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Originally Posted by shreddr
Joe, just so we are all clear here, you did ride the bike in stock form first, correct? I am looking at your bike pics and that exhaust looks pretty unused.
I may be a bit over the top when it comes to modding, but I do like to have a starting point from which to guage my success, even if it is my butt dyno/elbow potentiometers.
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No, I haven't even started her up yet. 
There's no real use in trying to get a feel for the steering and stability on cold, salty roads. If I wait for the first chance to test it on track the season will have started and it will be too late for major mods.
I'll be very happy if i can dial in the bike to be just stable enough to ride quite fast on track with my Öhlins steering damper set to 0. If i can't get it unstable at all well then I've gone in the right direction anyway. Knowing what the bike did in stock form isn't THAT important with this particular mod.
And the feeling of stripping and grinding on a 25000$ bike before even turning the key is something else.
That being said I will of course be curious as to what my mods have achieved and later this summer I'll be meeting up with Jonas the Swede for at least a full day of track riding. My plan is to get him to switch rides with me for some on track testing
(just don't tell him about it yet).
The mill I'm going to use was unavailable tonight so I'll try again tomorrow, beggars can't be choosers.