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The Everything Breakout Thread
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Joined: Jun 2014
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From: 90210
you will be in for a shock when/if you get a BO! ... as its been mentioned you have to re-think your riding from the ground up. gone is the stopping distance of a few feet (its now several meters) .... i'm not at the stage where i can give you a good description of cornering yet, only done about 20 miles. All said and done its a total beast of a machine and i cant wait to break it in and learn how to ride it comfortably.
yeh that's pretty much it. plan everything you do on the road well more in advance. Although, if you do upgrade the front suspension and tires, and throw on a set of HH+ front brake pads, you'll see an amazing improvement all around. not a little, a lot. if it was insignificant i wouldn't even bother to mention it. I am so shocked by the improvement from these relatively simple upgrades that I would go as far to say that they should be the first thing any Breakout owner does to their bike, in terms of benefit for $$ spent. but I guess that statement only applies if you plan on riding in any sort of spirited manner or it will be mainly a town bike.
I personally find the Breakout much more fun to ride overall than any of my previous sport bikes, and I find myself riding it a lot more than my wicked Big Dog chopper. Maybe because I just got all of that 'need for speed' out of my system. I figure I've had more than my fair share of knee dragging, track races, and (illegal) speed runs at 140+, and I'm still here to tell about it. - not to say that I don't ride the Breakout hard, but the imposed limitations are fine by me. Keeps me in check
Last edited by LA_Dog; May 18, 2015 at 03:37 PM.
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From: England
yeh that's pretty much it. plan everything you do on the road well more in advance. Although, if you do 
, you'll see an amazing improvement all around. not a little, a lot. if it was insignificant i wouldn't even bother to mention it. I am so shocked by the improvement from these relatively simple upgrades that I would go as far to say that they should be the first thing any Breakout owner does to their bike, in terms of benefit for $$ spent. but I guess that statement only applies if you plan on riding in any sort of spirited manner or it will be mainly a town bike.
I personally find the Breakout much more fun to ride overall than any of my previous sport bikes, and I find myself riding it a lot more than my wicked Big Dog chopper. Maybe because I just got all of that 'need for speed' out of my system. I figure I've had more than my fair share of knee dragging, track races, and (illegal) speed runs at 140+, and I'm still here to tell about it. - not to say that I don't ride the Breakout hard, but the imposed limitations are fine by me. Keeps me in check
I personally find the Breakout much more fun to ride overall than any of my previous sport bikes, and I find myself riding it a lot more than my wicked Big Dog chopper. Maybe because I just got all of that 'need for speed' out of my system. I figure I've had more than my fair share of knee dragging, track races, and (illegal) speed runs at 140+, and I'm still here to tell about it. - not to say that I don't ride the Breakout hard, but the imposed limitations are fine by me. Keeps me in check
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From: 90210
The rest of it will just be personalization stuff- bars, grips, wheels etc etc. - nice thing about the Breakout it already looks bad *** right off the showroom floor.
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From: South uK
Colour? I know its a personal thing but what's your favourite? I cant decide
- Black (always awesome)
- Blue (one of my favourite colours, last bike was blue/white)
- Grey (looks awesome)
- Amber Whisky (kinda grows on me)
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From: Sydney Australia
Matte Black
Matte Black
Just finished it yesterday
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From: Dallas
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From: 90210
man you had to ask that color question didn'tcha ?? LOL
I am partial to black or gray with the stock colors- but all of them are nice. HD did an exceptionally good job choosing their paint colors for the BO.
I am partial to black or gray with the stock colors- but all of them are nice. HD did an exceptionally good job choosing their paint colors for the BO.
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From: 90210
Nicely done! love the ghosted-on tank logo.
What did you use for the matte paint? The only matte black I have found that holds up to gasoline without streaking is the 2-stage "Hotrod Flatz" line of paints from House of Kolor. Every other matte I've seen is a single stage urethane and won't hold up to gas spills without streaks.
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From: 90210
So whatcha all think of these pipes? I'm looking for new pipes that have the 18mm WB bung - but I'm hitting a brick wall with a 2-1 pipe that I like, visually, on the BO.
No info in the net for these "LAF Ambush" pipes but the stepped header design is interesting - RB Racing did a similar set of 2-2 pipes that worked quite well but are discontinued- and they were $1100. these come with 18mm bungs. cheap price..
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LAF-AMBUSH-S...-/171747955716
Or these, from Bassani- also a stepped design. but I think they have 12mm bungs. not that cheap.
http://www.bassani.com/part/1SD2FB
There is a shorty competition pipe 2-1 from VH, looks interesting:
http://products.vanceandhines.com/store/75-114-9/
No info in the net for these "LAF Ambush" pipes but the stepped header design is interesting - RB Racing did a similar set of 2-2 pipes that worked quite well but are discontinued- and they were $1100. these come with 18mm bungs. cheap price..
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LAF-AMBUSH-S...-/171747955716
Or these, from Bassani- also a stepped design. but I think they have 12mm bungs. not that cheap.
http://www.bassani.com/part/1SD2FB
There is a shorty competition pipe 2-1 from VH, looks interesting:
http://products.vanceandhines.com/store/75-114-9/
Last edited by LA_Dog; May 19, 2015 at 07:33 PM.