Updated pics on the first page!  This is a dual exhaust system.  It looks the same as the other side.

Shayne and I guess that it dropped twenty pounds over stock.  The stock system was heavy, these relatively light.  Plus I ditched the passenger pegs and mounts in favor of these chrome CNCed hangers. 

One thing I noticed, other than the sound, is the bike is more nimble.  The Hawk is already pretty light.  Lighter than a RC-51 anyway.  But we were riding on Sunday and there was a big groove in the road from some construction.  I raised up off the seat and goosed the throttle to go over it smoothly.  It felt like the front wheel came up even though I was propably in third.  It hasn't done that before.   It felt like riding a big dirt bike.

Heck yeah, 97gs500.  We can go riding whenever. 

Also, there is a guy in Europe called Mario.  He builds custom one-off parts for the VTR Super Hawk, called the Firestorm over in Europe.

Here is a link to his website, and his fully carbon fiber dual undertail exhaust VTR Firestorm.

All of the parts are available, if I want to order them.  Srinath, eat your heart out.

http://web.tiscali.it/mario_nava/vtr1000_b_e.html

I might have to try and get in on this but lord only knows what I'll be up to in March. 

And I think it's about time I ordered a pair of riding pants, these morning rides into work are getting chilly.  Oh, and decent gloves to boot...

Maybe we should all meet in Cassoday.  It is a pretty central meeting area.  Thoughts?

My thoughts? WTF is Cassoday?

Remember Shayne: we didn't all grow up in Tombstone or whatever.  Okay?  Coral your thoughts and fire back at me, big shooter. 

Quote from: Jake D on September 26, 2006, 01:34:19 PM
My thoughts? WTF is Cassoday?

Remember Shayne: we didn't all grow up in Tombstone or whatever.  Okay?  Coral your thoughts and fire back at me, big shooter. 

Click the grey word to read a nice story.  Sorry tried to write that sentences in monosyllabic words for your pea brain to be able to read.  

And it was Fowler.  See another clickable link.

I've heard the Cassoday run gets XBox huge, tons of bikes there.  I've never been myself... hell, we could do that the next time it happens and not wait for March, if there's interest. 

Well, Wyatt, I stand corrected.

Sounds fine to me.   Cassoday it is!

Yeah, a few of my friends go down there every month.  Some of the people around here who have been going for years aren't big fans of it anymore.  There is a local Harley shop that blasts music and has a dyno and makes the whole thing rediculous and commercial.  They try and steal all of the attention, and I guess it makes some upset.  The bikes are about 80% Harley's and 20% others.

-Turd.

Screw it.  20% is enough. 


I let my girlfriend listen to the next exhaust last night before we grilled out.

She was mighty impressed. 

Yeah, I was kind of afraid it would be a bunch of "weekend warrior" types with cruisers but count me in; the place is 50 miles from me, how can I turn this down?  Can someone find out when the next one is?  If it's going to be here in the next couple weeks that could be great fun before it gets too cold to enjoy it.

I'm gone next weekend (Jamaica) and then I'm gone the weekend of October 14th (Oktoberfest). 

Might have do this in the spring time.

I think it is this Saturday, I have too much going on in town to go. We will definitely have to get together next spring.  A nice long cruise to shake off the rust.