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06-05-2016, 07:17 PM | #1 |
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Nice review! I have to agree on the seat. I trained my butt to do 2 hours in the stock saddle, but I'm much happier with the Seat Concepts tall seat.
The brakes improve with time, especially after a series of hard stops in an empty parking lot. After they bed in, they are adequate. But a set of EBC pads will get you more stopping power. Front brakes
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06-06-2016, 12:43 AM | #3 |
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I have to admit that nothing I did really helped to balance the braking power between the rear brakes and the front brakes with the organic pads. (The rear brakes were easily more powerful than the fronts.) The sintered pads really made a startling difference in braking power, and balancing front and rear brakes to really haul down the bike from speed. I would highly recommend going with the sintered pads as others here have also advised. Good luck!
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06-06-2016, 06:57 AM | #4 |
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I would agree with all stated here. The original pads pre-bedding in are down right dangerous. I knew they would be bad due to the reviews, but I did not expect them to be as bad as they actually were! Now, nearing 1000 miles, the rear is still way nicer than the front, but I don't feel like I'm going to die now.
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06-06-2016, 07:16 AM | #5 |
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You can pop the instrument panel off and when you do, you will find plastic covering up the gauges. Similar to the plastic film that lines any new electronics you purchase. Once removed, the gauges become more visible on a sunny day. I learned that from Peter!
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06-06-2016, 08:10 AM | #6 |
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Rania, is the plastic film in the inside of the instrumen panel?
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06-06-2016, 09:07 PM | #7 |
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yes, inside the instrument panel. sorry, i still call it gauges...i'm a harley owner too. lol
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06-05-2016, 09:37 PM | #9 |
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You're right, the fronts are FA185. The rears are FA496. I didn't copy all of my notes.
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