Credit to VIK for the LED shop link, 50.00USD but worth it.
20 LED's is just a touch too long in my opinion and I took the entire tail apart to do the mod so im certain 20 will be just barely too long for people wanting to do this, the UPSIDE to getting the 20 and it being a little too long is that these LED's are bright as sin, so even though say 4 of the far right or left LED's are hidden it doesnt matter as the flash is so much brighter than most mods like this I have seen. I used a water bottle with 45degree edges and automotive 3m tape with 3m adhesion promotor, it makes a big big difference trust me.
You can also see in the pictures that I used the ASV levers both Shorty Black and although I LOVE ASV's levers I would actually order a shorty brake and a normal Clutch, the pivot point on the ASV shorty is just a touch shorter than stock making it ever slightly harder to pull and the clutch is heavy enough even though its hydraulic to make that a pain in the butt, couple buddies like it fine but I may order a normal clutch lever.
Plate relocate you can do this with or without the passenger pegs I chose without as my wife has said no, and I have a CBR she is fine with being on the back of lol. The idea for me on this bike since light is the name of the game is to do everything as light and functional as possible, removing unnecessary weight where I can.
This is a drill press a bench grinder and one 1/2 inch square flat piece of stock aluminum from home depot, 2 5" pieces hacksaw cut each rounded both ends drilled frame end attached with stock allen heads then scribed across the top of the plate for the bend angle, set in a vice and slowly hammered down with a mini sledge til flat at 45 degrees, sand painted silver ( should have done black ) thats it, removing the tail and using this removed about 3 pounds total including turn signals etc.
Also I did not like the increased riding position over stock of the comfort seat OR the racing seat as they both added several inches height to the overal position, modifying it way too much for me, I am 6'1-6'2 ish and about 235 pounds biggish dude the inches from the seat were very hard on my wrists I knew right away. Here is my suede recover:
Not sure what the rules are on the forums but for 150.00 I can do flat black leather or black suede on anybodys stock seat not wanting the ballsack looking comfort or the gross luigi seat covers, no offense to anyone that likes either, my Pani is going to be another color as soon as the carbon fiber arrives so I was not interested in retaining a red/black red/green/black type seat at all.
This is all I have done so far, Matte Carbon Fiber is coming from Rich @ Austin Racing which is what I am waiting for to re-paint the bike. Anyone has an extra tank let me know. After the repaint I hope to get in on the group buy for the Iconel Austin Exhaust and then thats about it I can't see the bike needing much else really maybe a few other carbon bits, fender, shock cover, rear fender, ram air tubes to match the key guard I got in carbon.....
My name is Chris also and hi
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