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Me regular mechanic installed this some years back. Upside is that the posture is a lot more relaxed and there is noticeably less fatigue on longer rides. Downside is perhaps less steering ease? I'm 1.76m and my wife rides her fz6 with the same bars too. She's 1.7m. It works fine for both of us...

The wife sent me a pic today of the uncooperative dashboard. I told her its like a TV whose's time is up. For an 11 year old bike, i'll say its time is up. I'm thinking of keeping one dashboard unit in the storeroom in case mine decides to meet its maker too.

My question is, is a reinforcement of chassis (or mainframe) necessary to strengthen the frame's integrity and stability for touring at higher speeds? Much like planes which get spotted for cracks on the fuselage, patched and re-painted a couple times throughout their 30-40 yr lifespan, does...