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You truly have an artist's eye, Ziobato. Your considerable (and at times subtle) individual efforts meld seamlessly into a very satisfying visual package, fairly dripping with understated elegance! Also, that is one of the very rare examples of differing treatments of front and rear wheels that I've...

A couple of considerations I haven't seen anyone mention yet... 1) Thicker oil is harder to pump. Hypoid pump-drive gears driving a positive displacement pump are highly stressed when pumping thick oil, and experience extreme shear forces at a time when there may be little or no lubrication between ...

Oilhead wrote:[Clutchless upshifting] causes less wear on the tranny than a clutched one, obviously causes no damage to the clutch...

Not meaning to be argumentative, but how can clutchless upshifting cause less wear on the tranny? I see how it can cause less wear on the clutch, but...huh?

Well... :oops: thanks oldjackbob :oops:... I don't know what to say more than this, words simply don't come out... :) Thanks ziobato, I'll take that as a "yes"! :D Back to the windshield, I'm curious -- was there anything in particular about your new windshield, other than perhaps the tin...

ziobato, I just realized that I've had a picture of your bike as the background on my computer desktop for a long time -- I never knew where that bike was from, I just knew that I wanted one just like it -- it's GORGEOUS! I don't have a bike right now (I last rode a Mk III Norton many years ago), bu...