So far I have nothing bad to say about the machine. I do have the heat problem but it is not even noticeable when riding in long pants. The gas tank does have the pressure build up in it and I get a few bubbles in the vent line when I work the machine pretty hard. I get a little gas smell from time to time but not enough to worry about it. An easy fix would to be to vent the gas cap and I have the parts I just have not gotten around to doing it yet. I am getting almost 28mpg which I like and a couple of days I got a little better than that. I can live with that all day long. I fixed all but one little rattle and it seems to be the hardest one to pinpoint. One day it is there and the next day it isn’t. I will find it and eventually get it fixed. My seat has the gap in it most people talk about. That is my next thing to fix on it I just need to get some time to figure out a fix. I think it is because the middle of my seat does not touch the frame and when I sit on it the middle bows down and pulls the front in causing the gap. So far not one problem of any kind and it starts right up every time and the stock battery is holding its own and has not given up yet.
Here are the fluids I am running in the machine now.

Motor-Royal Purple 5W40
Front Hilliard-Mobile 1 synthetic ATF
Tranny-5W20 motor oil
Stock air filter

Ronnie