Thanks for the detailed response. Yea i had planned on making some of the upgrades you both had mentioned and I expected to get what im paying for. I am a bit worried about the clutch issue and the availability of 20w40 oil throughout my route... I haven't really looked into it but I'm assuming if you had some trouble finding it near shanghai, it won't be very common in the west or the stans. I may take you up on that offer once i get settled in here and definitely will check out the Knight River shop on one of my long weekends. You'd still recommend them? Regardless, I'll need someone to ride with once i get a bike, so I'll let you know once i do.