piper, I still find the need once in a while to search for 6th gear but not nearly like before. When I took it to top end last night, I tried hard acceleration in 4th and 5th gears, and kept it in 4th because it definitely pulls better and the engine isn't strained at all at 110 in 4th. Now that is the way it should be! Ready to pack it up and ferry it over to Germany now for some riding down the Autobahn and down into the Swiss Alps.... Now, anyone got about $8000 they feel like just giving away so I can do it...