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The C-14, aka Kawasaki Concours-14, the new one :) => Accessories and modifications - C14/GTR 1400 => Topic started by: ZG on July 02, 2011, 11:18:42 AM
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Oh my, when will it ever stop...
I just ordered up a Muzzys dual carbon fiber full system, PCV, and K&N... there goes another $2k... (http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/facepalm.gif) (http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/smiley_smackbottom.gif) (http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/Bitchslap6.gif) (http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/smiley_dunno.gif) (http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/wacko.gif)
This is going to be a long week waiting for it to all arrive... (http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/wait.gif)
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If you had the BLUE one you wouldn't need to add all that stuff to make it faster. ;) :rotflmao:
Truth be told I'm jealous, well maybe one day I will get those farkles. Hey if I didn't make the drive to California this week I'd have the money, not like I would be around long enough to spend it though ::) :cannon:
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I'm not a farkle guy. Throttlemeister and GSG sliders don't count.
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You have to be when you have a black one.......
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You have to be when you have a black one.......
Black = faster
Black with full Muzzys dual should = (http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/crazy1.gif)
;) ;D 8)
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I'm not a farkle guy. Throttlemeister and GSG sliders don't count.
Not only am I bone stock, I don't even know what half of that stuff is! Besides with a 17 and 18yr old, there's no funds for it.......maybe when I'm old and gray! ::)
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Oh my, when will it ever stop...
I just ordered up a Muzzys dual carbon fiber full system, PCV, and K&N... there goes another $2k... (http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/facepalm.gif) (http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/smiley_smackbottom.gif) (http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/Bitchslap6.gif) (http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/smiley_dunno.gif) (http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/wacko.gif)
This is going to be a long week waiting for it to all arrive... (http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/wait.gif)
That is awesome. Your bike is gonna scream.
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Sorry ZG, but it's time for an intervention. From this point forward, any and all farkles you order should be shipped directly to me to prevent you from continuing down this path of self-destruction and financial ruin. That said, here's a list of what I need:
XL Rear Rack
Helmet Lock Kit
Oxford Heated Grips
Rosta Cruise Control Kit
Corbin Seat
Cee Bailey's Headlight Protector
MC Enterprises Crash Bars (front and small rear)
Wolfman Expedition Dry Medium Duffle
Motocentric Mototrek 19 Tank Bag
Lifetime supply of new tires, rotors and brake pads
;D ;D ;D
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Sorry ZG, but it's time for an intervention. From this point forward, any and all farkles you order should be shipped directly to me to prevent you from continuing down this path of self-destruction and financial ruin. That said, here's a list of what I need:
XL Rear Rack
Helmet Lock Kit
Oxford Heated Grips
Rosta Cruise Control Kit
Corbin Seat
Cee Bailey's Headlight Protector
MC Enterprises Crash Bars (front and small rear)
Wolfman Expedition Dry Medium Duffle
Motocentric Mototrek 19 Tank Bag
Lifetime supply of new tires, rotors and brake pads
;D ;D ;D
:rotflmao:
Ok MrF fair enough, all future farkles I'll just list your address as the ship to... Can you send me your visa # too please?? ;)
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Visa? I don't need no stinkin Visa...I'm a 'Merican Citizen!!! :rotflmao:
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Not only am I bone stock, I don't even know what half of that stuff is! Besides with a 17 and 18yr old, there's no funds for it.......maybe when I'm old and gray! ::)
I hear ya OKX, I have 15 & 17 year old girls.
I work way too much and have to travel far too much for work to not spend some of my $ on myself...
Plus, it's also in comparison too. Coming off a 10 year stint of spendy sports cars that I got out of when the economy took a dump, the cost of farkling a bike feels much less expensive to the pocket! :)
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I probably just need a better job! Oh well, I should be grateful, in this economy, to have a decent job! :)
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I probably just need a better job! Oh well, I should be grateful, in this economy, to have a decent job! :)
I hear that, too true indeed!
:grouphug:
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Black = faster
Black with full Muzzys dual should = (http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/crazy1.gif)
;) ;D 8)
Here we go again, let's just settle once in for all. BLACK bike is BETTER, FASTER and more BEAUTIFUL! Get it, got it, good. ;D
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Black = faster
Black with full Muzzys dual should = (http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/crazy1.gif)
;) ;D 8)
Here we go again, let's just settle once in for all. BLACK bike is BETTER, FASTER and more BEAUTIFUL! Get it, got it, good. ;D
Hold on a second, there was a mistake in his (ZG's) calculatin', I made the proper corrections below.
Black = faster than most colors
Black with full Muzzys dual should* = the speed of a stock BLUE one.
(* almost)
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ZG, Listen Carefully - It's Not A HARLEY! The C14 is a bike you can actually RIDE!
I really wish you hadn't bowed out on me today, I could have really used you out there, to save me from myself. I spent just under 11 hours in the saddle, with only 3 stops where I actually got off the bike (none longer than 10 minutes). All gas stops were 'gas and go' without getting off the bike.
I chased 2 deer off the road, discovered the C14 w/PR2's isn't stable in soft sand at all, encountered the biggest damn carpenter ants I've ever seen in my life - they were swarming all over the road and some were even flying! Who's crazy idea was it to make an ant that's body is over an inch long, then give it wings!!! The front of my bike is trashed. My visor had so many bug splatters on it, I could barely see through it when I got home. There was more, but I'm too tire right now to remember.
Wait, where was I? Oh yes, stop farkelizing the poor bike, and RIDE IT! ;D
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Not only am I bone stock, I don't even know what half of that stuff is! Besides with a 17 and 18yr old, there's no funds for it.......maybe when I'm old and gray! ::)
You have teenagers, so you should already be gray just from living with them.
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I hear ya OKX, I have 15 & 17 year old girls.
My condolences ZG. :o
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The last bike I spent thousands on was a 09 KLR 650.
My C-14, well she don't need anything extra (except tail pack and go cruise). She's just fine as she is.
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I chased 2 deer off the road, discovered the C14 w/PR2's isn't stable in soft sand at all, encountered the biggest damn carpenter ants I've ever seen in my life - they were swarming all over the road and some were even flying! Who's crazy idea was it to make an ant that's body is over an inch long, then give it wings!!! The front of my bike is trashed. My visor had so many bug splatters on it, I could barely see through it when I got home. There was more, but I'm too tire right now to remember.
:yikes: :hitfan:
Sounds like some big ass flying ants Rob!!
Glad you were able to still go, we have my wife's sisters family here from Idaho for the long holiday weekend, couldn't have bailed out for a full day ride...
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:yikes: :hitfan:
Sounds like some big ass flying ants Rob!!
Glad you were able to still go, we have my wife's sisters family here from Idaho for the long holiday weekend, couldn't have bailed out for a full day ride...
No worries Jay, next time!
Google maps shows I did just 2 miles shy of 500 miles. Turns out NFS25 is still block by snow!?! Of course I didn't find out until I rode all the way in from the North side, to find the gates locked here 46.323935,-121.972511 (paste this in Google search, then show maps). That's also the area where I encountered the giant mutant flying ants! Someone really should go up there with a Geiger counter and take some measurements, just to see what's going on out there.
I would not recommend NFS25 until they do some serious repairs either. It took quite a beating last winter. There are frost heaves and numerous sections where the road abruptly drops by a few inches. There's also a bridge that was taken out by a debris flow. The temporary bridge is one lane wide, with 2x6 planks for decking, some of which are curling on the ends (up to 2 inches). It was a real challenge given that most of the road damage was in shaded areas, and the definition was just not there to see it until you were into it. On the plus side, if the bags were going to come off my 2010, they should have done so on that road. ;) It's sad, as this is the only completely paved route around the back side of the mountain. The alternate has about 12 miles of gravel, or go all the way to SR97.
You can also add OR202 to your bucket list. Great run, with only a few areas of rough pavement. Just be sure to slow down when you go through the Deer and Elk refuge. That's where I found the first deer I chased off the road. The second was on WA SR6, about 20 miles after passing a bunch of silhouette animal cut outs along the side of 101 (including a doe with 2 fawns, munching grass). I saw it in the distance, standing like it was going to walk across the road, but it was shaded there, and the head to body proportions looked wrong, so I thought it was another cut out. I then made a high RPM pass of a car, and just as I was getting the cruise missile reigned in, bearing down on it, the 'silhouette cut out' turned and ran into the woods! :o :yikes:
Anyway, so are you going to install the exhaust yourself? What did you decide to do about the center stand?
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You have teenagers, so you should already be gray just from living with them.
It's falling out faster than turning gray!
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No worries Jay, next time!
Google maps shows I did just 2 miles shy of 500 miles. Turns out NFS25 is still block by snow!?! Of course I didn't find out until I rode all the way in from the North side, to find the gates locked here 46.323935,-121.972511 (paste this in Google search, then show maps). That's also the area where I encountered the giant mutant flying ants! Someone really should go up there with a Geiger counter and take some measurements, just to see what's going on out there.
I would not recommend NFS25 until they do some serious repairs either. It took quite a beating last winter. There are frost heaves and numerous sections where the road abruptly drops by a few inches. There's also a bridge that was taken out by a debris flow. The temporary bridge is one lane wide, with 2x6 planks for decking, some of which are curling on the ends (up to 2 inches). It was a real challenge given that most of the road damage was in shaded areas, and the definition was just not there to see it until you were into it. On the plus side, if the bags were going to come off my 2010, they should have done so on that road. ;) It's sad, as this is the only completely paved route around the back side of the mountain. The alternate has about 12 miles of gravel, or go all the way to SR97.
You can also add OR202 to your bucket list. Great run, with only a few areas of rough pavement. Just be sure to slow down when you go through the Deer and Elk refuge. That's where I found the first deer I chased off the road. The second was on WA SR6, about 20 miles after passing a bunch of silhouette animal cut outs along the side of 101 (including a doe with 2 fawns, munching grass). I saw it in the distance, standing like it was going to walk across the road, but it was shaded there, and the head to body proportions looked wrong, so I thought it was another cut out. I then made a high RPM pass of a car, and just as I was getting the cruise missile reigned in, bearing down on it, the 'silhouette cut out' turned and ran into the woods! :o :yikes:
Anyway, so are you going to install the exhaust yourself? What did you decide to do about the center stand?
:yikes: Sounds like a nail biting ride at times for sure man!
I'm gonna have my shop do the install for me, I've yet to find a rear stand that would work so I ordered up the Muzzys modified center stand...
Have a great 4th Rob, and have fun cleaning off those mutant freak flying ants!! ;) :chugbeer: :chugbeer: