Noobtastic14 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 (edited) From: To: The Surgery was not perfect by a long shot- but could have been much worse IMO -Drew Edited August 2, 2011 by Noobtastic14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Polarbear Posted August 2, 2011 Member Contributer Share Posted August 2, 2011 Shorter exhaust? Looks good. Maybe a new wax too? And the house in the background? C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustb2000 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I notice the license plate was rotated to horizontal. Is there anything else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer YoshiHNS Posted August 3, 2011 Member Contributer Share Posted August 3, 2011 Shorter exhaust? Looks good. Maybe a new wax too? And the house in the background? C First thing I noticed. OOOOHH! Shiny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Royal Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Mirrors, the same kind I have... did you wire them too? R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zubin Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Blacked out shield? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest baldyjoe Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 polished wheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noobtastic14 Posted August 6, 2011 Author Share Posted August 6, 2011 (edited) Shorter exhaust? Looks good. Maybe a new wax too? And the house in the background? C Yes! I notice the license plate was rotated to horizontal. Is there anything else? Yes! Cutting the exhaust down gave me room to mount horizontal without it being "obstructed license plate" Mirrors, the same kind I have... did you wire them too? R Yes! they are on using the OEM bike mount and they are wired as running lights while the bike is on. Blacked out shield? Yes! painted black actually, I am 6'3" and I do not look out of the windshield so it was an easy choice. it also eliminates a lot of glare on the cluster. polished wheels No... same wheels just more dirt in the second set. Lastly, cutting the OEM exhaust has dropped enough weight in the back that the slow speed handling has been greatly improved. (but still not as awesome as riding around with an open cat no cans) -Drew Edited August 6, 2011 by Noobtastic14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zubin Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Shorter exhaust? Looks good. Maybe a new wax too? And the house in the background? C Yes! I notice the license plate was rotated to horizontal. Is there anything else? Yes! Cutting the exhaust down gave me room to mount horizontal without it being "obstructed license plate" Mirrors, the same kind I have... did you wire them too? R Yes! they are on using the OEM bike mount and they are wired as running lights while the bike is on. Blacked out shield? Yes! painted black actually, I am 6'3" and I do not look out of the windshield so it was an easy choice. it also eliminates a lot of glare on the cluster. polished wheels No... same wheels just more dirt in the second set. Lastly, cutting the OEM exhaust has dropped enough weight in the back that the slow speed handling has been greatly improved. (but still not as awesome as riding around with an open cat no cans) -Drew The shield looks good - details please on your process and paint.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noobtastic14 Posted August 6, 2011 Author Share Posted August 6, 2011 (edited) Shorter exhaust? Looks good. Maybe a new wax too? And the house in the background? C Yes! I notice the license plate was rotated to horizontal. Is there anything else? Yes! Cutting the exhaust down gave me room to mount horizontal without it being "obstructed license plate" Mirrors, the same kind I have... did you wire them too? R Yes! they are on using the OEM bike mount and they are wired as running lights while the bike is on. Blacked out shield? Yes! painted black actually, I am 6'3" and I do not look out of the windshield so it was an easy choice. it also eliminates a lot of glare on the cluster. polished wheels No... same wheels just more dirt in the second set. Lastly, cutting the OEM exhaust has dropped enough weight in the back that the slow speed handling has been greatly improved. (but still not as awesome as riding around with an open cat no cans) -Drew The shield looks good - details please on your process and paint.... It was just a rattlecan for plastic from Home Depot. Make sure you do your proper paint prep process, scuff sand the plastic wipe with alcohol or cleaning solution and apply several thin coats and it will look fine. I am a painter at work so of course when i got home I didn't have what I needed and ended up taking shortcuts and finishing with fisheyes on one of the corners, I'll re prep and do another coat some other time. -Drew Edited August 6, 2011 by Noobtastic14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zubin Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 Shorter exhaust? Looks good. Maybe a new wax too? And the house in the background? C Yes! I notice the license plate was rotated to horizontal. Is there anything else? Yes! Cutting the exhaust down gave me room to mount horizontal without it being "obstructed license plate" Mirrors, the same kind I have... did you wire them too? R Yes! they are on using the OEM bike mount and they are wired as running lights while the bike is on. Blacked out shield? Yes! painted black actually, I am 6'3" and I do not look out of the windshield so it was an easy choice. it also eliminates a lot of glare on the cluster. polished wheels No... same wheels just more dirt in the second set. Lastly, cutting the OEM exhaust has dropped enough weight in the back that the slow speed handling has been greatly improved. (but still not as awesome as riding around with an open cat no cans) -Drew The shield looks good - details please on your process and paint.... It was just a rattlecan for plastic from Home Depot. Make sure you do your proper paint prep process, scuff sand the plastic wipe with alcohol or cleaning solution and apply several thin coats and it will look fine. I am a painter at work so of course when i got home I didn't have what I needed and ended up taking shortcuts and finishing with fisheyes on one of the corners, I'll re prep and do another coat some other time. -Drew Thanks, now I'm off to find a spare OEM shield to work on. You only paint the inside of the shield, correct? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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