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Hello everyone! I came across this forum today and just had to join. I've only been riding from 2003, and only WWII motorcycles until last year as a German WWII reenactor. So, my experience has been all VERY old school. I was the second owner of my first bike, a 1939 DKW 3PS. This little machine was typically used as a cheap civilian transportation and training of potential motorcycle couriers for the German Wehrmacht. My second motorcycle is a 1944 DKW NZ-350/1, which was a Panzer Division's scout and courier bike. It was found in Belgium and I completed its restoration to serve the Wehrmacht once again, this time for historical reenactments. So my motorcycle experience is quite unique, never having ridden a truly modern machine. Two years ago, I purchased a friend's 2003 BMW R1150GS Adventure and started riding off road more and visiting national parks. This past summer I covered 3500 miles in one 9 day trip through 7 national parks after carefully teaching myself how to ride off road, mostly without incident. Well, I got stuck ONCE.... Back country riding and adventuring is new to me on land, being a former Merchant Marine ship's 2nd Engineering Officer, used to touring the world by sea. If anyone in Minnesota needs a travel partner for a trip out west to Yellowstone or Glacier, or just about anywhere else that's scenic, drop me a line. Ich habe Wanderlust! Gruβ aus Minnesota ! Kurt Suleski

This is an issue on many bikes, I know Yamaha often does this as well. So others installing these carefully inspect/read manual. on a side note if just that disc gets too thin a clutch will often times slip even if the rest of the clutch pack measures in spec. If you ever see this order the OEM inner friction and see if that clears up slip issues.