I finally chopped my tail!

[TAftonomos]

Yeah yeah, I need to get on putting a motor back in that thing  

[Dannog]

I've got high rise termi's but haven't done a tail chop because they'd look too long.

I can't believe you've chopped the pipes. Are there any side effects of this interms of performance?

[eichh]

Taftonomos, thanks thats exactly what I needed to see. Seeing whats inside and someone else doing it always gives you a bit more confidence in chopping up an expensive part.
I wouldnt think chopping 3 inches off would require a fuel map change or anything do you?

[ProTeal55]

I wouldnt think chopping 3 inches off would require a fuel map change or anything do you?

Highly doubt it...

[DucRS]

Taftonomos, how did you secure the stainless strap back on carbon pipe after removing the 3 inches? Did you rerivet? been wanting to do tail chop and can chop also. Nice pics

[Rambler1982]

These bikes look SO much better post chop. I did it to my bike with only 400 miles on the clock.
Believe me, it was hard to take a sawzall to my brand new bike, but the end results were well worth it..

Dude! That bike is siiiiick! I love the single sided swingarm 

[TAftonomos]

No changes needed, and a dyno run confirmed it too 


Yes, just drill/re-rivet the end cap back on the can.  Simple  

[RBX QB]

Couldn't bring myself to full chop, either... so made myself a tweener. Always said it was for future re-sale... but I plan to ride this into the ground. Now I say it's so I can put a week-sized tailbag on without covering the lights.

[duclvr]

Couldn't bring myself to full chop, either... so made myself a tweener. Always said it was for future re-sale... but I plan to ride this into the ground. Now I say it's so I can put a week-sized tailbag on without covering the lights.

cool looking bike!