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    Senior Member 2wheelsforme's Avatar
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    new bike to me

    Just joined recently and was doing a little research to see if I cold make the F6B sit big enough for my big self and decide what year I longed for. On first though I wanted shiny black like all my other bikes but I wanted cruise control also. Found out that combo was not offered in the same years. The matt grey was my second choice and a member here messaged me and expressed a desire to possibly part with his love soon. I moved a little quicker than I had planned but this bike is in perfect condition and fit my needs. He can identify if he so wishes and has my thanks. I now have a matt grey 15 D with 10K on the odo and some pretty nice accessories already installed. I have come to really love the color. I still plan to replace the stock seat and maybe lower the foot position as well as raise the bars, already has a aftermarket windshield . I visited the Ultimate seat factory yesterday and took a look see at what they have to offer in the King. It was a nice looking seat but didn't feel to have all that much additional room and it was fairly pricey. Will try out this stock seat for a while and expect it to not be good for the long haul and will look again at DL or possible rework of this one. Ultimate is not out of the question as I have one on a VTX and love it. The garage is a little crowded now with a VTX-1800, a Yamaha Venture and now this beauty. In the 70s today with rain tomorrow so plan to ride a little today if I can get it covered with some insurance, a little even if I don't. Mike

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    Congrats on your F6B, if you end up like me you will sell your other bikes because you won't be riding them anymore.

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    Congrats and enjoy!
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    Yes congratulations. I'm envious as Gulf Breeze is my 2nd favorite place to be. Enjoy!

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    Congrats on the new F6B. !!

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    I heard the aliens are pretty prominent down there

    Gulf Breeze has always been one of the hot spots for sighting UFO's. Don't let them ride the F6B as they will take it home with them.

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    Congrats Mike!

    Yes, you did move a little faster than you told me you were going to, but the present is NOW!
    Glad I could show you Isleen and help your process.
    Now, let's go for a ride!
    Cheers,
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    Will do Steve. So far the Visa abuse has consisted of a service manual, an additional mount for my Zumo 590 with more Ram pieces so it can be easily transferred from bike to bike and a battery/charging condition light from Gammatronix that I have found to be quite helpful in avoiding unexpected dead batteries. I'm sure there will be more.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2wheelsforme View Post
    Will do Steve. So far the Visa abuse has consisted of a service manual, an additional mount for my Zumo 590 with more Ram pieces so it can be easily transferred from bike to bike and a battery/charging condition light from Gammatronix that I have found to be quite helpful in avoiding unexpected dead batteries. I'm sure there will be more.

    In addition to your sitting and exhaust needs:
    Belly pan
    Voltmeter
    LED lighting
    Heli-bars
    and a "metric-crap tonne" of other stuff!
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    Belly pan
    Voltmeter
    LED lighting
    Heli-bars

    The belly pan is a maybe but not a top concern, Volt meter is covered with the light I got ordered, prefer it over a meter, previous Owner, Big TP added bunches of LED lighting both front and back. The Heli-bars are needed as well as another seat but that is some bucks. I looked at the risers and they are "no go" for me as both, that I looked at, move the grips inward. I will stay with the stock pipes as I'm enjoying the lack of sound, again very expensive to do the whole thing including the loops and both my other bikes are pretty loud, esp the VTX plus the wife hates the noise. The next thing is low cost, a garage door opener mod, got the unit just got to add the wiring and a small switch somewhere. A plug in for my heated gear is needed and a cup holder might be in my future also.

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