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I know this was beaten to death for the 02-09 group. Haven't seen much for the gen 8 bikes. I want the racing unit for multiple reasons. Obviously, more go juice would be great. Biggest reason there. I have an ixil exhaust and did flapper / snorkel, so I realize that I killed mid-range, but gained ear porn. Maybe I can get back a little bit of oomph that I lost. But also, though I despise hitting the TC button every time I turn the bike on, the dash now looks funny to me without the light on. But anywho, I wonder what dimsport uses to control TC. I've occasionally been able to lift the front now, but I'm not a wheelie guy and would eff up my forks or more, if I tried to do that. I ride 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year, even during lockdown lol. So this is a worthy investment for me. Anyone have insight on gen 8 peculiarities? Install, map suggestions, etc. I'll have to borrow the wife's laptop to hook up in the garage, but the nagging will be worth it.

I have been bleeding mine more often than other bikes because of this as well. I also can touch the bar with the lever, but it does stop me so I can't complain. I switched to EBC HH pads to help a little, but it's still not there.

I dig the black too. 😈

I'm beginning research on changing my wheel color. At this point, I'm thinking of stripping the bronze and clear coating them. I've pulled bearings for other things, but never wheels. How much of a pita is it to pull them? Then, the stripping looks to be its own monster. Do you spray with a gun? Or just wipe it on and off? TIA

EXACTLY! I've put hundreds of hours into fiddling and tweaking everything. It's not done until I say it's done. So I don't want to let it go so easy. Lots of thefts posted on local boards. People suck. At home, it is in the garage, but I do modulate the garage door to mitigate it becoming an oven sometimes. Genius! Puts disc locks to shame. And it would surely cost less for a new chain and sprockets than a caliper and disc.

As I said "Some are trailered away, others, just screwdriver in the ignition. This could thwart that." I do have a chain, but I don't use it often. This will be a quick method to use every time I get on and off.

Lol yah, it's a .22. Not that it matters. My domain, my right. And correct, no HISS. I do have a chain, but this would be a much less time consuming daily activity.

The more I think about this idea, the more I like it. And I know it’s not foolproof. Nothing is. But! It’ll be nifty, and a little extra protection can’t hurt. I’ve seen quite a few bike stolen posts on my local Phoenix group. Some are trailered away, others, just screwdriver in the ignition. This could thwart that. Plus, I’ve got the tinkering bug. Anywho, I want to put a hidden switch inline with the kickstand switch and ground. It’ll be under a fairing panel, and only I will know of its existence. Plus all of you folks. This way, I don’t have to fart around with the ignition, and I can just add a little extra length to a ground wire basically. Then, hypothetically I can hear a would-be thief start it, and laugh hysterically while they stall repetitively and I walk out aiming for the chest. I've searched for security, kill switch and ignition. Not a whole lot. I'll let you guys know how it goes.

I velcroed the adapter to the battery cover under the seat and just taped the USB wire to the airbox and fed out from the front of the tank with enough length to get to my bar mount.

I always want to stretch it, but my gauge starts flashing around 200 miles typically, then I get anxiety and go fill up. Around 4.7 gallons is the average I put in. Been wanting to put a little gas in a can to reassure myself. aluminum can or perhaps sturdy plastic container like empty HDPE oil jugs. But I don't think I'd trust the threads on the lid with the gas expansion.

Check bikebandit. I just bought a set of leakproof seals when I did mine.

That's a bummer. It sounds great opened up. Most of mine is highway, so I get to roar!

The science is real. Keeping the snorkel will keep the designed resonance. Maybe I'll measure mine this weekend and plug in the math. It's been sitting in my bucket of weight savings, along with the carbon can and exhaust. Nonetheless, I don't need the 5hp, but I greatly enjoy the noise. Leaving it in the bucket.

Around 6k.

I yanked mine off, snorkel as well. Glued some window screen material over the holes. I'm sure it's not optimized perfectly, and I think it may have even lost some low end, but it sounds 1000x meaner. My bike, I like it.