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So on Sunday I slept in kinda late (after being up in the morning a short time for a fire call) and when I got up, IamXenomorph was there working on my brother's bike. My brother broke something in his carbs, so they were pestering me to do more of my mods that I had sitting in the basement. A couple weeks ago my brother and I put on the blue corner lenses I got from Clear Alternatives and made an attempt at the exhaust. I say attempt because it had a leak. Bike has pretty much sat in the same spot until now.
First order of the day was the integrated LED tail and clear lense along with shaving down the mudshovel. Broke out the Dremel and went to town on that. Cut it a little below the bend with the cutoff wheel (about 6 of the cheap ones) and then used one of the sanding drums to smooth it all out. Looks so much better!! I was a little surprised, though. The taillight lense would NOT fit out through the opening in the tail section. Had to take the entire tail section plastic off to get the lense and stuff swapped out. I also noticed that the rear subframe seems to be all welded. That kinda sucks as I had sorta considered getting a GSXR tail for it because I like the looks but can't afford the insurance.
Next up, our thought was to shave about a 1/2" off the exhaust since the reason it was leaking is because the slots were lined up (the stock gasket didn't fit and I didn't have any high-temp sealant). Got it all trimmed down with the heavy-duty cutting wheel on the dremel, got it all back on the bike, but it still has a little leak. Is this a big deal? It's a completely open exhaust (though not all that loud) so I don't see that a slight leak would be that big of a deal, but I'm not sure of that. It had some liquid coming out where the leak is; what could that be? Didn't really smell like gas or oil, so I don't know what it was.
Figured that the little leak can't be that bad, so I let it warm up and took it for a spin. The new muff (WileyCo) was pretty loud under load and the bike seemed to have a new pep to it. Now I just need to jet it and get a K&N in there. :ban:
Do I have to take the plastics off the bike or would it be easier to take the carbs out to do the jet kit? I haven't ordered it yet, but I'm definitely considering it now that I've felt the zip just from the exhaust.
Almost forgot about the last mod. I purchased a rear hugger at the NYC International Motorcycle Show back in Jan or Feb. Xeno and I put that on and it looks nice in there. I also have an undertail kit, but I'd really like to keep the luggage bars in place for my sidebags. I need to find somewhere to hook the back straps, though, because I used to wrap them on the turn signal stalks; I eliminated those when I chopped off the shovel. Didn't think about that until after the plastic hit the ground. Woops!
First order of the day was the integrated LED tail and clear lense along with shaving down the mudshovel. Broke out the Dremel and went to town on that. Cut it a little below the bend with the cutoff wheel (about 6 of the cheap ones) and then used one of the sanding drums to smooth it all out. Looks so much better!! I was a little surprised, though. The taillight lense would NOT fit out through the opening in the tail section. Had to take the entire tail section plastic off to get the lense and stuff swapped out. I also noticed that the rear subframe seems to be all welded. That kinda sucks as I had sorta considered getting a GSXR tail for it because I like the looks but can't afford the insurance.
Next up, our thought was to shave about a 1/2" off the exhaust since the reason it was leaking is because the slots were lined up (the stock gasket didn't fit and I didn't have any high-temp sealant). Got it all trimmed down with the heavy-duty cutting wheel on the dremel, got it all back on the bike, but it still has a little leak. Is this a big deal? It's a completely open exhaust (though not all that loud) so I don't see that a slight leak would be that big of a deal, but I'm not sure of that. It had some liquid coming out where the leak is; what could that be? Didn't really smell like gas or oil, so I don't know what it was.
Figured that the little leak can't be that bad, so I let it warm up and took it for a spin. The new muff (WileyCo) was pretty loud under load and the bike seemed to have a new pep to it. Now I just need to jet it and get a K&N in there. :ban:
Do I have to take the plastics off the bike or would it be easier to take the carbs out to do the jet kit? I haven't ordered it yet, but I'm definitely considering it now that I've felt the zip just from the exhaust.
Almost forgot about the last mod. I purchased a rear hugger at the NYC International Motorcycle Show back in Jan or Feb. Xeno and I put that on and it looks nice in there. I also have an undertail kit, but I'd really like to keep the luggage bars in place for my sidebags. I need to find somewhere to hook the back straps, though, because I used to wrap them on the turn signal stalks; I eliminated those when I chopped off the shovel. Didn't think about that until after the plastic hit the ground. Woops!
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