that's right......
well, i woke up early this morning, took the bike apart to millions of pieces (okay, thousands?) and let every liquid in it drain out while i went to the local kwaka dealership! (uh, minus the battery water!
)anyway, one K&N air filter, 4 liters of motul 3000+ (what i had in it before
), a hi-flow oil filter, four NGK CR9E "IX" spark plugs, and lotsa "inspecting" (fuel filter, fork seals, compression tests, etc...) LATER, that tremendous sense of accomplishment is ALL MINE!! and boy does my baby PUUURRRRRRRRrr now!! (just couldn't do the damn "shims", not game for that one!)anywho, just wanted to brag and tell others to do the same thing to their loved ones..... it makes you and the bike feel better for it. (not your thumbs, as those damned stick coils are a bitch to pull out and put back in!!!)
anyone else do their own maintenance? only hiccup was that at one point i dropped the damn spark plug socket into the pan of used oil... lovely. move that next time......
OH, and the BESTEST part?..... $182= DONE! (and five hours of my own labor! but i clean as i go and baby the bike, unlike the "local" dude would do)
oh, and i didn't take pics... come on, it already took me 5-ish hours as it was!!!
cheers all
andi - 
cuz i was gunna do the milk bottle cap thing 
but, decided against it! (btw, your pics outta the manual sure do make those things looks small, when they are HUGE!)
I still reckon it's there to control "noise". Very common thing these resonators are, even in cars.
