in Hi-Viz with Black ballistics. 10-12 weeks they say, but i hope sooner (fingers crossed). In the meantime I have my old roadcrafter and will keep it as a back up or for another rider, if necessary. Not cheap, over $1200 bucks, but I get a rider trainer 15% discount and I figure the 13 years of protection I got out of the old one amounted to be less than $100 a year in riding gear and hoping this is the same, its well worth it for a full time rider. And yes the Onesy suits are funny looking, but I can never, ever, forgot to wear my pants! Hope this helps.

Yeah me too, I have no idea on that one!

Buddy of mine let me try his new R3 "Stich" in Orange and yellow for sizing purposes. I'm replacing a 13 year old Roadcrafter in Hi-VIz with a new style unlined R3 probably in Hi-Viz yellow again. But ywhat ta think about this "orange-cycle"......

21" Clear. I have a light tinted 18" as well. Bought the 18" used then added the 21" for winter riding as the 18" even in the highest and straightest position wasn't enough coverage in the lousy PNW winter riding.. I'll go back to the 18" probably later this month. BTW I love the MadStad. Better than the GIVI and the Stock windscreen. Had both....Madstad is better.

New shoes front and rear. Road Smarts this time. They definitely seem "harder" than my PR5's. But they had 10,000 miles on them, so we'll see. Also Custom saddle from Mr. Ed's Moto (Don Weber) in Albany, OR. Faux Vinyl "Carbon fiber" sides with dbl red stitching. Fit to my butt. Only about 200 miles rode on it so far. Not cheap, but what is!

Oil and filter change, installed a K&N Air filter, Sync'd the throttle bodies and changed the plugs.

63 going on 21. Well I think that way.... The body doesn't function as well, but the alternative is far worse. I wouldn't worry about the forum being boring. Oh shit its almost time for my early bird senior dinner! Got to run!

Yes the gloves are great! I've owned three pairs and currently are riding with a pair of "steves' right now. Well not riding right now, typing right now! HA!

22" MadStad clear replacement shield for winter riding in the great Pacific Northwet!

Made and installed a "homemade" bar mount in-between my MadStad windshield frame mount for another RAM ball mount. This time for the GoPro. I found some 1" black thin wall steel tubing, cut it to size, capped it with plastic cap ends then using 1/4" all thread and a couple of SS washers and nuts frilled through the end caps and mounted the bar to the Madstad mount. Then using a left over RAM mount and arm I mounted the GoPro. I'll give it a road try in the next hour or so to see if it works

I don't know it they can fit over the stockers as I replaced the stock handlebars with rizoma bars. But I don't think they can. As to the mirrors the Blizzards have a strap that secures them to the handlebars just near the mirror mounts and you do get two different length bar end spacers that help with the placement of the inside ends of the blizzards. So yes the mirrors are not in the way.

Anticipating the winter ride I took off the pathetic Yamaha hand guards and installed Barkbuster Blizzards. Only a couple rises so far. We'll see.

I've been told I am a "A" personality type. Therefore A for me. I like the quicker throttle response and as soon as I find the time to not ride the bike for a couple days I'll send in my ECu to be re-flashed. Probably when I replace the plugs and filter and maybe adjust the valves and sync the air intakes etc.....

Tell me about the Saddle. I live in Eugene and loathe the idea of spending $500 on a seat mod, but can't handle the stock seat much more. I'm just pissed it costs so much to modify a small saddle like ours. So is it really worth it?

I have about 6k on my PR5's and they still look like new. Love the tire. Value? I think so for a number of reasons. 1) mileage has always been better with the PR series. 2) I ride in the rain. These are exceptional. 3) Peace of mind. I've played with Sinko's, Dunlops, Bridgestones, Pirellies, Continentals, Metzelers and the Michelins have always been a premium tire. My old Connie with over 168k on it would eat all other tires up. But the old Michelin 89X 100X and the PR series have been superior to all others. I just followed suit with the FJ09. Yes they cost bucks, but again, you pay for what you get. And IMHO peace of mind is the number one reason. They've never let me down.

I replaced the worn out OEM tires with only 5800 miles on them with Michelin PR5's. 6500 miles later they still have more tread on them then the damn OEM's did new! I ride everyday rain or shine in Oregon, so I need a good long lasting rain proven tire. The Michelin series from the old 88's and 100X to the newer PR2, 3, 4 and now 5's have been on all my bikes since 2001. That's close to 200,000 miles on the four bikes I've owned since then.

Broke 10,000 miles. that's what I did today!

2016 stock. My first oil change (1000 miles) was 2.8 liters measured with a graduated cylinder and was over the slight glass. The second change was 2.6 (4000 miles) and still over the sight glass. My last change (9000 miles I used exactly 2.4 liters with a Hi-flo filter change and it is spot on in-between the slight glass marks cold. The engine case has a mark of 2400 cm3 underneath the filler cap. You can never completely empty all the oil out of an engine during a change, so I figure the .3 liters from the manual telling us all the 2.7L capacity makes sense. So from now on its 2.4 liters for each change for me. Assuming I continue using the same capacity oil filter.

2.4 with a filter and mine is full. I don't believe the manual. Each time I've added the 2.7 it covers the sight glass completely.

Changed out my stock handlebars for some Rizoma bars. Shorter, more pullback. I'll see how they feel after a week of riding and report back.

I've got two cans of lube to use up then I'm done with it. Going to use a heavy weight 80/95 gear oil after a good cleaning. Time to experiment.

The worst was the old Concours C10. Absolutely the most miserable design on earth. My FJ09 is a breeze. I just made it more comfortable that's all.