heh...sounds like the competent ones are all here in San Diego. I've never had a problem with Cycle Gear, I get all my stuff from them. I switched to synthetic oil on my last oil change. I've heard both stories, some guys tell me that synthetic will free up horsepower (which may be true but I'm not a skilled enough rider to be able to tell if I'm getting one more horsepower), and others swear to me that it's gonna blow up my engine.