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| | Posted : 14 Nov 2009 - 20:02 Post title : My mods.... | | | ... I done a number of things so far but the first that needed to be done was to add knee pads for the tank. Am I the only one who was scratching the tank paint with my jeans? Soft paint?
In any case, I used the TechSpec Gripsters for the second time on the T-Bird. I found these at my dealer but they are also available online from Techspec-usa.com. They were designed for a Triumph Daytona 675 but they work well on the Bird. Price? About $50.
BTW, at first I found these to be rather ugly... but they grew on me. Now, I don't even think about them.
I also have some Triumph knee pads from a current T100... price about $70. However, I think these are too stiff to make the tank curves on the Bird.
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| | Posted : 14 Nov 2009 - 20:09 Post title : Re: Crash bars... | | | ... I also installed the Triumph crash bars yesterday. If you've ever been down, you know that these can prevent some expensive damage. BTW... the Triumph bars are very robust... 1.25" chromed steel. They don't detract much from the sporty looks, either.
The install was fairly simple using the online instructions. However, the dinky horn that's included is just that... dinky. I used the new horn bracket to bolt the old horn to... twisted it a little... and wah-lah, I still have a decent horn.
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| | Posted : 14 Nov 2009 - 20:10 Post title : Re: My mods.... (Re: ataDude) | | |
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| ataDude | | Chaac | | | Reg. Date | : | 19/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 527 | | Location | : | Texas, United States |
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| | Posted : 14 Nov 2009 - 20:24 Post title : Re: Kury Grips... heat... and throttle lock..... | | | ... I installed Kury grips over Symtec heating elements. While I was at it, I added a Vista Cruise throttle lock designed for a Yamaha.
The Kury grips were, I believe, the 6240s. There was some considerable sanding on the stock throttle sleeve required... all of the ridges (which fit into the grips recesses) had to be sanded down as well as the shoulder on the sleeve. This was one of the more difficult installs of grips I have done as there was plenty of sanding and test fits to fill an hour or two.
The Symtec heating elements were combined with a Heat-Troller control... it's not a rheostat... it pulses the current to the grips per your setting. The actual control was mounted on the front of the gauge panel... yepper, had to drill a hole in that nice piece of chrome.
The Vista Cruise was opened up to fit the throttle sleeve and mounted by drilling yet another small hole below the grip into the throttle/switch housing. I used a very short #10 self-tapping, countersunk head screw to mate the two up. BTW, I hate the "universal" Vista Cruises... with all of the required hardware, I consider them to be quite ugly. But, that's JMHO... no offense.
The Heat-Troller and the Symtec Grips were purchased from California Sport Touring. I have used this same setup now on about five bikes. I did create a new fused circuit, with a relay, to run these.
The grips and the Vista Cruise (you can see the heating element wire running below the stock wiring harness):
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| mad_angler1 | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 18/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 511 | | Location | : | United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 14 Nov 2009 - 21:23 Post title : Re: My mods.... (Re: Birdy68) | | | mine is also marking as well on either side on the tank, the triumph lacquer is so soft its unreal, every time i wash the bike i end up scratching it, it trying to limit my sashes to once a month now.
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| DVR | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 651 | | Location | : | I'm Denis, from Belgium |
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| | Posted : 14 Nov 2009 - 21:40 Post title : Re: My mods.... (Re: mad_angler1) | | | Water based paints are much softer than regular older paints.
It's also happening on cars. I have had several new black water based painted cars and they scratch really very easy.
If you consider that Jeans is close to sanding paper it's quite normal for the wide sides of the tank to get scratched.
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| ataDude | | Chaac | | | Reg. Date | : | 19/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 527 | | Location | : | Texas, United States |
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| | Posted : 14 Nov 2009 - 21:42 Post title : Re: My mods.... (Re: DVR) | | |
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Water based paints are much softer than regular older paints.
It's also happening on cars. I have had several new black water based painted cars and they scratch really very easy.
If you consider that Jeans is close to sanding paper it's quite normal for the wide sides of the tank to get scratched.
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| | Posted : 14 Nov 2009 - 21:51 Post title : Re: My mods.... (Re: ataDude) | | | Speaking in a soft voice : I humbly apologize and hope no hard feelings, keep that 'item' in your manly purse if we would ever meet 
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| | Posted : 14 Nov 2009 - 21:57 Post title : Re: My mods.... (Re: DVR) | | |
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| ataDude | | Chaac | | | Reg. Date | : | 19/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 527 | | Location | : | Texas, United States |
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| | Posted : 21 Nov 2009 - 21:44 Post title : Re: KuryAkyn Small Silver Bullets | | | I just finished the install of the KuryAkyn Small Silver Bullet lights ($80 for pair). These are 25w (each) halogen... doesn't sound like much but they do the job of helping to be seen from the front. These were used on my last three bikes.
One plus of using the small lights is that there is only about 4 amps on the circuit... you can tap into the switched accessory light harness in the headlight without using a relay.
Another plus is that they are all but "invisible"... I don't care for the 4-5" accessory lamps.
I used KuryAkyn 1.25" P-clamps ($20 each) to fit to the crash bars and chose to go under the top rail but... you could put these on the side, too.
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| ataDude | | Chaac | | | Reg. Date | : | 19/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 527 | | Location | : | Texas, United States |
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| | Posted : 21 Nov 2009 - 21:59 Post title : Re: Brake light flasher... | | | ... I found this on one of the sites that I used when I had an ST-1300.
This very small circuit board (weather protected, about 1" square by 3/32" thick) ) can be spliced into your brake light wiring to provide 37 choices of different flashing modes/timing... including strobe. I used one of the strobe effects.
You will need to disconnect the wiring harness plug for the rear lights... behind the fuse box / right side cover. From there, a cut to the purple/green brake wire, two connections along with a ground connection... is all that is needed. Programming is accomplished by shorting two white wires.
BTW... I use Posi-Locks and Posi-Taps exclusively... if you haven't seen these connectors, google them. I absolutely love them... no soldering or crimping!
I used to use Hyper-Lites but... this gizmo allows you to turn your brake light into a flashing LED strobe for braking! It produces the strobe effect for a second or two and then goes solid red... like normal.
$20 from motorcyclelarry.com
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| | Posted : 21 Nov 2009 - 22:00 Post title : Re: KuryAkyn Small Silver Bullets (Re: ataDude) | | | And yet another mod I will be doing 
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| ataDude | | Chaac | | | Reg. Date | : | 19/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 527 | | Location | : | Texas, United States |
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| | Posted : 06 Dec 2009 - 00:12 Post title : Re: D&D Exhaust Slip-ons.... | | | ... I ordered the D&Ds from Eddy (fasteddysports.com) on Monday... got them on Friday... even though D&D was out of stock at the time of order. Great service, Eddy and D&D! Plus... they were discounted by Eddy by 10% in addition to free shipping... hard to beat that.
The install of the slip-ons themselves was straight forward and complete in about 15 minutes. However, the re-install of the OEM mid-heat-shields required some finagling. Longer screws (6mm x about 36mm) were needed for the rear heat shield clamps... I happened to have them "in stock".
Also, because of the way the D&D's were made, those heat shields were rotated upward a bit to clean up the look from the top and sides.
The biggest change is that these run straight back... parallel and close to the bike. And, they are straight-throughs with about 1.75" ID baffles. No more "splaying-out-to-the-sides" look.
The D&Ds are packed with ceramic blankets and stainless steel wool... according to D&D. They will need repacking periodically as opposed to the Triumph Long TORs (which I removed for this mod). The TORs use chambers... no packing will ever be needed.
The sound, right now, is only slightly louder than the TORs (maybe 3-5 db) from idle to WOT. Because of the packing burning out over time, they will get louder before repacking is required. If that's once a year, I'm OK with that.
Seat-of-the-pants dyno says a little was gained past the TORs... how much? Your guess is as good as mine. Maybe 3-5 hp.
BTW, I was already running a K&N with the TORs tune.
Am I happy? Yepper. Would I do it again? Yepper.
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The "gap" under the heat shield. In all fairness, it's not very visible unless you're down low looking sideways:
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| ataDude | | Chaac | | | Reg. Date | : | 19/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 527 | | Location | : | Texas, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Dec 2009 - 19:02 Post title : Re: Deuce risers... | | | ... copied here from Performance Mods to get everything in one place...
I knew when I bought the T-Bird that a seat, risers and exhaust would be desired. The TOR longs have been installed and are great... mild but nice when the throttle is applied. Seat is back-ordered.
The risers were taken care of with my current inventory... used them on another bike some years back. These HD Deuce risers are available from JPCycles.com and solved my comfort problem.
Note the stock riser in the center... 2" up, 2" back is what the Deuce risers provide.
I did need to make a trip to my local HW store for 2" long, grade 8 bolts and some extra thick, grade 8 large washers.
Cables and wiring were relocated to the rear of the upper fork clamp. The front brake hose is a little tight in a full left but I will solve that later. How many full lefts to lock do you make?
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1. Much more comfortable... for me.
Minuses:
1. Extra HW needed to make them work on the T-Bird.
2. Raising the tank is no longer possible without loosening the risers and tilting the bars forward. Not a big deal, BTW... maybe two minutes of extra time... the bolts are easy to access from the front.
3. You lose the rubber dampening from the stock risers. However, quite honestly, I can't tell the difference.
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| | Posted : 09 Dec 2009 - 19:48 Post title : Re: D&D Exhaust Slip-ons.... (Re: ataDude) | | | You've done some nice mods atadude. I'd like to do some of the same things.....D&D's, lights. Is there any way of getting a drive-by sound clip out of you? Also...I like those lights. Do you know of anywhere else they can be mounted? I don't have crash bars and my windsheild will rule out a handle bar mount. I don't think the fork brackets will work because there isn't enough room for fork travel. Anyone have any ideas? I'd like to be more visible in daylight.
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| ataDude | | Chaac | | | Reg. Date | : | 19/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 527 | | Location | : | Texas, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Dec 2009 - 20:31 Post title : Re: D&D Exhaust Slip-ons.... (Re: Truss) | | |
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You've done some nice mods atadude. I'd like to do some of the same things.....D&D's, lights. Is there any way of getting a drive-by sound clip out of you? Also...I like those lights. Do you know of anywhere else they can be mounted? I don't have crash bars and my windsheild will rule out a handle bar mount. I don't think the fork brackets will work because there isn't enough room for fork travel. Anyone have any ideas? I'd like to be more visible in daylight.
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I looked for alternate light mountings but did not find any easy/good ones.
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| Kando | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 08/11/2009 | | Posts | : | 780 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Dec 2009 - 21:22 Post title : Re: D&D Exhaust Slip-ons.... (Re: Truss) | | | you say the D&Ds are a bit louder, do they "fart" like the ones in the other sound bites esp. the TORS without cat!
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| ataDude | | Chaac | | | Reg. Date | : | 19/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 527 | | Location | : | Texas, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Dec 2009 - 21:37 Post title : Re: D&D Exhaust Slip-ons.... (Re: Kando) | | | Kando wrote:
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I believe the cat provides a lot of the noise deadening for the Bird. Once it's gone, no telling what you'll get... other than running way lean without some sort of fuel programming device such as Tune Boy or PC5... which are not quite available, yet.
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| | Posted : 09 Dec 2009 - 21:41 Post title : Re: Kury Grips... heat... and throttle lock..... (Re: ataDude) | | | ataDude wrote:
... I installed Kury grips over Symtec heating elements. While I was at it, I added a Vista Cruise throttle lock designed for a Yamaha.
The Kury grips were, I believe, the 6240s. There was some considerable sanding on the stock throttle sleeve required... all of the ridges (which fit into the grips recesses) had to be sanded down as well as the shoulder on the sleeve. This was one of the more difficult installs of grips I have done as there was plenty of sanding and test fits to fill an hour or two. |
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| | Posted : 13 Dec 2009 - 00:46 Post title : Re: Drag Specialties gas cap... | | | ... I've read that some folks have a hard time opening the slim stock gas cap. I believe that's because of the vacuum formed in the tank while running. I've had the same problem.
Drag Specialties (0703-0058) has a vented, pop-up-to-open cap that fits. To open, push down on the center, twist 1/4 turn and a knurled knob pops up making the tank easy to open.
To close, tighten using the knurled knob, push the knurled center in and twist again 1/4 turn.
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| FTL40 | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 13/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 1,122 | | Location | : | massachusetts, United States |
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| | Posted : 13 Dec 2009 - 02:37 Post title : Re: Drag Specialties gas cap... (Re: ataDude) | | | thats a nice looking cap, as long at its good quality i may look into it
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| ataDude | | Chaac | | | Reg. Date | : | 19/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 527 | | Location | : | Texas, United States |
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| | Posted : 13 Dec 2009 - 12:56 Post title : Re: Drag Specialties gas cap... (Re: FTL40) | | |
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| | Posted : 15 Dec 2009 - 21:18 Post title : Re: D&D Exhaust Slip-ons.... (Re: Truss) | | | What is the new height of the Deuce risers??
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| | Posted : 15 Dec 2009 - 21:37 Post title : Re: D&D Exhaust Slip-ons.... (Re: stevew) | | | stevew wrote:
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| | Posted : 06 Jan 2010 - 00:33 Post title : Re: KuryAkyn Small Silver Bullets (Re: ataDude) | | |
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I just finished the install of the KuryAkyn Small Silver Bullet lights ($80 for pair). These are 25w (each) halogen... doesn't sound like much but they do the job of helping to be seen from the front. These were used on my last three bikes.
One plus of using the small lights is that there is only about 4 amps on the circuit... you can tap into the switched accessory light harness in the headlight without using a relay.
Another plus is that they are all but "invisible"... I don't care for the 4-5" accessory lamps.
I used KuryAkyn 1.25" P-clamps ($20 each) to fit to the crash bars and chose to go under the top rail but... you could put these on the side, too.
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Drag Specialties (0703-0058) has a vented, pop-up-to-open cap that fits. To open, push down on the center, twist 1/4 turn and a knurled knob pops up making the tank easy to open.
To close, tighten using the knurled knob, push the knurled center in and twist again 1/4 turn.
I do believe that Fast Eddy can get these.
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| | Posted : 11 Jan 2010 - 22:09 Post title : Re: Hard Bags... | | | ... first pass for the Tsukayu hard bags from Fast Eddy.
Finally today was warm enough to work in the garage... mid 50's! Keep in mind also that I'm not going to run these all the time... I think. I travel four to five times a year so these are primarily for those trips... or when I'm running solo when I need to carry tire repair stuff and tools.
The first bag was drilled and mounted using Easy Brackets for a Triumph Rocket III. It came out pretty darned good.
However, because of the newness of the bike, these are not quite bolt-ons... a little finagling is required. For example, between the brackets and the bags I had to use 1/2" long chrome spacers (in "stock") to provide adequate access for the key set on the Easy Brackets. The backside of the standard bags have a 1" deep recess... those spacers help offset that recess.
Tsukaya does make a flat sided bag specifically for Ghost or Easy Brackets... I'd recommend those for a smoother install.
I have to make a trip to the hardware store tomorrow for more spacers, bolts and fender washers. I should finish the initial mount in the next day or two. Then, I intend to "tie" the bags together at the rear/bottom with a chrome or stainless tube connected to homemade bag fittings... fixed with small, pull-to-release ball-detent pins. 
It should take all of 30 seconds to remove or install the bags when complete.
BTW, I didn't have to relocate the turn signals because of the spacers... a last minute plus.
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| | Posted : 12 Jan 2010 - 07:38 Post title : Re: Hard Bags... (Re: ataDude) | | | VERY.... VERY.... VERY nice looking!
If I were to get bags - these are the ones for me!
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