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    Lady Rider By Frank Thomas - Women's Motorcycle Jacket, Large

    Lady Rider By Frank Thomas - Women's Motorcycle Jacket, Large - Blue/Gray/Black In great condition. Jacket has never been in any kind of scrape or accident. Asking $50 From the manufacturer: The Frank Thomas Lady Rider Motorcycle jacket is specifically developed with comfort and fit in mind...
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    Trying to arrive at a "most likely" cause for this

    On a surface street, fairly low speed (coming up from a hill climb where I needed a little throttle, but I’m level at this point and slowing down and now just applying brake to reduce momentum), I'm slowing down as I’m approaching the stop sign, no significant curve to the section of road I’m...
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    What's the story with grease/lube?

    My bike is about 10 years old. My manual tells me to use "lithium soap grease" on the brake caliper pins. But synthetic lube seems to be the main attraction when visiting the grease aisle at the store. And it seems a lot of people (even some people with my bike) just recommend using synthetic...
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    Stripped Threads on Caliper + East Bay Learning Resources?

    New rider here. Got my bike, got some riding time, then started turning my attention to learning how to work on the bike (I want to know how to manage most things on the bike myself so that I'm eventually able to tour long distances without fear of the bike throwing common problems at me that I...
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