Ok, now that I have my steering head sorted, that brings me to the next conundrum, in the performance dept.
Ol' Chile Red has developed a curious phenomenon, where when I am going at HiWay speed and cut the throttle and pull in the clutch, she quickly winds down and dies. She'll start again with some cranking and a mostly open throttle after turning over for about five seconds or so.
She is also slightly more sluggish at 59k miles than when I got her at 28k, and seems to take a bit more time warming up.
I will note that I've yet to check the valve clearances since I got her in August of 2011, and I've no idea how well the air flow meter may or may not be functioning.