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sangria7 · 09-19-2009, 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vtbme

Low beam standing
Low beam kneeling
High beam standing
High beam kneeling

Could you get closer shots on how you mounted those lights? I was thinking of doing the same mount, but unsure yet on how to them properly. Curious on what you did. Thanks!

black_n_white · 09-20-2009, 08:35 AM

Nothing yet today. Yesterday, however, took it to Norfolk to get a part ordered. The little chrome ring around the speedo and clock is peeling. Bike is only a few months old. Took it across the HRBT and felt like a kite in the wind.

sangria7 · 09-20-2009, 07:35 PM

Last of the Playboy theme decals...

sangria7 · 09-20-2009, 07:39 PM

One side it female devil and the other side is a female angel

GeorgiaRoller · 09-20-2009, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sangria7

Last of the Playboy theme decals...

Are those silver wheel decals? If so where did you get them from? How hard were they to install?

Your bike looks good btw.

vtbme · 09-20-2009, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sangria7

Could you get closer shots on how you mounted those lights? I was thinking of doing the same mount, but unsure yet on how to them properly. Curious on what you did. Thanks!

This is the multifit kit, so it comes with mounts attached that could be directly attached under the headlight. To mount to the fenders:

Remove attached mounts
Put on supplied mulit-fit mounts - several different pieces all supplied with kit.

Someone else on the forum (Womper I think) has similar lights. His are mounted upside down from the way I have mounted these. He originally mounted them upright but said they kept turning down. So he just remounted them hanging down. After I heard this I decided to install the 2 small black plastic, very thin washers that didn't seem to be called for in the directions between spacer and the mount and I used blue locktite when bolting them into the fender. No problems so far. In fact I rode around a few days before wiring up just to see if they would move...

Pictures are from pre-wiring. I'll take some better ones and post. Very simple to bolt on. I did have a shop wire them up directly into ignition. So I don't even have the on/off switch installed. Bike is on = lights are on.

sangria7 · 09-21-2009, 06:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeorgiaRoller

Are those silver wheel decals? If so where did you get them from? How hard were they to install?

Your bike looks good btw.

Thanks! White reflective rim striping on the wheels. I got them for free but Ebay sells them. Installation is not bad but have a lot of patience in doing them.

vtbme · 09-21-2009, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sangria7

Could you get closer shots on how you mounted those lights? I was thinking of doing the same mount, but unsure yet on how to them properly. Curious on what you did. Thanks!

Again - wiring was done at dealership, and I'm quite happy with it. They added shrink tube, or whatever it's called, which looks much better than the black electrical tape I would have used.

vtbme · 09-21-2009, 10:04 PM

Spacer into fender.
"Extra" washer between spacer and vertical part of the mount
Where the vertical mount attaches to the light, you can see the small spacer at the top and 2 shims at the bottom.

I wound up replacing the fasteners/bolts that attach the mount to the light because the supplied ones were hex head and rounded off. Also I stripped one of the supplied lock nuts, so I went ahead and replaced both of those as well. That made both lights attached with the same hardware.

vtbme · 09-21-2009, 10:08 PM

Simple - just follow the hose/cables already there.

Dealer ran all through the neck. It is switched into the ignition. I haven't removed the neck to see the deal from there - nor have I removed the seat to check out the relay installation yet. All is working great.

Hope the pix help. Really simple plug and play - I just didn't feel comfortable talking the wiring part alone since I hadn't done it before. Actually mounting the light to the fender was super easy.

Quantumcat · 09-22-2009, 10:15 PM

Nicely done vtbme! Great pics, too.

For something to do I replaced the muffler packing in my 6" fibrosleeves (diamond jim-tm) for debaffled stock pipes. Refer to "fibrosleeves" in the Exhaust section of the "sticky" thread M50 links and tutorials.

If you have/are thinking of doing fibrosleeves and haven't thought of it yet, I suggest using a 10-14" length x 12" wide section of very thin gage sheetmetal as a compression sleeve to ease insertion of the fibrosleeve.

I wrapped a section into a small tube and inserted it into the debaffled muffler prior to inserting the fibrosleeve. I inserted it until about an inch or two of the "mickey" plate. Expand it until it matches the inside diameter of the muffler and twist the end sticking out a little bit to create a very slight cone.

I then wrap the packing around a compressed sleeve cage and slide it into the end of the "compression sleeve". The fibrosleeve should slide smoothly down the compression sleeve while gently twisting the fibrosleeve (twist in a direction so that the packing doesn't catch/grab on the inner overlap of the compression sleeve). You can always grab the free-end of the compression sleeve and give it a twist to help compress the packing. Once the fibrosleeve is well into the muffler, use a 2-3/4" PVC pipe to keep the fibrosleeve seated at the bottom, I ease out the compression sleeve. Alternating between a pull out on the compression sleeve and a seating tap with the PVC pipe, the compression sleeve will be removed while leaving the fibrosleeve fully seated in the debaffled muffler.

I found this much easier to do than inserting the fibrosleeve without any sort of guide/"shoe horn". I failed to get pictures tonight, but I'll try to remember to do so the next time I replace the packing.

shotsailor · 09-24-2009, 12:44 PM

Installed small (originally passenger floorboards) and like them very much. You can sit more relaxed on the bike and it feels really good.

vtbme · 10-01-2009, 08:23 AM

Reinstalled OEM shield a few days ago. Lined the mounts with black electrical tape to give a bit more grip and protect the forks. Tried bicycle inner tube first as someone on here suggested, but it was too thick.

Almost 300 miles yesterday: Clt to Boone to Little Switzerland (via Blue Ridge Parkway where I barely missed a deer) to Shelby to home. Great day!

The Dark Knight · 10-01-2009, 09:31 AM

Installed the godsend powercommander autotune.. smoothed the 400cc injectors right in.... It wasnt a whole lot of fun watching the tach when it started to goof on me and remember my throttle position, stop riding, find that spot on the map and adjust a square +/-5... and with the turbo it wasnt fun knowing that the bike was going lean down the highway a few times... now im not worried... i just turn the auto tune on and it maps every gear out for me and adjusts it (and they are different)... Although its only gone up and down as much as 14 in some select spots.. which isnt too far out for having those bigger injectors now.. anyway... anyone who has the 05-08 m50 or c50.. you can put the PCV and Autotune on your bike and it will work (find my tutorial for doing so).. And I would recommend it even if your bike is stock.. Our bikes are comming to us pretty fat from factory, so much that they added the pair valve to fool the emissions sniffer.. They are using a few more sensors than a speed density tune but not too much.. I believe there isnt a mass air sensor and of course the US models dont have the O2 sensor (pre 09) Anyway if your after performance or fuel mileage or both (you can flip a switch to toggle between a fuel mileage map and performance map) I think the PCV and Auto Tune is the only way to go for a piggy back processor.. its almost a stand alone if it could control the timing on our bikes..

nativenyerintexas · 10-01-2009, 09:36 AM

replaced the front brakes pads yesterday

onemilmhz · 10-01-2009, 09:50 AM

Let's see, last night I got the blue accent lighting back up and running. The idiot who installed them (I am the second owner) used a wire that was too small to run a dozen or so low voltage LED's back to the battery. By the time they were all tied together the voltage was too much for the wiring and it melted. I went ahead and installed a switch while I had it all torn apart so I'm not plugging and unplugging it all the time. Hopefully I'll be getting my trim/accent pieces back from paint today so I can reinstall and ride. Two days without my bike is killing me!

The Dark Knight · 10-01-2009, 10:08 AM

lol i had mine down for nearly a month and a half doing the turbo install because i had to send the turbo cartridge to cali twice.. week and a half wait both times.. i would have had it all done in a week but that happend... I know the feeling.. I was walking around like a calvin zombie..

onemilmhz · 10-01-2009, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Dark Knight

lol i had mine down for nearly a month and a half doing the turbo install because i had to send the turbo cartridge to cali twice.. week and a half wait both times.. i would have had it all done in a week but that happend... I know the feeling.. I was walking around like a calvin zombie.

I can't imagine going that long now. It had been so long since I rode, like years, that when I got the bike (last week) I've done nothing else!

KTSSU · 10-04-2009, 12:24 PM

Sad but true...

I had to turn down an offer to ride today.

onemilmhz · 10-04-2009, 08:27 PM

Rode my daughter out to Bollingbroke, GA to look at some horses and farms. Absolutely GORGEOUS day and a perfect ride with my little girl.

09-20-2009, 07:35 PM	#2063 (permalink)
sangria7 Clunked into first gear Join Date: May 2009 Bike: 2009 Boulevard M50 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 230	Last of the Playboy theme decals... Attached Thumbnails __________________ Dobeck TFI, Debaffled Pipes + Fibrosleeve, Kuryakyn ISO Grips + End Grips, Kuryakyn Brake Pedal Cover + Shifter Cover, Hellcat Windshield, Saddlemen Profiler Seat, Cortech Sportsbags, Xenon Blue Bulb, Painted Airbox, Debadged

09-20-2009, 07:39 PM	#2064 (permalink)
sangria7 Clunked into first gear Join Date: May 2009 Bike: 2009 Boulevard M50 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 230	One side it female devil and the other side is a female angel Attached Thumbnails __________________ Dobeck TFI, Debaffled Pipes + Fibrosleeve, Kuryakyn ISO Grips + End Grips, Kuryakyn Brake Pedal Cover + Shifter Cover, Hellcat Windshield, Saddlemen Profiler Seat, Cortech Sportsbags, Xenon Blue Bulb, Painted Airbox, Debadged

09-21-2009, 10:04 PM	#2069 (permalink)
vtbme Found second gear by accident Join Date: Jan 2009 Bike: '08 M50 Limited: Black/Silver Location: Charlotte NC Posts: 328	PIAA Close Ups Multi Fit Mount Spacer into fender. "Extra" washer between spacer and vertical part of the mount Where the vertical mount attaches to the light, you can see the small spacer at the top and 2 shims at the bottom. I wound up replacing the fasteners/bolts that attach the mount to the light because the supplied ones were hex head and rounded off. Also I stripped one of the supplied lock nuts, so I went ahead and replaced both of those as well. That made both lights attached with the same hardware. Attached Thumbnails __________________ 2008 M50 Limited: Jeff/Ken's Spacer Risers, Flanders Super Glide handlebars #650-08231, Shaved down stock seat, Mustang fender bib (on/off), OEM Luggage Rack minus sissy bar; Blacked out: Linbar, PIAA mulit fit lights on fender, speedo, headlight rim. 1999 Virago 250, 2007-09 (first of my own, sold): Symtec grip heaters. First riding experience: Honda mini bike (50cc?) on my cousin's farm...I was maybe 8 or 10 years old.

09-21-2009, 10:08 PM	#2070 (permalink)
vtbme Found second gear by accident Join Date: Jan 2009 Bike: '08 M50 Limited: Black/Silver Location: Charlotte NC Posts: 328	PIAA Close Ups Brake Side Simple - just follow the hose/cables already there. Dealer ran all through the neck. It is switched into the ignition. I haven't removed the neck to see the deal from there - nor have I removed the seat to check out the relay installation yet. All is working great. Hope the pix help. Really simple plug and play - I just didn't feel comfortable talking the wiring part alone since I hadn't done it before. Actually mounting the light to the fender was super easy. Attached Thumbnails __________________ 2008 M50 Limited: Jeff/Ken's Spacer Risers, Flanders Super Glide handlebars #650-08231, Shaved down stock seat, Mustang fender bib (on/off), OEM Luggage Rack minus sissy bar; Blacked out: Linbar, PIAA mulit fit lights on fender, speedo, headlight rim. 1999 Virago 250, 2007-09 (first of my own, sold): Symtec grip heaters. First riding experience: Honda mini bike (50cc?) on my cousin's farm...I was maybe 8 or 10 years old.

09-22-2009, 10:15 PM	#2071 (permalink)
Quantumcat Clunked into first gear Join Date: Jun 2009 Bike: 2007 M50 Black Location: Seattle, WA USA Posts: 236	Nicely done vtbme! Great pics, too. For something to do I replaced the muffler packing in my 6" fibrosleeves (diamond jim-tm) for debaffled stock pipes. Refer to "fibrosleeves" in the Exhaust section of the "sticky" thread M50 links and tutorials. If you have/are thinking of doing fibrosleeves and haven't thought of it yet, I suggest using a 10-14" length x 12" wide section of very thin gage sheetmetal as a compression sleeve to ease insertion of the fibrosleeve. I wrapped a section into a small tube and inserted it into the debaffled muffler prior to inserting the fibrosleeve. I inserted it until about an inch or two of the "mickey" plate. Expand it until it matches the inside diameter of the muffler and twist the end sticking out a little bit to create a very slight cone. I then wrap the packing around a compressed sleeve cage and slide it into the end of the "compression sleeve". The fibrosleeve should slide smoothly down the compression sleeve while gently twisting the fibrosleeve (twist in a direction so that the packing doesn't catch/grab on the inner overlap of the compression sleeve). You can always grab the free-end of the compression sleeve and give it a twist to help compress the packing. Once the fibrosleeve is well into the muffler, use a 2-3/4" PVC pipe to keep the fibrosleeve seated at the bottom, I ease out the compression sleeve. Alternating between a pull out on the compression sleeve and a seating tap with the PVC pipe, the compression sleeve will be removed while leaving the fibrosleeve fully seated in the debaffled muffler. I found this much easier to do than inserting the fibrosleeve without any sort of guide/"shoe horn". I failed to get pictures tonight, but I'll try to remember to do so the next time I replace the packing. __________________ Experience is the comb that Life gives you after you've lost your hair. 2007 M50 Black - Debaffled w/6" Fibrosleeves ~ 1" Riser Spacers ~ ISO Grips w/Throttle Bosses & Baron Bullet Endcaps ~ ISO Pegs & Shifter ~ Willie & Max Raptor Saddlebags ~ Debadged ~ Iridium Plugs ~ Factory Wire Rack, Tank Bib & Case Guards ~ Black Vinyl Wrapped Forks (pipes, hypercharger, FI controller and tach to come - hopefully) Last edited by Quantumcat; 09-22-2009 at 10:17 PM.

09-20-2009, 08:35 AM	#2062 (permalink)
black_n_white Newbie Join Date: Jun 2009 Bike: 2009 Suzuki M50 Special Edition Posts: 16	Nothing yet today. Yesterday, however, took it to Norfolk to get a part ordered. The little chrome ring around the speedo and clock is peeling. Bike is only a few months old. Took it across the HRBT and felt like a kite in the wind.

09-24-2009, 12:44 PM	#2072 (permalink)
shotsailor Seat Tester Join Date: Feb 2009 Bike: Suzuki Intruder M800 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 55	Installed small (originally passenger floorboards) and like them very much. You can sit more relaxed on the bike and it feels really good.

10-01-2009, 08:23 AM	#2073 (permalink)
vtbme Found second gear by accident Join Date: Jan 2009 Bike: '08 M50 Limited: Black/Silver Location: Charlotte NC Posts: 328	Reinstalled OEM shield a few days ago. Lined the mounts with black electrical tape to give a bit more grip and protect the forks. Tried bicycle inner tube first as someone on here suggested, but it was too thick. Almost 300 miles yesterday: Clt to Boone to Little Switzerland (via Blue Ridge Parkway where I barely missed a deer) to Shelby to home. Great day! __________________ 2008 M50 Limited: Jeff/Ken's Spacer Risers, Flanders Super Glide handlebars #650-08231, Shaved down stock seat, Mustang fender bib (on/off), OEM Luggage Rack minus sissy bar; Blacked out: Linbar, PIAA mulit fit lights on fender, speedo, headlight rim. 1999 Virago 250, 2007-09 (first of my own, sold): Symtec grip heaters. First riding experience: Honda mini bike (50cc?) on my cousin's farm...I was maybe 8 or 10 years old.

10-01-2009, 09:31 AM	#2074 (permalink)
The Dark Knight TurtleWax Taster Join Date: Jul 2008 Bike: Suzuki Boulevard M50 Location: Central Oklahoma Posts: 572	Installed the godsend powercommander autotune.. smoothed the 400cc injectors right in.... It wasnt a whole lot of fun watching the tach when it started to goof on me and remember my throttle position, stop riding, find that spot on the map and adjust a square +/-5... and with the turbo it wasnt fun knowing that the bike was going lean down the highway a few times... now im not worried... i just turn the auto tune on and it maps every gear out for me and adjusts it (and they are different)... Although its only gone up and down as much as 14 in some select spots.. which isnt too far out for having those bigger injectors now.. anyway... anyone who has the 05-08 m50 or c50.. you can put the PCV and Autotune on your bike and it will work (find my tutorial for doing so).. And I would recommend it even if your bike is stock.. Our bikes are comming to us pretty fat from factory, so much that they added the pair valve to fool the emissions sniffer.. They are using a few more sensors than a speed density tune but not too much.. I believe there isnt a mass air sensor and of course the US models dont have the O2 sensor (pre 09) Anyway if your after performance or fuel mileage or both (you can flip a switch to toggle between a fuel mileage map and performance map) I think the PCV and Auto Tune is the only way to go for a piggy back processor.. its almost a stand alone if it could control the timing on our bikes.. Last edited by The Dark Knight; 10-01-2009 at 09:44 AM.

10-01-2009, 09:36 AM	#2075 (permalink)
nativenyerintexas Third gear and cruising Join Date: Jul 2008 Bike: 2008 Suzuki Boulevard M50 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 488	replaced the front brakes pads yesterday __________________ “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” -- Joseph Goebbels

10-01-2009, 09:50 AM	#2076 (permalink)
onemilmhz Seat Tester Join Date: Sep 2009 Bike: 2005 Boulevard M50 Location: 31210 Posts: 50	Let's see, last night I got the blue accent lighting back up and running. The idiot who installed them (I am the second owner) used a wire that was too small to run a dozen or so low voltage LED's back to the battery. By the time they were all tied together the voltage was too much for the wiring and it melted. I went ahead and installed a switch while I had it all torn apart so I'm not plugging and unplugging it all the time. Hopefully I'll be getting my trim/accent pieces back from paint today so I can reinstall and ride. Two days without my bike is killing me! __________________ 2005 Suzuki Boulevard M50 De-badged De-baffled Johns 2.5" Lowering Kit Low profile LED turn signals *Custom black mirrors COMING SOON - Cobra Streetrod Slashdowns

10-01-2009, 10:08 AM	#2077 (permalink)
The Dark Knight TurtleWax Taster Join Date: Jul 2008 Bike: Suzuki Boulevard M50 Location: Central Oklahoma Posts: 572	lol i had mine down for nearly a month and a half doing the turbo install because i had to send the turbo cartridge to cali twice.. week and a half wait both times.. i would have had it all done in a week but that happend... I know the feeling.. I was walking around like a calvin zombie.. Attached Thumbnails

10-04-2009, 12:24 PM	#2079 (permalink)
KTSSU Seat Tester Join Date: Dec 2008 Bike: 2007 M50 Suzuki Location: The woods of SW VA Posts: 72	Sad but true... I had to turn down an offer to ride today. __________________ Lee Remember: KEEP the SHINY SIDE UP! 2007 Suzuki Blvd M50 - Black - Lowered 2" front & rear - Cobra StreetRod exhaust and Fi2000 fuel regulator - Carbon fiber inserts - Cobra sissy bar and 1" highway bars - Memphis Shades windshield - 11" Apes - black Kuryakyn Blood Groove Hypercharger - Mustang Daytripper - and assorted custom work to fit my 4'9" stature!

10-04-2009, 08:27 PM	#2080 (permalink)
onemilmhz Seat Tester Join Date: Sep 2009 Bike: 2005 Boulevard M50 Location: 31210 Posts: 50	Rode my daughter out to Bollingbroke, GA to look at some horses and farms. Absolutely GORGEOUS day and a perfect ride with my little girl. __________________ 2005 Suzuki Boulevard M50 De-badged De-baffled Johns 2.5" Lowering Kit Low profile LED turn signals *Custom black mirrors COMING SOON - Cobra Streetrod Slashdowns

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