Other little things I've bought & plan

So besides that, I have a few other things to do:

1) wrap the exhaust.  Instead of the normal fiberglass stuff, I got the actual titanium stuff from DEI, which is upposedly better.  I dunno, it won't be fiberglass, so I won't have to worry about the itchy scratchies.

2) Replace the air cleaner.  I'm using a round Mesh thing.  I haven't seen it on anything but the Rebel from Blue Collar Bobbers (they got me on the bobber idea in the 1st place, but sold out of their kits before I made up my mind, but check em out, best place to find kits for metric cruisers, http://www.bluecollarbobbers.com/ ), but its cheap, it looks cool, and it flows a lot of air.  Probably not great for rain though...  What they don't tell you, and I found out after I bought it, is that you have to get a seperate bracket that keeps the carb mounted, otherwise its just hanging out on the seal from the intake manifold.  That bracket was $25, which seems way too expensive, and that was the cheapest I found it, went up to $40.  And you still have to deal with the breather.  I already had that planned and got a trick unit from Kuryakyn that breathes through a spacer basically.  Heres the air cleaner and the breather thing:

3) Side Mounted Brake light & plate holder.  I got this from a few different places for pricing.  The mounting holder I got from one place on eBay.  They actually sell it with the light, but they charge double for the light from their source.  But they say where tey get those lights.  So I went & bought it from their source, and even got the LED kit for the Model A light, and saved like $20.  Good deal!  And yes it has the little clear light at the bottom to illuminate the license plate.  Generic plate frame, which isn't on in the pic, is $2 from Debrix.  Amazingly, in stock...  I read that the side mount brake light may be a problem in CA, but I really don't think it will be.

4)  Speedo Calibrator.  My sportster tells me it doesn't go over 65, and I'm pretty sure I've gone much faster.  It actually makes it really hard to deal with speed on the freeway.  I read online that a lot of people say Harleys do this.  So DeBrix sold this unit for way less than anyone else, and I'll give it a try.  I just have to be able to take my GPS on a ride to figure the % difference at various speeds.

I also bought an Oil Dipstick with a temp gauge, which is a pretty pop thing to do.  Its a good idea I suppose as well.  I just have to actual take the old one out, and make sure this new one is the right length.  The new one has no marks on the stick, which worries me a bit, so I may have to grind some on.