Pictures you say? Exhaust, HID, etc.

[Maskido]

Yeah I know, yet ANOTHER post about someone modding their bike. But so what? Kinda got tired of staring at all the grainy, out-of-focus, cell-phone quality pics & decided to take some with a decent camera (Nikon D90) for everyone to see.

So here we go!

So I got the big three mods done already: fender eliminator, exhaust, & H.I.D. lights. I've got some more up my sleeve so I'll put them up as they happen.

Fender eliminator: I got mine from Jardine, $80 delivered. Here are some before & afters:

Now onto the exhaust. I got the Jardine RT5 carbon fiber. IMO it is the best looking and sounds crazy. Also got it for a ridiculous price of $446 delivered!!! from biohazardcycles.com.

Decided I like the clean look vs. stylin the Jardine badge, off with it!!

Self portrait. Yeah, about the 'stache. It is March Mustache Madness month @ work. Prizes for the ugliest and/or best effort. It's going to be a loooong month! Ha ha.

No pipes! & yes, I did run it with no pipes. Unreal how loud it is. Have a video I'll put together real soon.

Lots more to come, stay tuned....

 

[jreinke]

You have one clean garage. lol ok Awesome pictures man. Love the look without the Jaradine sticker on the pipe looks alot better. What you doing with the stock pipe now?

 

[dallasb]

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[dave_xb12r]

You must have some really low miles on that thing! Personally, I'd break in the bike before putting an exhaust on it. It looks good though!

 

[Maskido]

What you doing with the stock pipe now?

I dunno.... boat anchor? haha, that thing weighs almost 25lbs!!! I'll prob. keep it around should I sell the bike one day and someone wants the OEM setup.

You must have some really low miles on that thing!

Just under 300. Thought about that actually. But I figured I'm at least half way there so what the heck. Plus I wanted to match the sound to the aggressive look. The "lawnmower" wasn't cutting it.

 

[Maskido]

So here are the pics of the H.I.D. lights I put in. Got the 55w slim ballast setup from DDM tuning. Couldn't believe how affordable it was ($70). Did both low & high beam. Wish I would've taken pictures of the whole process, but I was too anxious to have it done. One of my questions was regarding the wiring (which is + or -) so for those that may come across the same dilemma, here ya go: Low Beam: Negative (-) is BLACK, positive (+) is BLUE. High beam: negative (-) is BLACK/RED, positive (+) is WHITE. Also, as far as fitting the bulb in the high beam housing, all you have to dremel is the black receptacle for the high beam bulb, not anywhere on the headlight housing. So all you would need to replace if going back to normal bulbs is that small cheap replaceable piece.

The UGLY yellowish color of the stock bulbs.

Decided to go with 6000k. Was a toss up between that & the 5k & am really glad I went with the 6k. Same color as my xenon lights on my BMW. Gives it that distinct hint of blue that is related to H.I.D. lights. (Looks a lot bluer in the pics than in person, kinda got it in last pic.) What a difference! (Super hard to photograph light, exp. when it is as bright as these!!!)

 

[Maskido]

& there's more!

Removed the amber reflectors form the front fork.

 

[Maskido]

Growing pile of STUFF.

 

[xtreme6669]

Hells YES!

Did you fire it up with no muffler on? When I installed my FMF I had to see what she sounded like.... Holy hell its a mean girl on-corked!

 

[wyobuell]

Checkin out the DDM stuff . . . .probably overlooking the obvious, but which bulb type is required?[confused]

 

[Maskido]

which bulb type is required?

H7
& yes i did run it without pipes. It made me jump even thought I was bracing for a loud bang! Crazy. But the Jardine is AWESOME. People can't help but look. Well worth the $$$$ esp. for the price I paid.

 

[onelogue]

Jardine... "Crafted with pride"

... lol sorry that made me laugh!

Maskido Legit bike man!

 

[IRULE]

Maskido, I ordered my HID from DDM right after I saw your pictures. Thanks. Do you have any difficulty on installing the HID - I'm just doing the low beam. Any hint or special procedures you can tell me before I start? Thanks.

 

[Maskido]

Do you have any difficulty on installing the HID - I'm just doing the low beam.

Just the low beam? Nope. It is THAT easy. Couple things:

- Having no instructions or reference to work from, I removed the headlamp housing from the bike so I could have it on my workbench & figure stuff out. In order to do so, you'll have to cut a zip-tie bunching all the wiring together to disconnect the headlight connection. (In hindsight, I could've done the install without this step, but it's always nice to have the room and freedom from things hanging down.)

- See the above post if you have any questions regarding polarity (+ or - of the wires.)

- The bulb protector (clear housing): Top part spins off, the bottom you'll have to cut/break to remove from the harness (DO NOT TOUCH BULB WITH BARE SKIN.)

- The only cutting required of the bike components (other than a zip-tie) is the circle cut-out on the weather proof housing. Just cut along the circles edge in the middle of the piece. You'll see what I mean. Make sure to use a super sharp razor & it'll be clean.

- I stuck the ballast (w/ provided double sided tape) above the headlamp, below the windscreen, on the left hand side. There is plenty of room, plus the other side is available should you install the high-beam.

Again, the job is super easy. The above are just small things that will make it go even smoother. Once you get into installing the high-beam, that's where I had to scratch my head a lil to figure out how the bulb was going to stay in the holder (oddly, it has a different mounting method. Hard to explain but once you'll see it, you'll know what everyone keeps talking about.)

Feel free to ask any questions. Have fun!

 

[Maskido]

Oh yeah,

One thing I overlooked and have yet to do is replace the little center light that is wedged between the low & high beams:

(From the Owners Manual)
Bulb, running lamp part #53436-97 5watt 0.37amps

It detracts from the overall look due to its dingy yellowish color. I'll prob either unplug it or try & find a replacement. Even considered what it would look like if I threw in a RED bulb to accent the red on my bike... but dunno if that would look cool or dumb in contrast to the bluish hue of the 6000k bulbs. Won't know til I try.

 

[keisersozae]

My next mod would be to remove those chicken strips. [cool]

 

[Maskido]

My next mod would be to remove those chicken strips.

Ba-Da-Boom! Que the rimshot! Haha...

New bike + winter roads = No crazy riding.

But I agree, come summer...

 

[ramjr55]

Great job man!

 

[Maskido]

And for the next mod: Custom Key! Been wanting to do this ever since I've known that they make these. It ended up bigger than I had envisioned, but in all honesty I wouldn't have it any other way. Anything smaller would have been swallowed up by the bike. Not really a key you throw in your pocket & forget about... but with a key this cool, why wouldn't you want to leave it out on the table?

Anyways, I got this at HARDCORE-KEYS for $35 delivered & recommend them HIGHLY. I have yet to get it cut (they offer free key cutting if you mail them a spare key & they mail both back) but should be done today. As far as customer service goes, I had a question & received a response via email & phone call by the owner immediately! Spoke to him & he mentioned that they are updating their site so new stuff is on it's way along with their already badass selection. Anyways, here are a few pics. I like!

 

[delta one]

that is a sweet key. where did you get it?