Bought it June 23, with 800 miles on it an hour north of me. (Already up to 1200!)
Where:
An hour north of me at Fort Collins Motorsports
How:
Drove up during my workday to snag it before it was gone! Was an amazing test ride, and loved how the Akrapovic exhaust thumps and rumbles. That being said my ears did start to feel fatigued after 5 minutes of riding with the exhaust. More on that in the mods section. I had such a blast on my long ride back home with it, getting comfortable with the bike.
Mods
Exhaust:
Sadly when I purchased, it came with the baffle already removed, so that’s a modification I’ll need to make. Even though I love how loud it is, I wonder how much my neighbors hate me, and am curious if I’ll prefer the sound with the baffle in. Anyone have opinions on this?
Frame Protection:
Already installed some frame protection (installed after pics were taken. Funny story, the bar-ends didn’t have a torque spec listed, so I kept tightening because there was more to tighten. Ended up shearing the bolt clean off between the plastic cover, and the aluminum bolt that screwed in: Picture
TailTidy:
I recently learned that most tail-tidys are actually illegal as they move the indicators closer to the center, which breaks the 9" of separation, and 4.5" of separation for each from center rule. Wondering if anyone has been pulled over by the police over this. Additionally… any recommendations on tail tidy/ integrated tail lights?
Front-indicators:
Does anyone modify the front indicators? Mine are already LED as 2021+ model, but am curious what y’all do with it, thanks!
Frankly even stock I feel like bikes come plenty loud. Love that whoever you bought it from barely made it past the break-in period and already removed the baffles. I’m betting you’ll be happier with the baffles in. I also recommend earplugs, even with baffles in, wind noise alone is serious.
Aluminum bolts are basically a crime against humanity, no surprise it sheared off.
Virtually no one gets pulled over for a tail tidy, but you can get dinged for it if you’re already getting pulled over…
“Loud exhaust, Anyone have opinions on this?” LOL
Yes, people do :p
Frankly even stock I feel like bikes come plenty loud. Love that whoever you bought it from barely made it past the break-in period and already removed the baffles. I’m betting you’ll be happier with the baffles in. I also recommend earplugs, even with baffles in, wind noise alone is serious.
Aluminum bolts are basically a crime against humanity, no surprise it sheared off.
Virtually no one gets pulled over for a tail tidy, but you can get dinged for it if you’re already getting pulled over…
Yeah definitely excited for the baffle, and I always use earplugs 🙂