100% the bars... Posts above all make good points. However decatting was probably the best single thing I did for comfort. My wife and I were both tired of 3rd degree skin burns

Not to 100% contradict myself or anything!

 

I don't think I could go 7 or more months not knowing if my bike was started or not! It would have to sound like a Harley before I cared if it had bars first, but then again I ride with a tough bunch that always give the stock quiet bike guys a hard time. Nothing like getting ready to leave your favorite diner and everyone's walking by looking at your nice bars and then you start it and they start to wonder if it was a Harley or not.

Say NO to quiet bikes!

 

get rid of the cat!

 

pipes first

 

Ask yourself this question. Is the full exhaust all you will do? I ask becasue once you get full exhaust you will need a tuner ($400) and a tune ($300). Now if your plan is to also add a new AC then you will have to get another tune (another $300). Also if cams are in your future plan on another tune. So if you plan those other thing get all of them done at the same time so your not having to retune every time.

 

If the stock bars are uncomfortable for you, do the bars first. Like mentioned, if you're doing full exhaust, you'll be looking at a tuner, high-flow AC, header and slip-ons. If just doing slip-ons it's a toss up, sound or comfort with bars. If it were me, I'd go with a tuner and high-flow AC first, then exhaust and then bars.

 

do bars and slip ons for now then you can always add the new header pipe later. (true duals,power duals etc.)

 

Thanks for the responses, I think I am gonna do the bars first because I am wanting black mgs true duals with tts and a heavy breather = a lot more $$ not to mention I want to get it tuned by doc when I move back home to florida in august. (I'm at ft drum in upstate new york now) and I am sure I can piece together my stage 1 by then and put it all on and get it dyno tuned.

 

ETS, PCS or retiring? Sounds like you have a plan, I wouldn't dyno a stage one myself but if I did Doc would be the guy I would want to do it!

 

Do the bars and cut the baffles out of stock slipons or de cat. Or both. Super easy and low cost with awesome results.....