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Old 11-05-2012, 07:31 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default New riders... what will be your first upgrade?

I think the first cash I'm going to spend on my 2010 shadow phantom will be new exhaust, I want that grumble. What about you?
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Old 11-05-2012, 09:02 PM   #2 (permalink)
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And a seat that will allow you to ride more than 30 Min before your Butt goes Numb
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Memphis Shades windshield and Mustang seat - those were the first upgrades. Since then I've gone a little nuts and added many more accessories. Vance & Hines exhaust is next on the list.
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Old 11-05-2012, 09:11 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I just ordered an exhaust for my phantom. Probably the easiest thing to upgrade first. Which ones are you looking to get?

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Mustang seat #1, pipes #2, windshield #3.


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Old 11-05-2012, 09:30 PM   #6 (permalink)
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My buddy on here, mlr, put some pipes on his Shadow about a month ago. It completely changed his riding experience! I've got an exhaust on my Harley and my 9's exhaust is stock and I can tell you it does change the experience.
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Got the bike with exhaust so i love the rumbles . Just added extensions. Mustang seat next. Possibly bags. Maybe a cat eye taillight that eliminates the turn signals. And whatever else I want haha. But of course I don't see this bike going anywhere but down the long ride. So no rush.


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Windscreen, then low sissybar and rack. Next, new seat, though not for me so much as for my wife. I know I'm the exception, but I like the stock exhaust. Never was much interested in making noise.
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Old 11-06-2012, 12:04 AM   #9 (permalink)
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I just bought an 84 vt700c (my first bike) last friday. I've already bought a pair of slash cut 2 into 2 mac exhausts...and love them feels like im riding a different bike than the one I was riding yesterday. I had to grin a bit as I made heads turn while pulling out of the grocery store parking lot.

I'm really interested in putting saddlebags on my bike next. I am also wondering if I should bother putting the windshield on? I don't like the look of the bike with the windshield on but the bike came with it off, and have never tried riding it with it on. I imagine it would make a big difference when riding on the freeway for extended periods of time, but so far, living in a city, I am at a lot of stop and go traffic.
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Freeway bars, then freeway pegs, then bags.
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