Motorcycle Show

On Saturday 2/11, I went to the motorcycle show in Chicago. With the Car show going on the same weekend, it was still really crowded. It was a good show overall, there were plenty of bikes to see. The Ducati 848 Evo was the only sport bike I fit comfortably on because of the skinny gas tank.

Ducati 848 Evo

Ducati Diavel

1910 Harley Davidson

Trials Bike

Zero X electric bike

Panigale

Panigale

Panigale

A little Recap

Until it comes time to ride... Here is what I've done to my bike so far.

I got my bike April 2011. Completely stock, I consistently got approximately 70-75 mpg.

Later that summer I purchased and installed a FMF Powercore 4, I kept the stock header on. The bike went from silent to as loud as a race bike. It was such a difference! It also gave it noticeably more power. I also purchased and installed a FMF programmer. I don't have a picture of it right now, but I mounted it on the battery side on the battery under the side panel. I'll upload a picture later.

Then I did some research and found out that the AIS installed on my bike had really no point to it unless you had the stock pipe. Just another excuse to slow your bike down and make environmentalists happy... So I purchased a kit to remove it and cover up some spots and I removed everything in under an hour. You just need a couple of wrenches and a little kit and your done. I also did the flapper mod by taping down the flapper on the intake to allow the bike to breath more! Doing this allowed the intake and pipe to work together great!

First time taking the bike off road at Richard Bong Park in Wisconsin. The bike was sliding around everywhere but overall it had ok traction with the stock tires.

First GoPro Video

Made a first video around the block with the GoPro at 1080p and 30 f/s. It was like 40 degrees out so I only did about 40mph, and I mounted the camera on the left handle bar grip for the main view and on the frame right below the header to get the front wheel view.

Summer needs to come!

Summer needs to come! I'm getting tired of this snow, I just want to ride!! I also just got a brand new GoPro hero2, can't wait to test that out! I was messin around with the camera the other day and the picture has such a wide viewing area.