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Rode to Fry's in Fountain Valley, went thru Santiago and Live Oak canyon roads, 2 teenagers died on Live Oak yesterday (in a car). There was a dark cloud over the canyons, only saw 1 bike (cruiser), there was a police car where the crash occured, was kinda eerie.

RIP.
 
Installed braided line for the rear brake and did the R6 throttle tube mod. It's a subtle difference but I did notice that I didn't have to have my hand cranked as much while traveling at freeway speeds. I think its worth the $12 and the 30min to install it. Oh and I didn't have to cut or modify the tube to get it on. Lastly, installed sliders from motosliders.
 
Just finished installing the SM type II bars that I picked up from Josh on the forum. Install wasn't too difficult or time consuming, but need to go back and adjust the clutch now. The reduced clearance has also upped the need for new/relocated front signals and a rerouting/adjustment of a few lines.
 
Installed 1 inch handlebar risers. Other than unbolting the brakeline clamp on the lower triple tree, the clutch and throttle cables we OK, though a bit tighter than stock.

I also moved the wires to the switches behind the forks. I don't know if this was necessary, but am preparing for the eventual change to Renthal or ProTaper bars.

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Installed Napoleon Baren Mirrors (very cool)
Installed color matched rear hugger (even more cool)..

Before Hugger:

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After Hugger:

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What do you think?

Up next:
Fender eliminator
LED Turn signals
 
Put some black drag bars on the curvy and some new mirrors too :)
Need to chop the ends still and put some weights on but they look and feel great. Nice bit of weight over the front and with the little bit of sweep (which isnt apparent in the pic) my back and hands seem to be happy too..

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Rode bike to Fry's for an item I ordered wednesday for in-store pickup. Well they tell me that the sale price ends on thursday nite so Fry's will not honor the price that I ordered it for. And I never received a cofirmation email from them as well. That is their policy but without receiving a email from them I feel I got burned. I left the store, didn't buy it. :p

Kinda looks like its going to rain now, and I went back online and found a better deal on what I was looking for, ordered it and I will let it ship (free) to me.
 
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