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I had a Throttlemeister on my old bike and used it a lot on long trips.  I'd like to put one on my 2010 Xciting 500Ri but I do not know what model of Throttlemeister fits my current bike.  Has anyone installed the Throttlemeister on their bike?  If so, what model did you buy?  If you don't know that, what is the size of the handlebar?  I'd need to start with that.  Is it a 1" or smaller?  Thanks for any info.

My front brakes are squealing when I just sit on the bike and roll it forward.  It started, I talked to the dealer and he said it would be OK to put brake cleaner on a rag and clean the front disks.  I did that and it stopped for a while but then started again.  I've tried reading up on what it can be.  Some people recommend Disc Brake Quiet so I bought some to take with me when I go to the dealer.  Has anyone else had the problem?  Used this product?  What were your results?

The product was described on another forum as " plastisol stuff that is spread on the back of the pads and allowed to dry about half an hour. It prevents metal-to-metal contact that sets up high speed vibrations that cause squeal. It is usually supplied in little packets with brake shoes."  Also, "This stuff also allows the pads to be pulled back from the disk because it causes the pad to stick with the retracting part of the brake."

I got a new (leftover) 2010 500 Ri last week and am loving it.  Today I rode it to the coffee shop and someone comes out and tells me it was laying on its side in the parking lot.  I had left it on the side stand, rear wheel brake not on, but on a slight uphill grade so it would take some kind of contact to lay it over.  The bike is white.  I was shocked that it had no fairing damage, just a little to the black under the foot area where it fell over.  When we examined the bike there was a tiny black mark on the left rear that makes me think someone backed into it and then took off when it fell.  Riding it home I noticed the throttle seemed to stick and saw the bar end was bent at an angle.  The bolt that runs through the bar end had bent in the fall.  I managed to loosen the bolt a couple of turns and operation went back to normal though still bent at an angle.

My impression is that this is one tough bike and well designed to protect the fairing in a fall.  I previously owned a Piaggio MP3 500 and if it went down the fairings showed it.  I have been a little concerned in parking the Kymco on a downhill or left to right slope.  Has anyone else had one go down while parked?  What were the circumstances?