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I think it's a 'sari guard', a sari being the traditional South Asian women's garment. It helps keep the garment from getting caught in the chain/wheel when carrying a sari-wearing pillion.

I'll say from the outset that I'm no expert, so I'm OK if the acknowledged experts come back & shoot me down. I'm just trying to help a fellow Aussie.:) I have never heard of using a slip-on to try to cure the low RPM surging. I would have thought that given the surging is generally caused by...

Hi Everyone, I just fitted one of these to my 390 Duke. If you are interested in a write-up head over to the 390 Duke forum.

Howdy, I have seen 3-4 different Dukes on the road here in Adelaide (in addition to mine) but only 1 RC.

The FRESCO 'Ultrashorty' got a mention over on the 390 Duke forum. Looks like it's only available in Europe though, but it's another option. There's a short sound clip here.

Yes, exactly what Matt said. The other variables in the mix with alloy grade is its temper and also whether the source material has been heat treated properly after being wrought. I have seen 6061-T6 bar stock that came with mill certificates fail because it wasn't correctly solution heat treated.