Dear All,
Thanks for all the replies here. Some great stuff coming in, really good of you people following things up, much appreciated.
brandweervrouw/Karin - interesting point about the tyres, all the more so because of something I noticed on my own XR. I ride more like Max Bygraves than Max Biaggi these days
(too much to lose; blood/limbs/licence etc etc) but even so, you know those little rubbery stalks that come on new tyres? Well, all of them appear to have worn off my back tyre out to the edge completely, but on my front tyre there's still a line of them at the very edge. Conclusion - I must be leaning the bike further over at the back than at the front!?!
Seriously, I think it's a question of different profiles, looking at the tyre widths. Guess the riders in the photos get right down at the front too, as you pointed out. Glad you like black, of course will keep posting pics as things develop.
Jekill & Hyde - WRONG COLOR!!!
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Ok, admit you have a point here - I was seriously tempted to go for the black bike (love the one in the pic), but when I saw the pewter finish I liked that as well. Finally decided on the orange, partly for tradition but also because I think the orange contrasts well against the black fittings. Even the black plastic panels are growing on me - though I may replace them with black carbon-fibre, together with the belt guards/mudguard as well. Was going to have a custom-painted fibreglass seat too (more of which later), but having second thoughts about that - need to carry kit about to the rallies. Incidentally on your website I thought the adjustable noise-level pipes on the 'example' Dyna were absolutely beautiful - is there a set for the XR? Apologies if I've just missed them on the website, I'll have a good look around shortly.
Ride Safe,
Ian
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Zoek
). I'm more thinking along the lines of new pipes - a must - like I've said. More and more tempted by the Remus stainless headers with the black and stainless-capped muffler (without baffles of course!). I admit the 2-into-1 looks a little too Jap-bike inspired - my initial thought was just to fit the slash-cut mufflers - but those satin pipes are already showing some wear (and rust - tut-tut Harley 
). Not to worry, am going to wait until next year anyway, get winter over.
Very much in the Harley tradition, I think. Seems like they're Remus mufflers that slip onto the standard system. And they come in chrome too, so I reckon (at this point in time anyway) that I might have the polished chrome pair and then have the exhaust shielding on the rest of the system professionally powdercoated in satin black. Something like that anyway! Will keep you informed,
great!!
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