Finally Picked My Bike Up
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Squid
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Finally Picked My Bike Up
2003, blue, 2400 miles, jardine high mounts, $4900. Sadly, no plates till monday but I rode it home and it is just incredible the way the power band on these bikes is... Gas it and feel it keep on pulling, next thing I know the speed limit has been passed and I am 
I will try to get photos up tonight if possible, if not I will do some cool shots tomorrow. Anyways, happy to finally be an owner...
I will try to get photos up tonight if possible, if not I will do some cool shots tomorrow. Anyways, happy to finally be an owner...
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MotoGP
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Congrats on the great buy. Good mileage and good price! Now paint it red! 
Seriously though you really have to watch too things on a Superhawk. One is the gas gauge and the other is cops! I got stopped a while back and it's sooo easy to do.
Everybody likes pictures and really, blue is one of my favorite colors on the Superhawk. Does yours have the black wheels or gold ones?
And BTW
Seriously though you really have to watch too things on a Superhawk. One is the gas gauge and the other is cops! I got stopped a while back and it's sooo easy to do.
Everybody likes pictures and really, blue is one of my favorite colors on the Superhawk. Does yours have the black wheels or gold ones?
And BTW
j/k man enjoy!!
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You want these. I believe they're LP type 4's but don't quote me on it. There's a good frontal pic too showing how flush they really are. They require some minor modification to install but they conform to the fairing well and after the aforementioned modification they fit between the inner and outer fairings. Lemme know if you want the step-by-step to make them fit. Oh, and make sure you get the 3-wire for the front so you have running lights.
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Now, the fix: What you need to do is cut about 1/2" off the threaded portion of the back of the housing. You want to keep enough so that the big plastic nut can still grab ahold and be tightened down. Now, the metal housing that holds the light bulb has spring clips on it's circumference. In order for it to stay secure it needs an inner lip to grab. Since you just cut the inner lip off you now need to make a new one. I used one of the wife's OLD baking pans, heated it on the stove on med-high and then just pressed the signal onto it. This will melt the end and make you an inner lip. It also makes an outer lip which needs to be sanded off. That's the mod.
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I think I need to go ahead and disable the pair valve since I am getting that popping on decel. If the pair valve usually let gas in the exhaust combust, what will now happen to that gas that makes it through?
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hawkrider, any flush mounts or other better looking than stock signals made that dont require modifying it yourself? it was kind of hard to understand what you were saying to do on that signal, melting it to make lips and stuff like that...
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Squid
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I found the MOTRAX Micro Flush Mount Turn Signals on the Cycle Gear web site for 15.99 pair. Does anyone know if these might be easier to install? Do they match up with the existing hole left from the original flashers?
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I don't think the Motrax's are big enough.
What I was saying about the LPs is that the part behind the lens is too long to fit between the inner and outer fairings. Thus, you must modify them to make them fit. It's not hard. It takes maybe 5 minutes per side to do the mods. Maybe I'll take a pic if I have an extra laying around.
What I was saying about the LPs is that the part behind the lens is too long to fit between the inner and outer fairings. Thus, you must modify them to make them fit. It's not hard. It takes maybe 5 minutes per side to do the mods. Maybe I'll take a pic if I have an extra laying around.
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Squid
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i think they may have changed the design on the signals? if i cut off a half inch the bulb would be pressing on the inside of the lense and have no where to go. also no spring clips on the one I have. was yours pretty much their biggest option in that style?
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Okay, I found an old modified set in the garage and I have some pics now in case there was any confusion. The first pic has all three parts of the signals - lens/body, plastic nut, & bulb housing. The lens/body is cut and then you can see the lip I made by melting the end on a flat surface. I could've cleaned the edges on this one up more but for some reason didn't. Either way I think it shows pretty well what I did.
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I guess I am slightly concerned about their visibility but oh well... So, now onto the rear tail and maybe some other stuff... If I replace the front fork springs will I notice enough of a difference without the race tech valves or do the two go hand in hand?
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Racetech makes some okay stuff. I have their compression valves in my forks, but if I knew then what I know now then I would have stayed away from them. I can do as good or better job with the stock valves....though I did venture out a little with Nuhawk's forks and we used a GSXR600 valve.
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Looks like I would need their .95 kg springs.... So you can modify the stock valves is what you are saying? I will see how I feel about the springs after I go for another ride tomorrow and hopefully do some more twisties.
