I installed the bracket today and finished up the bike with my newly ceramic coated exhaust, and am in the process of painting the brake calipers(one side done).... The bike fired up and ran very nicely.... I was expecting some issues with the filters, however, I believe that the PC5 with the map helped a bit. The bike had NO surging, and the RPM's stayed nice and level and it sounded great.
Its pretty nice to hear intake going and you can hear each filter sucking in air. Also, there is a TON of room up under the fuel tank... This allowed me to clean up some wiring, re route some things and secure a lot of little components that were so secure before.
The only snag I ran into was that because the battery now sat on top of the bracket, the negative battery cable did not reach. It was about 1/2" too short... So, I had to make a little "L" shaped bracket to fill in the gap and then wrapped in shrink tube and electrical tape to protect it.
The filters through the frame
Overall shot
For our loyal and (very) patient followers who put their money into making the project a reality, the brackets are on their way. Because people were willing to put in their hard earned money(to lower the cost of manufacturing) and thus, save everyone who wanted pod filters a ton of money, the time has finally come..
It's been a tough project for us. A lot of time/money invested through design, testing, waiting and waiting on shop, driving, packaging, shipping, and installing... I can definitely see why parts cost so damn much, it aint easy. Luckily, it worked out.... And we got a quality product for all those loyal and patient people...
It was definitely fun... however, we are on the fence about doing it again. Like I originally said, we weren't doing this for money, and we definitely did not make a profit. All in all myself and Ryan definitely came out in the negative dollar amount to do this... But it was fun, and a great way to give back to the community.
If we were to do it again, the price would be more per bracket, because, after all the headache and time spent, well, I want some money for beer.
