ok, soundhound; you've got my attention! no, the harley doesn't need 'an oil drip pan'...haha. harley's,since bout '86, have become the standard that other bikes 'try' to emulate. heck, you can eat off my engine...but i won't let ya! what i was refering to i almost put into the 'new products' suggestions and it is this: several hundred thousand or more bikes have fairings...with stereos built in. now when is someone gonna develop a bike user-friendly mp3/radio unit that will slip into all those fairings? the radio should be auto scan w/ memory lock...as aiwa does with its portable cd units. the mp3 should have a coupla easy to hit buttons...volumn, mp3/radio select..etc. my 20gig mp3 plays over 4000 songs and i use it in my van and on the road when i travel to other cities and countries. by the way...i am a field engineer who also designs and tests every kind of electronics you can think of...2 years w/ nasa, crpyto for the DOD,DCA,and AOCC. currently i am the senior field engineer for CNN (if you saw a reporter on cnn anywhere in the world...i was probably there setting up weeks in advance). several of us help develop products for field use in tv with many many manufactures...from satelitte trans. systems, audio consoles, digital (and analogue) tape systems, comms systems...etc. etc. one thing i have learned in the last 35 years...if one can dream it...one can build it. just needs uh market. but thanks for your reply.