I have bought some things from Ebay that came to me as amazon boxed items labeled as gifts.
The number of times I order from ebay that suggests stock is nationally located only for it to arrive in chinese cling film.



I basically start with aliexpress and work my way around ebay and amazon searching the same item as to me its all just a smoke and mirrors chinese distrabution network with subsidized free shipping paid for by the western countries taxes...

These Chinese companies play games for sure. The same thing happens here with ebay and the "US Stock" sellers. They may indeed keep a small warehouse to hold a few of each item that they sell, and will ship over and replenish in a revolving manner, but I suspect they also just fly in stuff from overseas and ship it out via FedEx/UPS from the hubs. I have noticed that all of the "US Stock" ebay sellers are based out of international hubs - LA, Chicago, New Jersey, and Memphis in particular.

I was thinking the latest Templar shipment was on the Dali cargo ship. Perhaps, then rerouted from Baltimore to Charleston. :hmm:

Put my new flyscreen on. Mainly I wanted it to protect the gauge cluster as they are exposed and a good sized rock could damage them. As a side bonus, it does actually provide a little wind reduction too, mostly to the lower half of my torso, but it is enough to make highway speeds a little less tiresome. It doesn't look half bad either.

https://i.ibb.co/0sBpWXr/20240518-184345.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/c68MLcS/20240518-184352.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/6FDsjwc/20240518-184404.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/s5YCrXd/20240518-184332.jpg

Oh man, That may work on the Scram........

Been a minute. I had some drama with registering my bike, mostly due to my State more than the bike itself, so I went almost 6 weeks without being able to legally ride my bike. I got that sorted, and then got busy at work.

I've installed a new set of slip-on's for it, made by a Company called Bykology, also called Rhino Racing. They are big and straight through mufflers that also come with dB killers.

https://i.ibb.co/nQLb4R7/20240703-004052.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/6Wvg84T/20240703-004038.jpg

With the dB killers out they are definitely a bit loud. Not obnoxious, but definitely conspicuous, and they also drone a bit in my helmet at highway speeds. It sounds killer though.

With them in, still a bit louder than the stock mufflers, but they are tamer. I can hear them when riding at highway speeds, but they are in the background and don't drone at all. They still make a nice throaty 270 degree twin bark when you get on the throttle. I am pretty much going to leave them in unless I am feelin a bit rambunctious and want to be heard.

Otherwise, I ordered in a FuelX Lite to hopefully help with the closed loop fueling. I can tell this engine is tuned lean, and putting those mufflers on there definitely did not help. I also ordered some ceramic metallic Ferodo brake pads for the front to help bring some feel/bite into the front brakes.

Still love this bike.

That's one sexy bike.:tup:

They definitely do grab attention. I get asked all the time what kind of bike it is, even by pedestrians crossing the road in front of me lol.