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Thread: Not liking the Shogun bar sliders.

Created on: 04/16/12 07:35 PM

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Rook


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RE: Not liking the Shogun bar sliders.
04/16/12 9:28 PM

Aftermarket parts can suck that way. It is quite a feat to make a bar end slider that fits every bike out there for the past 10 years. When Kawasaki makes bar ends, they only need to work for what?--5-6 bikes and all just for that year? No wonder aftermarket parts are so expensive. I'd say about 20% of my mods required some finessing if not outright fabrication or reshaping to fit.

Cannon-was super tight fitting the segments together.
Muzzy BO plates--airbox plug does not fit had to improvise my own plug.
PC5 --perfect but hose damned plugs--OMG!
AutoTune 200 Perfect....coulda gave us a longer CAN cable.
LCD --no real good place to mount on te 14's bars---needed to improvise a spot. Can't complain as there is no right or wrong place to mount a LCD.
SpeedoHealer--One of the harness clips does not lock. I taped it up good.
Shoai 14Ah battery--too small for battery tray had to install a floor to the tray and zip tie all in place
Sprockets--perfect.
EK chain perfect
HM Plus quickshifter Could have given us a bit longer wire to the sensor and it requires 4 locknuts on the linkage + it is not a drop in the bucket to figure out what length rod you need if you are the first one installing for a rearset setup just like yours.
HyperPro damper perfect but what a FPITA to get that center mount screw in AND you have to take the bleeding thing off every time you want to take the tank fairing off----which means better install the tank fairing tabs under the side fairing tabs------or you can't take any fairings off (except maybe the Foremans)without removing the damper.
Pazzo levers perfect fit but there was a question of the perfection of the Chinese levers I had which is why I went to the Pazzos in the first place.
Vortex rearsets. Damn that shift rod that was supposed to be easy to adjust was incredible tight threads. I almost thought it must be cross threaded. Also Vortex cheaped out on supplying all of the proper lock nuts.
EBC brake pads--perfect
Goodridge brake lines Perfect. Amazing, actually. Rear line needs some kind of bracket to hold it to swingarm
Spiegler clutch line --perfect
GoldPlug Perfect
MagKnight perfect but I'm selling it (want to buy it? Never used, Great price!)
Vinyl striping Perfect but def takes some learning to apply
Vertical horizon spools--perfect . How difficult could a spool be? Believe it or not, there are some out there that don't fit the 14 right.
FDIY fender eliminator perfect of course!
Mototech Tag light LED perfect but I did need to come up with my own arrangement of washers and liquid gasket sealant. the threads on the LED were just barely long enough to reach through the mudflap.
CRG bar end mirrors-- lucked out with the aftermarket grips I had installed. They were to short. and this allowed the extra space on the bar ends for the CRG clamps to fit.
Chinese hand grips-- way F-ing tight. Very hard to get on and I know I will need to cut them off some day when I need to change.
Vortex mirror caps Fit was perfect, finish was a pile of crap. Wasted $60 for blue painted fake annodized mirror caps.
LuckyBike bar ends. well, they cover the bar ends. They do not fit like OEM and there is enough material there they could have been CNCed to match right up . Prolly could be solved with a drill press but hey, thet fit, why bother?
Oil filler cap perfect--threads are usually a tiny bit tight on first assembly of any parts.
LightTecjh gas cap perfect.


I think that was more like 80% needed some finessing fabbing or modding



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RE: Not liking the Shogun bar sliders.
04/17/12 12:07 AM

Jeez Rook. So your stress level and blood pressure go up with the mod's you have? Slow down!
Reading your list reminded me of my tank pad search. I tried the MagKnight mini pad and was really disappointed.
I even called the guy for advice. He was nice enough but I couldn't get the damn thing to stick. I followed directions and his heating tips but got nowhere. Tossed it in my junk box.
I finally found a pad from Immortal Graphix (sp)?. Solid gloss black and the only pad I found that didn't have a brand name spread all over it. Nice!
I also struggled with the Cox radiator guard. Took me much longer than I'll admit to get that thing mounted and centered correctly. Just thinking of it pisses me off.
I'd heard before that lighter bar ends can allow more vibration and I found that out.


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Rook


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RE: Not liking the Shogun bar sliders.
04/17/12 12:22 AM

Jeez Rook. So your stress level and blood pressure go up with the mod's you have? Slow down!
most of it was pretty soothing. LOL It sounds worse than it was. I really don't recall having unexpected situations to arise with all of those mods but now that I think of it, I guess they did. It was not too big of a deal though. Just a part of the adventure.

The MagNight bra seems like it would work great The only part that seems like it could be a problem to get to stick is where it comes to a point on the top sides. Another owner of the MagKnight said that wa snot a problem once he heated the protector with a heat gun.;;. he may have trimmed a bit off too. Seems to fit quite flat even without any heat applied to mine. But I prefer TechSpec and that will not work with a magknight....UNLESS I CUT HOLES IN THE MAGKNIGHT TO FIT THE TECHSPEC!!!!!!!! thanks for giving me the idea KAK!! more fiddling to do!!! Might look pretty sick.

going once . going twice.....do I hear $80???


I'd heard before that lighter bar ends can allow more vibration and I found that out.

I heard the same. My bike is getting less street friendly all the time though. I don't need smooth anymore. Maybe some day.


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