"vague" at best, this means "scratch ur head" and think about it.Well... last year on the way home from the rally in Logan, We were about a hour from home ,riding 2 up, towing the trailer, with about 400 lbs. behind the XII, and I started feeling and hearing something abnormal in the front, and pulled over at the next exit to investigate, I got out the tools and went around checking tightness of everything, and heck, Iv'e even picked up a pesky stone in the tread of my tire, that caused me to do the same, but I found nothing. Being only a hour from home , we continued, because what I heard and felt was not severe. After the XII was unloaded, and the trailer put away, I continued to ride as always, and NEVER heard or felt what I experienced that day on the return trip home from the rally. Soooo at the time, ya chalk that one up in the HUH ? catagory .
Well..... Me and Pam were in Sandusky Oh. on a ride, and going faster than I would normally go , we banked left into a long curve,,, and guess who decided to show up again,after nearly 12 months
We rolled on back to Toledo, and the next day I ordered new wheel bearings and seals, because I have not been there on my XII yet, I thought, I'm not going to Asheville with this ? pending.
So the parts came in , and up goes the front of the XII,for wheel removal/inspection an sure enough ,the left wheel bearing was bad , and the right ,was'nt acceptable either. This gave me the chance to do a thorough inspection and service all things related ,that I had not done yet.
The AVON's look pretty bad in the photo
, but they are new , with only 5 k on them, anyway my mind is at ease as I /we head south to the rally, listen to your bike.... sometimes it speaks to you clearly... other times not!.......tony 
....Gator Mike
......................tony