Mods that didn't work out

[Mr Droo]

Did you get your new image seat from Lee or did you buy it second hand? The one he made for me took a minute to get used to, but wouldn't ride with anything else.

My puig double bubble doesn't cause any head shake.... The problem I had with the stock windscreen was I could only see half of the gauges. I had to lean down to see them.

1) Fairing bolts from Pro-Bolt. The heads are smaller than stock and they send rubber tubes for spacers instead of the shoulders that are on the stock bolts. The aluminum bolts strip after removing and installing a few times. Complete garbage.
2) New Image Seat. I just couldn't get comfortable on it with the little step in the back.
3) Blacked out tail lights from Shamrock . They looked great but they were too dark. My riding buddies couldn't see the turn signals or brake lights.
4) Double Bubble windshield. It caused too much head shake. The stock shape windshield is better for my height and Corbin seat.
5) Switchback turn signals. Can't really remember what didn't work. I think they were too blue with my smoked lenses.

 

[Mr Droo]

The black ones I bought almost 2 years ago look as black as the day they were made. I've not cleaned them very much though. I actually see much more than I did with the stock mirrors. I've adjusted the crap out of them (loosening them up to install fabricated brackets for radar and gopro) and they don't loosen up on their own.

Cool and unusual thread topic! My biggest waste of $ was the one time I went for bling over function to see what it was like. I'm talking about roaring toyz rearview mirrors. Thay have maroon fading into black ones (same as my Busas colors). After installed they cut about 60% from my field of vision to the rear, the optics were inferior, they kept coming loose and after loctite lost their ability for adjustment, on and on. I now run gsxr 1000 mirrors with 1" extenders and love them (thanks Pashnit). I learned and once again am entrenched in the belief that if bling occurs WITH a performance part, that's frosting on the cake. If you fit something just for the sake of bling and hope it works (or are willing to compromise function) that's a big mistake....at least for my motorcycle standards. Doyle