I'm just going to come right out with it - I've got money but I'm married and my wife hates my bike - so it's hard to justify spending big chunks of cash on the bike w/o having too much drama. I don't like drama and I love my wife so... :)
I think a workable strategy is to spend in smaller increments - nothing too outrageous but go for positive improvement w/ each upgrade.
So far I've concentrated on comfort, safety, and aesthetics:
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Helibar Risers
55W 6000K HIDs
MRA Double bubble screen
Frame Sliders
6000K Halogen High beam bulbs
Fuzeblock
Muzzy Fan Blade
Speedo-Healer
I'm thinking now about adding some performance mods. I've come up with the following list of items (in this order) because they seem to offer good benefits stand-alone and to augment the benefits from previous stages:
1. A set of velocity stacks - 25mm - seems to offer some good standalone gains - at $250 or so it seems like a bargain.
2. A Power Commander V - again - seems to offer some benefits even without doing a custom tune.
3. Exhaust system: Not sure if I want full or slip ons - would like the weight loss from a full but not sure if I want the low end power loss (is it significant?).
4. Probably get it tuned at this point.
5. Autotune module for Power Commander - not even sure if it's justified, but like the idea of something that adapts.
I'm thinking this winter of getting the exhaust manifold ceramic coated - I've heard this increases power and helps the bike run cooler.
So, any thoughts?
-Dennis
* Last updated by: dennisclawson on 7/1/2009 @ 7:21 PM *