I was just staring my bike down, admiring its beauty, when i realized we haven't formally introduced ourselves to you guys. "Silvia" and i have been together since may 2008. Since then we have traveled about 29,000 miles together, she had 14,000 miles when i bought her. I am an MSF rider coach and teach for the U of I motorcycle safety program. She is a 2004 honda 919 with alot of mods:
Aztec8 headlight and flyscreen
Renthal u/l or woodcraft clip-ons (I'm in limbo)
Renthal dual density grips
Crg hindsight ls mirrors
Asv sport clutch w/ perch
Brembo forged 19x20 master cylinder
Asv lever for brembo m/c
Brembo micro switch
Abm cnc front brake resevoir
Galfer stainless brake lines
Pro grip carbon tank protector
rizoma grab rail caps
Clear integrated sequential led tail light/brake light/turn signals
proton flush mount front turn signals
Led license plate bolts
license plate moved to under tail
Ohlins rear shock
Shogun carbon sliders w/ red caps
Modded hugger
Modded front sprocket cover
Ixil hyper low silencer w/leo vince link pipe
Afam sprockets
Did erv-3 520 chain
Modded air box
K&n air filter
Power commander 3
custom led's turn signal flasher
Michelin power pure tires
Red reflective rim tape
Currently ordered but not installed:
rc51 calipers front and rear
Galfer 1375 brake pads front and rear
Gilles tooling as31gt rear sets
Bikeside solo seat
Gsg carbon hugger
Gsg carbon side plates
If you would like to see any of my mods up close i will gladly post a pic
Quite the mod list, looks like you'll blend right in with some of the guys that have caught 'the bug'.
Since you're a MSF instructor, were you able to deduct all those from your taxes?? The instructor for my MSF class said if you became one, all your motorcycle expenses can be deducted... I tried signing up, but apparently you can't become one if you've had more than X amount of speeding tickets withing X amount of years.
Andrew - this is my first year with any serious modifications so we will see next january about those right off's and thanks i plan to do my mods in 3 phases. The 2011 phase will be done once i get the things listed as ordered and not installed. 2012 will be triple clamp, fork, wheels, and brakes. 2013 will be motor work and paint. Should be fun
Shadow - i ride alot, every chance i get. He'll in 2008 i didn't even own a car. Its so bad that my bike is insured as my primary vehicle and my car is my recreational vehicle. Last year i rode almost 16k and only left the state once
I do have a trip to new hampshire planned in august though.
Very Nice, yeah, I would be up for some different angles of your bike (pic wise)!
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02 919, Black w/Red decals, SS Yoshi's, Renthal UL, bar-end mirrors, sometimes a belly pan and windscreen, sometimes not!
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Smitty - my buddy has a vinyl cutter and is located in chicago. He can cut any design after he loads it into his software. Those stickers are cut from carbon fiber look vinyl. Its nice because the carbon look isn't just a print but the vinyl is actaully textured. Thanks btw
Here are some more pics of my mods as requested, these would be my street fighter vinyl recaps, seat mod for pc placement, pc placement, rizoma grab rail caps, and clear integrated sequential tail light -
Welcome to the site. I was wondering how you had the PC sit like that with the stock seat. I have a Corbin, then realized I couldn't put my stock one back on there. lol
And some more, the ohlins shock, MotoMummy.com resevoir sock, galfer stainless line, ixil hyperlow exhaust, leo vince link pipe, pre-load adjusted placement, compression adjusted placement, led license plate bolts, modified rear set ,and swing arm sliders.
And some more -afam sprockets, did erv-3 chain, modified hugger, modified front sprocket cover, modified air box, k&n filter, modified rear set, proton turn signals, galfer stainless lines and monster can starter cover
Shmoo, thanks and yeah i had to break out the trusty hack saw to get it to sit like that. I don't ride passengers (my girl has her own bike so no need for the support under the passenger portion of the seat.
Just finished installing rc51 calipers to match my brembo master cylinder. Im running galfer 1375 compound pads. Im in the middle of breaking the pads in and stopped for food and figured i would post a pic. Btw no brake drag, no shimming, just install bleed well and break in.
...... with that the air box cover all fudged up like that
Borrowing from zaq's usually keen eye :
I'll bet your have killed power by that air inlet treatment.
Airboxes are the easiest things to screw up by doing things that on the surface seem logical.
I'll bet your have killed power by that air inlet treatment.
Airboxes are the easiest things to screw up by doing things that on the surface seem logical.
Past that, nicely done and welcome.
Thanks and yeah I've been thinking of ordering a box or whatever to make that stock again. Its a k&n so rain doesn't bother it but reading the info about using a stock filter has cause my desire to close the intake off again.
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