What I did with all your help:

[screamstone]

Keep in mind, I'm no wrencher. I fancy myself a good problem solver, but generally have stuck to electrical, software, etc... Mechanical stuff (things with engines) have always scared me. But with help (especially from Sleeperhawk and Wanderer when I first got the bike) from all the VR crowd and this amazing site, here's what I've done to the bike in the last couple months:

 

 

REmoved front tire

Checked front brakes

Got new tire and reinstalled (perelli rear reversed)

REmoved rear tire

replaced rear brake pads

greased splines and hub finger thingydings

replaced rear tire (kumho- darkside experiement in process)

Added Wolo horn with carbon one's bracket and harness

dynamic clusters in blinkers

harley taillight bar

lightbar under trunk (soon blink/brakes with Ponch's help)

Installed Mic Mutes

removed casette deck and made storage area

diamond R drink holder (and have backup koozie for the tank cap)

replaced missing chrome spacer for saddlebag

installed extra cig lighter under seat

installed back-off unit

installed custom wiring block to wire up the rear lights and make it easy to add more (my own experiment in beta testing)

rewired the trailer lighting harness to fix a short

installed signal stabilizer (still intermittent fast blink though)

Cut windshield down to shorty

installed butler seat and bag nuts

rk pipes with heat shields from stock pipes riveted on to hide connection

installed buddy rich cable

installed iphone cradle

installed zumo 765t

chrome trim on saddlebags and bottom of tank

Changed front speakers to polk's

Tightened steering head bearings (dang they were loose)

change oil

change battery

 

 

Here's the immediate to do list-

 

some lighting for the side of the bike- running lights

more lighting in rear

kuryakan volt meter on dash

Installing a aux jack in the underside of fairing (new idea I have. if it works, I'll write it up)

add extra 12v power jack to underside of fairing on right side('nother experiment of mine)

f4 shield install (dang when will that thing get here?)

make and install leveling links

 

 

 

 

Couldn't have done it without VR and all of you guys in here (and gals). Thanks for everything.

 

I must have gotten at least $1200 out of my $12 already!!

 

Amazing site full of amazing people.

[Yammer Dan]

Dang!! We gonna have to slow down. Gonna ruin our Rep!!!

[screamstone]

Here's the immediate to do list-

 

 

Installing a aux jack in the underside of fairing (new idea I have. if it works, I'll write it up)

add extra 12v power jack to underside of fairing on right side('nother experiment of mine)

f4 shield install (dang when will that thing get here?)

 

3 Down!!!

 

http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=49998

[N3FOL]

Please let us know what you do for your side Lights or Markers. I am hoping someone here would have other ideas for a brighter side marker.

[Sylvester]

The best way for side lights that I have found is to install LED reflectors in place of the original reflectors.

 

[screamstone]

The best way for side lights that I have found is to install LED reflectors in place of the original reflectors.

 

 

looking into that, and also found some light bars that I'm researching some more. I also like the way goose has side markers up on his trunk, and it's an easy install.

[Dave77459]

Keep in mind, I'm no wrencher. I fancy myself a good problem solver, but generally have stuck to electrical, software, etc... Mechanical stuff (things with engines) have always scared me.

I have just the opposite fear... electricity scares the crap out of me.

 

Amazing list of projects; congrats!

 

Amazing site full of amazing people.

I couldn't agree more!

 

Dave