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I am absolutely going with a cartridge kit as soon as i can, have a few other things i need to handle first but what are your thoughts on the GP cartridges vs Ohlins or something like legends or fox? I work at a dealership and sell a lot of Ohlins and legends but GP seems to be getting popular.
I'll definitely ride without the fork brace again, compare how it feels with and without it.
I have NEVER ever kept the OEM riser bushings haha I have the poly ones right now that are working just fine, might consider going with the kraus solid bushings but it isn't at the top of my list.
As for the brake caliper though, going with a radial caliper, this also pertains to the front forks setup too, but i've been thinking about doing an inverted front end setup from like a gsxr or something, what are your thoughts on something like that? I mean its a lot of changing things up, but inverted front ends seem like the way to go
I'll definitely ride without the fork brace again, compare how it feels with and without it.
I have NEVER ever kept the OEM riser bushings haha I have the poly ones right now that are working just fine, might consider going with the kraus solid bushings but it isn't at the top of my list.
As for the brake caliper though, going with a radial caliper, this also pertains to the front forks setup too, but i've been thinking about doing an inverted front end setup from like a gsxr or something, what are your thoughts on something like that? I mean its a lot of changing things up, but inverted front ends seem like the way to go
Inverted forks are nice. Don't know why Harley hasn't converted over to them for all bikes. For what we pay they should have them. You'll need a bunch of things to make it work. New triples, axle, spacers, brakes, fender, possibly a new wheel. Kraus Moto makes what looks to be a good kit. It's currently $5113.00. Looks like its all figured out and you just bolt it on. It would be sweet to have but that is a good amount of money. You can get radial calipers much cheaper.
Speed merchant makes a bracket that bolts onto you forks and coverts your brakes to a radial caliper. You then source the calipers off ebay or craigslist. GXSR calipers are pretty cheap. I used R6 calipers. You'll need to make some spacers for the caliper to get them to the right spot for your brake disc. They do supply a bunch of washers but its not so nice looking. I also upgraded to Brake tech rotors. They are full floating rotors so they jiggle around a bit while idling and not on the brake. Combine that with a Brembo radial caliper its more braking power then you'll need.
I can spend your money for ever on this bike
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It has cams already, obviously the exhaust and air cleaner too, but as for a tune I'm not sure. I work at a dealership and we have a tuner come in to buy parts every other day so I've been talking to him about it. Any recommendations for which tuner i should run? I've been told to run a power commander which i had on my last dyna, or a dynojet. Issue is i live in california where its hard to come across some of this stuff
I like the Vibra-technics, I don't have personal experience with the others. But I chose the vibratechnics due to the design, limits the side to side movement that would cause a wobble, but still has a nice rubber motor mount as not to increase felt vibrations. I didn't care for the true track desgin because it's an add on to the OEM motor mount and takes up more space and does not fit with a crash bar or low mount oil cooler. And for the Kinetic structures, it wasn't around or at least I didnt know about it when I was looking to replace the mount.
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