Are you saying you don't bother to over-maintain your motorcycle in the same way as you don't bother to over-maintain your car? Or does that just apply to your car?I think we get all anal and OCD over oil. Actually, I think we get that way over our motorcycles in general.
Do we treat our cars the same way? Except for a few of us, we don't. We get in our car and drive away. When it comes time to change the oil, ...or if we manage to think about it...we change it with whatever the Jiffy Lube place has in stock. Checking the valves? Nah. We never think about it on our cars, but we obsess about it on our motorcycles.
Several of my cars had engines less sophisticated than the ST's engine...and smaller. Yet they moved a vehicle that weighed double or more without issue.
You guys need to go out and ride.
Chris
If the former, then you may be the first one on this forum besides myself to publicly admit that, welcome to the club!!! If the latter, sorry for the confusion.