Teh flip side of that is that if 95% of your riding is in sunny dry conditions, when you do run into a little of the wet stuff you are less...
Been riding on the street a pretty long time, going on 20 years. For a long time I rode over 20,000 miles a year -- and that was mostly fun...
Had the Hot Grips on my '98, they worked quite well. Went with the "only availible overseas Honda ones for my '04" -- haven't installed them yet.
Keep in mind too that at idle, some bikes do not put out enough juice to charge anything rather they run at a loss until they get above a certain...
Never heard anyone say it was less comfortable... Have put a Sargent on all my bikes, for years, always an improvement, sometimes dramatically...
Had one on my '98 -- no problems. Now have one on my '04 -- no problems. I would say if you do, contact them. In my experience, their customer...
Do we know that is done by every manufacturer, specifically Honda & our VFRs?
There has been a break in recomendation in the manual on every bike I have ever bought, Honda or otherwise.
Nope, not unusual, that is why there are more than a few that advocate changing the oil very early in the motors life, to get that stuff out of there.
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