Poured down rain last night, washed the salt off the roads, and the wind dried them off today so... Don't care it was only 35*.

 

and it begins....

 

I want to start a thread just so I can use the "I don't know what I'm doing" Husky gif.

I waded through 100+ pages of your build thread so far. Great stuff! The vids of backroad riding are cool as well.

 

 

Beautiful bike! Question though, to the group - does the blueing on the pipes indicate it's running too hot? Maybe stage 1 without a tune?

 

very possibly. the color corresponds to the thickness of chromium oxide formation, and the thicker blue oxide forms at ~550+ degrees, as opposed to the brownish tint that forms at ~400 degrees.

 

Disclaimer: android phone pic, colour of the stainless pipes may be off and influenced by the building overhang colour which was blue.

That said, I've never heard of a better excuse to get it tuned than overheating. I will find a local guru because "I don't know what I'm doing".

 

been a busy week. Added a Danmoto 2-1 exhaust, FuelPack tuner and an arlen ness super sucker. also ordered a 2" tank riser.

 

I put chrome skull axle nut covers on the front today.

 

Spent all afternoon trying a couple different slip-on's. First I went with round 2 of the TTI's and installed the 158's in my Straight Shots following DK's instructions to the T this time.



Then I tried out a set of Rush 3" Slip-on's with 1-3/4" baffles that a very generous forum member made me a deal on that I couldn't refuse (he knows who he is, thanks again).



After riding with both exhausts for about 60 miles each and under the same riding conditions, I found that the Rush pipes performed much better than the Straight Shots with no baffles and TTI's installed.

With the Striaght Shots on, the bike was weak on the launch and took a bit to really start pulling. They felt decent on the upper end from about 4500 RPM on up to rev limiter. They were not any louder than with the baffles installed and they still had that raspy/tinny Vance and Hines sound.

With the Rush pipes on, the bike is much stronger on the launch and pulls hard all the way through the RPMs. The bike jumps up and goes with any twist of the throttle and has no hesitation like it had with the Straight Shots. The sound is much deeper and a bit more quiet at idle but they get pretty loud when revved up.

Even with the TTI's in the Straight Shots they just didn't perform that well. When I had TTI's installed in my 3" stock mufflers, the bike ran very well. Not sure why the results with the Straight Shots were not nearly the same. I know TTI's do improve the performance of pipes and they did improve the Straight Shots but the Rush pipes are just better performing pipes hands down.