Finally got all my **** installed, like night and day vs stock. Sputhe front and rear, dual bagger Brembos and braided lines, 13.5" Works black trackers, Works dual rate drop in cartridge with Speed Merchant preload adjusters, and black wheel spacers and dust caps to top it off. Have to reapply vinyl to fork tubes between triple trees. Cams, wheels, Lyndall rotors and pads are next

 

Its a stock seat that has had foam taken and added in the right places for my liking by a local guy here in Idaho. The people that have been on it have told me its great, ive popped back there a few times riding and it seems really nice. Not sure what foam he ended up putting back there.

 

hey man good looking bike! im looking towards picking up a thunderheader here soon an i noticed youre rocking yours without heatshields, so hows the heat? manageable?

if i pick up the pipe here soon it wont be with the heat shields so i would like to know how necessary they are

Also if anyone else here knows, id love some input, THANKS!

 

Been running mine without shields for almost 30k. It's manageable. It was hot with the stock motor but has cooled substantially since motor work and quality tune. A good tune will help that pipe run cooler but you'll still learn where to keep your legs. Most of my pants have burns

 

Like monster said, its manageable. Sitting at red lights it gets pretty hot but other than that its fine

 

I've got 100 miles on mine w/o heat shields, no problems so far. Totally manageable like others have said. No burnt pant legs or melted shoes yet. Time will tell but I dont see it as an issue. You can always add the shields later if you like. I didn't want to spend the extra $250 at this point, spent that money on my tuner instead!

 

Relocating the sigs... See? This new fat bob tail assembly is becoming useful now!

 

 

Hell yeah that definitely puts my mind at ease. Thanks for the advice, love this thread

 

Before and After still a work in progress. Received a lot of inspiration from the thread and love the bikes.