Thanks George, I appreciate the thoughts. I fixed it last June right after I returned home fro Dayton Ohio. I rode it into Russell and it is super good now! A lot of folks say Russell won't work for a off road / dualsport, but I had one on my KLR 650 and now on the CRF. for me it is fine, now if I were a hard core serious dual sporter, or spen 80 or more % of my time in the woods I might think differently, but my off road days are not much more than an occasional fire road ot decent two track. The NT with a decent set of knobby would do fine for a majority of my use, but just too much weight for me to deal with if the going gets a little rough.
Eldon