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[110tHunDer]

 
The SEEG needs love, too, so what better way to show her I love her than CHROME!   Actually, I ordered this stuff back before HS, hoping I could get it installed for the trip, but due to our move a couple months earlier, my address was no longer "confirmed" with PayPal.  So, after several weeks of trying to contact Eastern Performance without success and finally mailing a personal check hoping that I would get product , a box finally showed up today.

After I got the one tip on, I thought, dang, I should have taken some before and after shots.  Well, this will have to do.  Which one do you like better?  I don't think we're going to need a poll for this one.

[110tHunDer]

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[110tHunDer]

 
With both tips on . . .

[110tHunDer]

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[110tHunDer]

 
Kury mid-frame covers . . .

(I got the neck covers, too, but they will have to wait until I have more time to remove the lowers.)

[SBB]

Very nice Brian!


How many buckeroos for the tips?

Nancy is back in the mountains this weekend with her mother and sister so I went to the garage tonight to show some love to the Lowrider. Since she got the dresser she has put almost 4K miles on it and maybe 50 on the Lowrider.

Give that SEEG some love. It's what brought you here to start with and that's a good thing!

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Edited to add
Bet Gary doesn't have that shiny stuff on his

[Fired00d]

Very nice Brian!


How many buckeroos for the tips?

Nancy is back in the mountains this weekend with her mother and sister so I went to the garage tonight to show some love to the Lowrider. Since she got the dresser she has put almost 4K miles on it and maybe 50 on the Lowrider.

Give that SEEG some love. It's what brought you here to start with and that's a good thing!

S
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    B

 


Edited to add
Bet Gary doesn't have that shiny stuff on his

First off Brian the mods look good (and they are on the right bike).

I had actually thought about the chrome exhaust tips, but the more I looked at how the black swoop on my saddlebags ended the black tips on the RH looked like an extension of that swoop so I'm keeping the black for now.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[iamtrker2]

Hey Brian

Looks good, i put the neck covers on and did't take the lowers off, not a real problem.
Now that you have the mid frame chrome check out the piece that goes in between them, just put mine on last week and i looks great.
Makes it look like one piece of chrome from one side to the other.

Ernie

[110tHunDer]

 
Ernie, thanks for the compliments!  On an '05, you probably could get the neck and downtube covers on without removing the lowers, but on the '04 which has the earlier style lowers, I don't think it can be done.  I did a quick test fit and don't see any way to slide 'em back there without getting the lowers out of the way.

I'll have to check out the other piece you mentioned.  I think I like this chrome stuff!

[110tHunDer]

First off Brian the mods look good (and they are on the right bike).

I had actually thought about the chrome exhaust tips, but the more I looked at how the black swoop on my saddlebags ended the black tips on the RH looked like an extension of that swoop so I'm keeping the black for now.
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

Gary, I never would have changed mine out if they would have stayed black, but in natural daylight they are somewhere between "rotten grape" and "baby $h!t brown."

There has been much discussion about what causes the factory Rinehart tips to turn color, mostly centered around the tuning of the motor.  Well, I noticed mine are much more discolored on the tops than on the bottoms.  This leads me to believe it might be a UV thing, where the sun is actually causing the anodizing to fade.  I dunno, just a guess, but I will get some photos of my tips in some better light and post to see what you guys think.

[Fired00d]

Gary, I never would have changed mine out if they would have stayed black, but in natural daylight they are somewhere between "rotten grape" and "baby $h!t brown."

There has been much discussion about what causes the factory Rinehart tips to turn color, mostly centered around the tuning of the motor.  Well, I noticed mine are much more discolored on the tops than on the bottoms.  This leads me to believe it might be a UV thing, where the sun is actually causing the anodizing to fade.  I dunno, just a guess, but I will get some photos of my tips in some better light and post to see what you guys think.

Unfortunately they do eventually discolor, but I'd still rather replace them w/black. I have an extra set of blacks now that I haven't put on yet so I'll be straight for some time.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[HogBreath]

Brian, when are you going to Georgia? We're cutting over to I-24 and heading down Friday morning. I'd guess it to be 350-375 miles from here. Maybe we could hook up and ride down together. I'd think you'd bring I-24 down from Illinois through Paducah?

[110tHunDer]

 
Ken, you're right, I'll be catching I-24 just south of Marion, IL and going through Paducah, Nashville, and Chattanooga.  I'll have the bike loaded up in the for this run, though, and Right now, I'm only about 40% sure I can go.

It's a little over 600 miles for me, and I'm thinking it's going to be close to noon before I hit I-24.

[Tbone]

Brian,

The tips looks great.  I put them on both the 05 and 06 a few months ago and I've been happy with them.  It was really a tough decision because I really liked the stock Rinehart tips.  I just couldn't stand the color change though.

Bob