Recent content by znebula

Thanks for all the feedback I wanted to ride my machine essentially stock for a while (year or so) This is the first sport bike and wanted to put it through the motions to see what it would do. There is a drag/track day here in Sacramento once a week and I am going to check it...

Funny you mention the Roadstar--my sentiments exactly! Tho I still have my 03 RS in the garage and is a great two up ride. Weight is all relative --to a lot of things--and this busa is my first modern sportbike with a tad bit of power. I try to ride the RS once a week to keep the the...

Thanks--yeah I'm diggin it. The hardest part was getting the end caps off and the little spot welds that held them on. I tried using a round type bit(dremmel)- but found a little more control with a small cutting wheel. I ended up grinding into the head of the screws -so I replaced them with...

Just put em back on today-tried to do last night but no red locktite. Pretty happy with the results. Cheers/Jeers anyone?

Yeah I hear ya--I figure between 1500 and 2 grand when it's all said and done with the full system-dyno module-air filter and tax. (then again-constructive pessimism always has worked well for me) Pretty sure I'll go with duels just for the symetry_but might change my mind when it comes down to...

Re: Ok-pics it is.... Nearly stock--Seats,no mudflap,minus several stickers and reflectors--buell pegs in the mail

Actually--that was kinda the "butt" of my question. I am going to have the guy look at to make sure-but I was thinking/hoping it was aluminum and you would just need to machine off the "marks" and the black coating. And I know (and agree with you)--about the relative look-and sound and...

Anybody done this? Not sure if this has been discussed or not--wanted to see if there were any pics if so. Probably going to have it done by a local polishing shop.