One way to avoid down time is to buy another set of chrome heat shields to send out for the black treatment (Powder coating?). Honda must want a lot of $ for heat shields, so check eBay and M/C dismantlers. Find out if the F6B heat shield are the same as those on gen-one GW'ssend the shields away with no down time to get the all black
I've read some good things about Rush. The quote above is from V-Twin forum. Being able to choose and change baffles is good.They do get louder after a few hundred miles and I wanted to be able to hear my radio and be a good neighbor.