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I placed this photo a while back but feel some may not mind seeing the until I am very happy with!

Thanks for asking....it was definitely a good move. I am a fairly good size male and the 300 had some limits with my weight and staying up with bigger units of same or different make. I would do it all over again. One thing noticeable of course is the weight, I didn't struggle at times with backing or moving the 300 about but with the 500, the weight difference is very noticeable in doing the same. I have a bad knee but even still I am able to do want I need to with a bit more effort. Also, even though I had many good comments on the 300, I get many people coming over and asking about my white 500 RI and the words from them was all very good at what they were looking at. The gas, well, as can be expected, the 3.38 gallon tank doesn't give the mileage the 300 did of course but rest assured when you want some power and speed, it is there and than some. You will not go wrong with thinking up for sure. Good Luck!

I wasn't satisfied with "the Play" in my hand throttle so I tightened it up to very little play and I can't believe the difference it gave me in throttle control. I used to have to creep into the throttle up which was always touchy and had taken too much time. Now, I'm into throttling up when I need it without worrying about slowly sneaking up on it! It is more enjoyable for me....

Thanks sissy mary for your intelligent reply, I appreciate it.

Started up fine as usual in the garage run it about 2 minutes prior to pulling out...rode about 2 miles slowing down for a red light on a bit of a down grade and about 50 feet from the light..."POP"....ENGINE QUITS. Good thing I was on a down grade to the intersection, coasted around the corner and having enough speed going to pull over to the right about 50 feet from the intersection. Needless to say, traffic and all of a sudden no engine. Have no idea what caused that, I use good gas, been running everyday and this never happened before. Pulled the emergency brake on, waited a few seconds, turned the throttle slightly and hit the starter and it started like nothing ever happened. Needless to say the "Pop", like a big balloon bursting, scared the hell out of me. Is there something I should get checked???

There is much to say about flats as I have found here. Now I am beginning to wonder, is it my imagination or are bike tires made being inferior to say good automobile tires? I realize you get what you pay for but people purchase cheap tires for their auto's but we don't have to check the tires every time in use. So the question again, can these bike tires be made safer? Since reading on this forum, I check my scooter tires every time I go out and still am not sure what to do for one ounce of prevention or correction. There are different inputs here and needless to say, it's difficult to choose which one would be best. Like someone mentioned on here, they worry about tire blow-outs and believe me I know about that being a victim of a 70 mph blowout. Could it be rims are not standard safe on bikes as most auto and trucks are also?

Problem solved after many checks.....The Coil was bad even though it check good but was replaced just to be safe and behold..."Problem Solved". Again, thanks for the interest and help.