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Fitted the Wolfline belly pan, it’s easy enough to install, just a pain in the ass with the bracket adjustments after it’s all together. I love it though, seems to tie it all together.

Sort of a PITA to find the security torx bit (T-40) and after ordering it wrong on the Amazons, finally got it right.

Seems cleaner to me - I like it gone!

I’ve been checking out some of the tempting knock offs online for the front fairing. I like the Webike version so I figured if the paint matches on this one I’d give it a whirl. Well they showed review pictures with the paint matching but these are just like the knock offs on EBay, the Red is definitely off.
Mad hornets is not in anyway based out of California. They do all of their business on Chinas time and ship from china too.
Can’t say I’m surprised but don’t waste your time unless you want to paint or vinyl it.

So we’ve been on and off about this project and I wanted to post my completed project, thoughts, and pointers as it seems to be a trendy bit right now.

I was looking for brake performance improvement as stock brake lines are not a good fit for heavy downhill braking through some of the north ga mountains. Braided lines and a fluid swap are a good start to get rid of the rubber lines that don’t support as well under pressure.

Highlights

1. This made an immediate and impactful improvement to the feel and response of my brakes.
2. The stock lines and stock fluid suck. Swapping the fluid would be a marginal gain, but the best would be to do both. The new fluid seems great.
3. Short of changing pads, calipers, levers, etc. this isn’t a race bike so I don’t see the need in big expensive parts here. All in this project was about $500 tops and that includes the mighty vac and the fluid which by itself is about $70.
4. It was a super fun project that forces you to get intimate with your bike so if you are mechanical, I’d encourage it, but it’s definitely a 7/10 difficulty on your own.
5. I haven’t put it through the twisties yet, just going out and doing some heavy down hill braking around town. I ride in Atlanta traffic so I ride aggressive and use a lot of engine and brake. Immediate difference in performance and very happy with the response from the brakes now.

Lowlights

1. Speigler direct was a mistake. I ordered the lines and the reservoir through them. Their customer service answers the phone quick, but they are dicks and I did not appreciate the lack of knowledge, care, or follow up. I got the reservoir and it looked used and missing parts, and they acted like they were doing me a favor to fix it. They are also about $80 more than Sportbiketrackgear. They don’t include the banjo bolts so I had to order those separate. Sport bike track gear includes all of this and it’s direct from Spiegler. Go figure but it was a boondoggle no doubt.

2. I wasn’t prepared for the amount of time it does take. It’s about a two day job if you are fully on it. If not it took me about a week. Granted there was some parts shenanigans but on and off working at it. Bleeding off the system has to be done overnight so that’s why it takes a little longer. To fully route, torque, double check, etc, it’s a good winter project.

3. You have to pull the tank. I siphoned most of mine out, you don’t have to but it helps if you don’t have a helper.

Last - on the color, it was hard to tell on the website but the red looked brighter to me than it is. It’s not a great match so I wasn’t super thrilled, but they’ve grown on me since I put them on. I felt like the black would just get lost, in retrospect, that may have been fine.

I saw it, I thought hey that’s a novel idea and something I needed. Once I got it and I saw it, I started to wonder, what would my neighbors think. What if my wife finds it laying around? What if I go to use it and it gets stuck…..sorry for being a prude but it’s the first time using one of these. Should I lubricate or use it as is?
I put it in once to see how it fit and it seems to work great!