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I had the day off today, so got to install a few more of the farkles that have been waiting patiently in my garage for months. Almost everything is from Twisted Throttle and it is all Kev's fault. The year started off with my winning the SW-Motech skid plate donated by Kevin and TT. I liked it a lot and even had it powdercoated black, as I planned ot have mostly black trim on my blue bike. After scrutinizing many choices of hard bags and crash bars at the Indy Dealer Show, I decided to stick with SW-Motech. My dealer, Niehaus Cycles even got a Twisted Throttle dealership, as we planned to outfit one of our extra bikes with the full set of Super Tenere farkles, as well as promote those products for our customers. Long story short, I sold all the S10's before they arrived and two of the buyers chose the SW-Motech items, as did I and now we don't have a bike for the showroom. We have had several inquiries and purchases of the TT items and we hope to expand on that line.
Anyway, here is my bike with the SW-M skid plate, crash bars, luggage racks with Trax bags, MRA screen mounted on a Wasp adjustable bracket and Kaoko throttle lock, plus Yamaha tank bag. I still have to install the Yamaha wind wings and I think I am done for now. Oh, yeah, I also bought the Yamaha "sport horn" that Yamaha lists under the S10 accessories and I'll get that mounted soon.
In another thread I mentioned that with the first bike we set up with the SW-M racks, we weren't sure what to do to mount the license plate, as you have to remove the OEM bracket to fit the cross piece. After thinking about it for a bit, the answer is simple. I just drilled two holes outboard of the original holes in the fender where the OEM bracket mounted. The new holes are the same distance as the original license plate holes, so I never have to drill plates when I install them. Overall I am very impressed with the engineering and quality of the SW-Motech products as well as their clear pictorial instructions.
I also did the rear carrier mod and mounted my old KLR tail pack. This has been very handy for me in the past for everyday errends. It is expandable and can carry quite a bit.
Anyway, here is my bike with the SW-M skid plate, crash bars, luggage racks with Trax bags, MRA screen mounted on a Wasp adjustable bracket and Kaoko throttle lock, plus Yamaha tank bag. I still have to install the Yamaha wind wings and I think I am done for now. Oh, yeah, I also bought the Yamaha "sport horn" that Yamaha lists under the S10 accessories and I'll get that mounted soon.
In another thread I mentioned that with the first bike we set up with the SW-M racks, we weren't sure what to do to mount the license plate, as you have to remove the OEM bracket to fit the cross piece. After thinking about it for a bit, the answer is simple. I just drilled two holes outboard of the original holes in the fender where the OEM bracket mounted. The new holes are the same distance as the original license plate holes, so I never have to drill plates when I install them. Overall I am very impressed with the engineering and quality of the SW-Motech products as well as their clear pictorial instructions.
I also did the rear carrier mod and mounted my old KLR tail pack. This has been very handy for me in the past for everyday errends. It is expandable and can carry quite a bit.
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