u/mikewagnercmp

Hello,
Like the title says, prepping g for the big bore upgrade. Have the bike mostly torn down, to the point the airbox is out. Going to do all the airbox mods as well.

The service manual is…… ok? I guess? I think they assume you go through the entire book in order or something, for example, I skipped to the airbox section, tje manual showed only one bolt to remove on the battery box side. I know I had to remove all the fender pop pins and like 4 bolts in the battery box and those were in other steps.

So I am trying to see what else needs to come off the bike to disassemble it as little as possible. Couple questions.

I know the throttle body has to come off, do I have to unplug the electrical connectors , throttle cables, etc, and remove it from the bike entirely? The velocity stack seems easier to put on the throttle body by taking it off.

The right exhaust stud needs to come off, this I know.

The radiator, I have to drain, and remove it? Are there other brackets or something to remove on that side?

On the opposite side where the ecu is, I believe removing the bracket will be necessary, but not the abs equipment, correct?

Lastly, I did the pair delete already, I had thought about removing the charcoal canister, but the set up for it seems more complicated, looks like it might even have an electrical connector on it? On my t7 this was an easy delete, just a couple hoses but the setup on the rally is more convoluted.

Thanks!
Mike

Howdy,
4ish years ago when I got this bike, I got the moto x exhaust for my stage 1 ecu reflash bc it was the cheapest option, and I had already spent some money on the suspension.

Went for a multi day trip this past weekend, the way back was several hours of fast two lane roads, at about 60mph, and the loud noise finally got to ,e enough that I think I need to fix it.

550 performance told me the moto x is the loudest one, it’s also not recommended for most of the further upgraded to the bike, but the rs-12 is. I love the bike, I might even do the big bore kit as a project, but am wondering if anyone has switched out their moto x for something else.

Side note, I have the bike geared down with a 46 tooth sprocket on the back with a speedo healer, so revs are a little higher that they would be, by about 14% I think. If I do the big bore I would go back closer to or to stock hearing.

Thanks in advance,
Mike