u/ValhallaGSXR

2008 in what I would call amazing condition with a few tasteful mods.

Im in love! Still haven't had time to hit the range. Maybe next year sometime....🤣

Been eyeballing it for a month or so living a caged life in the store display. Couldn't hold back any longer. Holosun EPS for added flare!

Sometimes some really cool machines roll into the shop for repairs. 78 XL350 needed a carb rebuild, petcock, points adjustment, and fresh oil. Runs like it did when it was brand new! Only 2200 miles!

Sorry to disappoint, no race suit here. I did successfully make it there and back without a loss of skin or limbs. Felt sketchy as fuck! 0/10 do not recommend!

Funny part is, I don't even like the R10 in a quality vs price aspect. I really only bought it for the paint job. With my first one I fell face first over the hype. My second one was what solidified my opinion that these things are hot garbage. Here I am now with number 3 because the damn paint job sucked me in. 🤣

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I still recommend the Bell RaceStar DLX over this helmet any day. Its cheaper, just as light, breathes almost as well, and has way cooler features right out of the box.

Attached to the chin strap. Is this now in response to the recent allegations? I don't recall ever seeing it on the other two that I've purchased. The first one was Dec23 and the second was purchased Jan 25. Just got my third one and now see this disclaimer to use their helmets at your own risk.

With only 14000 miles, this is something that I'd LOVE to have sitting in my garage. These are getting really hard to find like this.

This thing is an absolute beauty. 14k miles.

Might be ugly, but it shoots great!

6 cam cap bolts were able to be unscrewed with my fingers.

Let me open with that i have no affiliation to or employment from these guys. I'm writing this as a mechanic who just installed it on my own bike. It may help others decide if they want to install it based off of my expierence.

So here we go, and let's start off with ease of installation. As a lifetime mechanic, I'm going to start off by letting it be known that I do this sort of stuff every day. So installation time for me may differ from the time it takes others to install. Overall, the entire installation of the new integrated brake lights and low-mount license plate bracket took about an hour. That time includes removing the formerly installed tail kit from NRC.

There were no real hang-ups on installation, and it's a pretty straightforward design once the tail covers are removed. Me being the average guy, I decided to go at this without looking at any instructions, although I did in fact need to consult their website for one small detail. More on that in a minute.

My biggest concern was the interface between these new taillights and my existing aftermarket eBay (China) carbon fiber tail pieces. Carbon parts typically don't follow the exact lines as OEM parts do, and that will come to haunt you on certain things. These didn't give me any trouble at all. They snapped on with ease and are seamless, just as if they were in the plastic OEM panels.

What I'm really impressed with is how they engineered the mount to hold them in place. Kudos to that designer or team of designers, whoever you are!

Now, my complaints about installation. The mounting bolts that hold them in the bike are super tight-fitting. I was about to go get a drill and open up the mounting holes in the subframe. It takes a little effort to snap them into position, but once they're in, they're super tight and lock in almost permanently. I say this because as I test-fitted one, I had to remove it to continue the job. Taking it out was kind of difficult and needed some persuading from a small screwdriver. So please don't snap them in until you're at that part.

One other complaint is the wiring colors for the adapters. While I totally understand why they use the colors that they do, your average person won't. This is the only point where I needed to consult their online installation video.

Now, after everything is all buttoned up, it's time to test functions. First light... wow! If you're behind me in a car and you can't see me, then you aren't looking out of your front windshield. These taillights and brake lights are significantly brighter than the NRC kit that I was previously using.

The low-mount plate bracket was extremely simple; it sandwiches in between the subframe and passenger footpeg brackets. They even include hardware to install it without the passenger pegs attached if you choose to go that route.

The best feeling in the world is being alone at night and looking up to see these.

This feels weird being so ummm.... breezy.

This was taken with my Seestar S30. Both Whale and Crowbar galaxies in one image.

This was challenging because of about 6 fishermen on the beach with headlights that seemed as bright as our sun. One almost kicked over my telescope. Don't know how he couldn't see it with his high beams on his head.