Where are the turn signals mounted now? I would leave the frame ends alone. The appearance with them left "as is" is no less detracting than the depressions on the bags wear the blinkers used to be. And I'm sure you aren't going to fill those in with bondo are you? Plus if you decide to get rid of the mounts, resale will be assured without the mutilation. No harm can come leaving them stick out like that.
That's true. It is what it is and there's nothing wrong with that. But we ride motorcycles and that makes us predisposed to tinkering. What I did was I put different signals on the pannier racks and leave them attached to the bars when I remove the racks from the back. I bought an extra set of turn signals and mounted them on the stock fender where the existing holes are for such mounting. Removing the pannier racks also allows for rotating the pipes up to the "sport" position. It takes about 15 minutes to remove the rear side covers, etc. but having the extra set of turn signals wired similar makes it easy to pop them on and plug in.
Oh yes, for sure! I've done plenty of tinkering on my ST2 and other bikes. I just bought LT's Dzus kit so I won't have to dismantle the whole friggin' bike just to get to the battery/replace the front plug/check the valves/etc.! I put bar risers and a GPS mount on, I've got unused seats and slip-ons stacked up in my garage, and so on...
You dont need to remove the pannier rails to raise the silencers.
Yeah I use my bike mainly for sports. The panniers will only get used when I go away a couple of times a year. The trip from here to the Moto GP is about 2500km plus each way. I just wanted waterproof bags.
I removed the rails just to try a different look. But you can leave the racks and bags on and still raise them? I did not observe that possibility before taking them off. Thanks, I did not realize that!
