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Well she finally rode her home today. After a month without a bike, she was so excited. She lit up when she saw it.  We both rode out of the dealer on our Monsters today.  What a great day.  We already have her tail chop waiting at the house, and I ordered her clear Motodynamics integrated taillight tonight.    :)   It's going to be a busy weekend coming up!



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I feel lucky.   ;D

Both lucky!!

You maybe moreso... [thumbsup]

Agreed sir.

Congrats! You're lucky to have a GF that has a great taste in bikes and the same passion as you :-) ride safe!

+1  [thumbsup]

now get her on the board so she can start modding the hell out of that thing. 

i like the white/red combo. 

also, this is a great (albeit expensive) mod for to lose the passenger pegs on your evo...i may have to look further into this, you should too since you've already done the hard part!  [beer]

Her and I did the tail chop and integrated tail-light today.  Came out GREAT!!  She wants me to post for her on the forum. She has her exhaust options narrowed down to Vance & Hines CS1, Arrow or Leo Vince.  Suggetions on any of these 3?  I have heard them all online, just not in person.

 Here are a few before and after pics.

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What mod were you speaking of for passenger pegs on the EVO?  I took mine off months ago lol

i was talking about the "get her her own damn bike so she doesn't have to ride on the back of mine" mod lol. 

is that the motodynamics tail light?  i need to get me one of those...
also, dont be so quick to rule out the sc project cans - those things look sweet too  [thumbsup]

I would look into an SC project pipes, they look really good and i heard it has a pregnant dogin sound [thumbsup]

there's so much awesome here.   [thumbsup]

Barney,  To save Dexter the time, yup that is a Moto Dynamics taillight.  I also have one.  ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTIONS   [thumbsup]!

 Regarding pipes, my first Monster had Leo Vince pipes and my wife said it sounded like a beater. She liked the Termy sound on my second one much better. I didn't mind it, butt YMMV.

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I will definitely look into the SC project pipes and see if she likes them.  I just started working for a Ducati Dealer so i do get  break on the Termi's, but i do not want us to have the same pipes.   ;)

Once we have our Dyno room finished, i am going to have my bike and hers tuned.

Lovely bike Dex  [thumbsup]
I like the tail chop. I like the looks of a bike without that rear fender and I would like to do it on my bike too ... but since I often ride in rain, I need that rear fender.

Thanks Bob......these bikes will never see rain unless we get caught while taking a long trip.  If the weather calls for 40% or more chance of rain, they stay inside.      ;D

Terrific work, on both counts!  [thumbsup]

GK

Thanks! 

She is really loving it so far.

Awesome.

It's great you can enjoy this passion together.

 [thumbsup] [Dolph] [beer]

GK

Not to sound mushy but that is my favorite part.   [thumbsup]

You are indeed a blessed man!

Cheers,

GK

congrats to her! you guys both have some great bikes!

Ahhh..brings back memories.  Mine once looked like that.  Then the bug bit...

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Yeah, hers already doesn't look like that lol

She got her Vance and Hines CS1 slip ons today.  I will be posting pics in the mods section once they are on.  Keep an eye out.   ;)

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Sorry I'm late to the party...congrats to you and your woman Dex  [beer]

Hey, thanks for joining the party!   [thumbsup]

So i have pulled the left side muffler off no problem.  The right one has to be stuck. It will not com off!

Any tips/tricks you guys used when removing the stock mufflers?

I sprayed the connection between the slip-on and the header with PB blaster IIRC then wiggled it and twisted it hard. It came off eventually...but I don't know if it's the PB blaster or the wiggling and twisting that got it off  ;D

Oh and I did it when the engine and the exhaust is cold. The next several times I removed the LV slip-ons, i also did it when the bike is cold.

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I actually just sprayed a tiny bit of Wd-40 on it and let it sit for 20 mins.  It was enough to pull it off.  Put them on, they sound awesome.  Pics later.