Went back to the trails in Montgomery

The trails were still wet, but not as muddy as last time.  I was able to have more fun this time, standing on the pegs and even getting out of 1st gear a few times.  I need to get a dirt bike for the kids!

Wired the dash panel

I finally got around to wiring-up the dash panel.  I wanted to make it easy to remove and re-install, so I used mating connectors (and wire) from my KZ550's old harness.  One major oversight that I made was forgetting to paint the panel flat black prior to wiring it up.  The bare aluminum reflects sunlight right at my face at times.

I removed the switch on the far left, that I had planned to use to toggle between headlight and fan-on.  It rubbed on the windshield moumoonting point, and I decided to replace it with a 'safety bypass switch'.  I purchased the switch on ebay from China, and wired it so that it will provide a ground to the igniter (red/black wire) when switched-on.  A lot of guys remove the kickstand switch, etc., and bypass it.  I prefer to keep it installed and functional, but wanted to be able to quickly bypass if need-be on the road.

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The fuseholder holds a 5 amp glass fuse and is wired before the accessory outlet and voltmeter.  I used 16 gauge and larger wire and I don't plan to plug anything major into the outlet (just a possible GPS or cell phone, etc.).  I wired the switch on the far right directly to the 'city lights' 12V wire, the ground connection is to turn on the switch's LED.  

Re-wired the rear turn signals

I think the turn signals look ridiculous mounted that far back and at that height, but they're functional for now. 

Installed crash bars

Twisted Throttle sent my SW Motech crash bars on Wednesday, and they arrived this morning.  I had to drill out the bushings to fit my 10mm front subframe bolt, but it was an easy job.

With the black tank in place but no shrouds

These tools made the job easy

Installed Eagle Fork Brace

I ordered an Eagle Mike fork brace on Friday and it arrived today (Monday), so I installed it.  When I pulled the gators up I found some red dirt underneath, but it cleaned off easily with a soft brush and compressed air.  I applied a small amount of anti-seize to the clamp bolts and torqued to 80 inch pounds as instructed.  Should I install a new, lowered fender?

A thing of beauty

Brace installed, gators not seated yet

Installed IMS shifter and pegs

A 10mm racheting box wrench really helps when installing or removing the shifter

No more slippery rubber pegs

Received New pegs and shifter pedal from Amazon.com

Today, I received my new pegs and shifter in the mail.  Looking forward to installing them after the Doohickey upgrade.