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Same here. Stock exhaust and always wear earplugs and a helmet. Call me crazy but I think my 2012 has one of the best, if not THE best, factory exhausts I've ever heard.

Tuesday: rode 387 miles to Rapid City for good riding in the Black Hills. Wednesday: rode I don't know how many miles through the Black Hills. Some of the most beautiful roads you will ever ride. Thursday: rode 387 miles back home. Three days in the saddle and my ass is killing me.

Did this to go here for this

Well, it's been well over 48hrs. Anyone else have a challenge???

Sorry, sorry, I've been on vacation. How about your bike and a skeevy tattoo shop?

Update: I think I may have solved my problem! A little voice in the back of my head kept saying, "Oil, oil." When I got it home from the dealer I dropped the oil and ran Shell Rotella T dino. The other day I switched that out with Shell Rotella T6 full synthetic. The clunkiness and notchiness...

Did that already, thanks.

Because I don't want to spend the money and completely relearn how to shift. Took it to a local repair shop the other day as I thought there was a lot of noise coming from the clutch basket in neutral with the clutch out. They said it was normal. Guy took it for a short spin and he agreed...

Thought about that too. I don't really want to spend the money for Ivan's FCE.

I'm coming up stupid here, do I need to install the washers in front of the bracket? Behind?

Discovered that the other day when I got down to ground level and started pulling on things. I'm going to have to try that, thanks!

Another update: when I got back Thursday night I lowered the shift lever even further. Went for a ride Friday and it seemed better. I really concentrated on my technique and I think it's a combination of two things. #1. Spending a year on a Harley has made me lazy/slow with my upshifts. I...

Did that already at 57 miles when I got it home from the dealer. I'm just hoping there's nothing wrong with it.

Update: adjusted the shift lever downward tonight and went for a ride. Doesn't seem to make any difference. Shifter is still very notchy and it feels like I really have to force it.

I'm familiar with preloading the shifter, which is what I do. Rode a bit today and it seems it's gotten a little better. I noticed that I was also preloading on downshifts which caused it not to reset on multiple downshifts (coming to a stop). Looks like I may need to lower that lever.

After a short trip today, I retract my previous statement. I think I might have to get a set of these.

Anyone have any shifting tips? I'm having a heck of a time getting smooth upshifts. I'm not new to bikes but I DID just come from a Harley. Bike before that was an ER-6N so it's not my first naked/sport/metric bike. When I picked it up from the dealer on Wednesday, it did have what I...

My first bike was a 1994 Kawasaki Ninja 500 purchased in 1996 while I was in the Army in Hawaii. This was after only a few lessons in a parking lot on a fellow soldier's Honda Rebel 250 or something similar. I promptly wrecked a few months later but salvaged the bike and a buddy welded up an 87...

I rerouted the lead to under the passenger seat, rather than coming out of the undertail. Makes more sense as I can just pop the seat to hook up a charger if I'm going to be gone for a while or during the winter. So far I'm liking the stock/dealer suspension setup. Yep! How did you guess...

South Dakota State University rodeo grounds. (Yes, that is a giant pile of shit.) Swiftel Center rodeo grounds. Yes, my town has two rodeo grounds, but it IS South Dakota. In the same vein, your bike and NON-TRADITIONAL (no cows, pigs, sheep, goats, etc.) livestock.