My rear tire. The tread pattern on the Maxxis Classic is pretty deep. On day 9 the tire was through the tread. The middle looks like a racing slick. I was a little worried on the last 2 days due to the lack of tread. the total mileage on this rear tire was 22000kms. About 13750 miles. Not too bad I guess. Not as good as I used to get out of the Bridgestones on my 750 ACE, but better than the Dunlops and much less expensive. I replaced these Maxxis' with another set.
This is a picture of the crack in my bottom exhaust pipe. The pipes are Hard Krome Equalizer Staggered Drags. Love the pipes, love the looks, the sound and the fact that they are both exactly the same length. I was washing the bike the next day and the towel I was drying it with snagged on the pipe! I look and lo and behold the pipe is cracked. The crack is right in front of the support bracket. It starts where the outer pipe is open on the back and the bracket is welded across. Apparantly this is a common problem. Some people on the All Aero forum on Delphi have had this happen. Actually I believe ALL of the HK pipe owners with single pin 1100 Shadows have had this happen. On the trip I did notice a different sound coming from the bike. Kinda a squeaking sound. I guess that was the cause.
About a week after that, I noticed a crack in the top pipe as well. Same spot, where the support bracket is welded across the open back of the pipe. Only it is across the rear of the pipe, on the other side of the support bracket. If it cracked all the way around, the whole baffle and outer pipe will fall right off! Time for some new pipes. I ended up replacing them with a set of Rifle Big Guns that I bought used off a friend. Thank god for that as we had another trip coming up and I was a little worried that I would lose the pipe far from home if I tried taking a long trip with the cracked pipes.
The left side footpeg. Ground it right through to the support inside the outer shell. 3rd set of pegs I had to replace on the 1100. previous 2 were on trips to the dragon.
In this pic you can see the kickstand mount, I think I have probably taken about 2mm of metal off that tab.
The bottom of the exhaust and right side footpeg. The lower pipe has a big flatspot ground off at the end. The scratch starts near the front of the pipe near the footpeg. Looks like I have taken less off the right side peg than the left interestingly enough.
After this trip, I needed new tires, new footpegs and new exhaust pipes. Costly trip :)
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