Stellar job Billy, we owe you. As is often the case, the problem is sometimes right in front of your nose, but not obvious at first. They put three plugs in the tire, some more air and the handling seems to have improved. Your response which was intantaneous for us, (we posted at midnight, got up at 6:00 AM and knew from your post immediately that we need not waste time or energy arranging transportation of any old R3 Standard shocks) saved us a MOUNTAIN of wasted time and energy. For more on our morning, see my thread, " Why I Love to ride Triumph".