send the shields away with no down time to get the all black
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's


They do get louder after a few hundred miles and I wanted to be able to hear my radio and be a good neighbor.
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.