TITAM - Technical issues that affected me

I rode an older Hypermotard in Europe, and really had fun.  Probably the most fun I'd ever had on a motorcycle, to be honest.  So I naturally wanted my own. Unfortunately, I'm too short to be in the Hypermotard club.  I was on tippy-toe the whole week in Europe, and it was not a good feeling.  I needed something shorter. Enter the late-model Hyperstrada.  Very much like the Hypermotard, but including panniers, all Hyperstradas after 2015 are 939s, and the "low" model.  After test-sitting one I knew it was OK for me. Don't get me wrong: this bike is fun.  Damn fun, actually.  And far more capable than I am capable of riding it. Unfortunately, it suffers from some glaring flaws that - somehow - nobody sufficiently points out. One is the legendary grabby clutch, a seeming constant characteristic of modern Ducatis.  That goes away once warmed up, but is irritating.  Still, no bike it perfect, and it's annoying but tolerable. Similar is the "...

Note: this post is for Lexus, specifically the 4th Gen Lexus RX350 (2016+).  I am ASSUMING the process is similar for other Lexus and Toyota.   TPMS on the Lexus is a pain.  On a GM vehicle, you do the following: Install the new wheels with their new TPMS sensors on the car Put the car into "relearn" mode; and Poke each TPMS sensor with a $25 activation tool . Done. Not so easy on the Lexus/Toyota.  The basic steps are: Read the ID codes for the existing TPMS sensors (for future use) Obtain the ID codes for the new TPMS sensors Program / load these ID codes into an OBDII-capable TPMS programming tool; and Connect the tool to the car to upload the new sensor IDs to the car ECU. The main issue with this is that many of the less expensive tools on the market will do only 1 or 2 of these steps.  You obviously need a tool that does all of them, and that means a more costly tool. Unfortunately, vendors use confusing terminology such as "trigger", "activation", ...