Good & Bad farkles

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Jan 26, 2008
Messages
318
Location
New Port Richey, Fl.
Bike
'93 ST1100
Small bungees criss-crossed to keep liners in lid section. This allows the rest of the pannier for important things like donuts .....
Hey, not a fair farkle since ST1100 owners can't call it a farkle as it comes standard like that on the ST1100's, although we have them on both the inside and the lid of each saddlebag :D. Maybe a best farkle for an ST1300 owner is an ST1100?

There's also the built in factory can holders on the ST1100's that's not found on the ST1300's. (flat tip over wings work great as holders when stopped).
 
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SupraSabre

48 Years of SoCal Lane Splitting/Commuting-Retired
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Cedar City, Utah
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12/04 ST 1300s
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Joined
Oct 18, 2007
Messages
892
Location
Huntington Beach, Calif
Bike
2004 st1300
STOC #
7468
The great
1. Russel day-long seat driver and passenger (S.O. Loves hers)
2. Breakaway cruise control.
3. Honda top box, handy, handy.
4. Autocom system. super pro avi works great.
5. Garmin 550 with xm, Like the xm more but the garmin is good when I need it.
6. Risers helped with the shoulder pain.
7. Heated grips symtec.(I always have cold hands).
8. Olympic airglide jacket, great all round jacket for southern california.
9. qwiwi gloves, cured my numb hands.
10. convex mirrors from multivex helped my rear view.
11. fairing and mirror deflectors not so much for me but it made my s.o. happy

Good, have to think about adding to the next bike.

1. clearview shield med
2. grip puppies
3. bmw grips.
4. bike to bike gmrs, ok when on club rides but otherwise I do not use it.
5. Cup holder good for a drink on the rides just do not like it on the bars
6. J&m cb, another limited use item I just had to have.

Bad

1. haven't had anything I would call bad.

Gary
:04biker:
 
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Messages
201
Location
Bethesda, MD
Ummm, in order
Givi top case.
Vista throttle lock.
RAM mount for the GPS & the GPS.
Fused direct connector to the battery (charging ease & power source)
Spensor saddle mod.
Aux 12 v power plug, neath the farkle shelf.
PAR 36 aux lights
Cruise control (The throttle lock IS INSTANT)
Raising the Farkle shelf 1/2 inch in the rear.
Cramp Buster (nice in the twisties)
Fiamm tooters (nice but lights will prevent having to use the tooters)
 
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May 31, 2008
Messages
20
Location
Sacramento,Ca
Which mount and where do you have it?
I have mine mounted with the adapter for the clutch or brake reservoir bracket. I've had it mounted on both sides. It's a toss up as to which is better. It depends on which view you like more, the middle or the edge of the road I guess. The biggest trouble with the clutch side is that the viewfinder screen tends to blow shut as it's on the left side of my camera and is therefore out in the wind.

The part numbers and URL are listed below. It takes three pieces to make up the mount. The bottom bit mounts it to the bike. The middle gets the camera up so it can see over the dash. The top mounts the camera to the middle using the mounting hole on the bottom of the camera.

Ram Mounts
RAM-B-202AU - 1/4" by 20 tpi camera mount
RAM-B-201U - This can be 1, 3.5, or 5 inches tall. I use the 3.5 inch.
RAM-B-309-1U - Clutch/Brake reservoir mount

All this added up to about $40.00
 
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May 20, 2007
Messages
44
Location
Gold Coast Australia
Bike
ST1100
The Helmet Guardian for sure is the best farkle I have ever had on a bike. Oh and the Autocom with the push to talk feature for CB comms is not that bad either. But every time some rider sees me use the helmet Guardian they want to know all about it and where they can get one :cool:
 

st11ray

2006 ST1300
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Location
charlotte, nc
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'06 ST1300
STOC #
7189
How do you guys with the helmet guardian keep the inside of your helmet dry in the rain when using it? Every one that I have seen has the helmets hanging upside down.
 
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Sep 2, 2006
Messages
75
Location
Live Oak, TX
Bike
ST1300
STOC #
76033
Can't live without:
Spencer LD seat mod
MCL Footpeg lowering kit
MCL Bar Riser w/powerlet
BMW grips
Alaska butt pad
Freedom Air seat pad

Really Like:
Stebel horn
Garmin GPS
Valentine One radar detector
Turbo Tom's access. dash mount
Ram Mount camera mount
Ram Mount cup holder
Ram Mount GPS mount
Stealth backrest
Cortech tank bag

Don't like these:
MCL Highway Wings
MCL Seat Riser
Green Light stop light trigger
 

Imrubicon

Wannabe Squid
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Jul 20, 2006
Messages
647
Location
Round Rock, Texas
STOC #
6591
I love:
my heated grips make all the differnce when caught in the cooler and cold weather unprepared.
Spencer seat with LD mod
Deflectors made a pretty good diff in heat issue what little there was and work great in the rain and I think they look good.
Tip over bars but I need longer bolts now that I added a hitch
I like:
Trailer hitch and uni-go not needed but real nice.
Not much I don t like yet but I have more to do.
Still waiting to instal the J&M CB and perm stero for speakers I installed a year ago
And hope to install my Fuzeblock.com in the next few days so I have light and power to my trailer
 

the Ferret

Daily rider since May 1965
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Messages
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Age
73
Location
So-Oh
Bike
21 NC750 14 CB1100
2024 Miles
004498
How do you guys with the helmet guardian keep the inside of your helmet dry in the rain when using it? Every one that I have seen has the helmets hanging upside down.
If it's raining (or looks like it's going to rain,) I carry my helmet in with me where ever I am going.
 
Joined
Feb 25, 2007
Messages
59
Location
River Falls, Wisconsin
Best- Audiovox Cruise Control. I would either buy a bike with electronic cruise, or install this unit. Better mileage, less chance for tickets, no wrist fatigue, etc.

Heated Tourmaster jacket liner. Why didn't I buy one of these decades ago (or something similar)?

MCL risers. Helps with the bad neck, but I prefer the feel of the lower bars when hauling a__ through corners.

My wife loves the Pirate's Lair backrest. I like it because I can take it off in 30 seconds.
 
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