Bill Gerard
Age: 51 Year: 1998 Miles Done: 25,500
Mods: TRE, Power Commander II, Kevlar lines, flushmounts, Zero Gravity windscreen, frame sliders, Vortex triple clamp and rearsets, air box mod, GSX-R1000 rear rim, chain and sprocket, custom painted hump. Yoshimura slip-ons
Best Upgrade: "The PC II is sweet, really makes the TLR scream."
Favorite Aspect: "The way the bike sounds. Like a canned grizzly bear. It will set off car alarms and sounds like no other metric."
Brian Martin
Age: 31 Year: 1998 Miles Done: 30,000
Mods: Carbon fiber screen, aftermarket mirrors, chrome clutch cover and levers, gold rear caliper, TL1000 chain guard, Supersprox sprocket, rear cowl, billet yellow clutch pressure plate, Pro-Tek rearsets, RK 530 gold chain, full Yoshimura RS3 carbon-fiber exhaust
Best Upgrade: "They've got to be the real carbon fiber screen and clear clutch cover with billet pressure plate-they go together well."
Favorite Aspect: "The way it looks and sounds."
Mark McKenna
Age: 22 Year: 2003 Miles Done: 11,289
Mods: "Everything... honestly I'd have to take an entire day to get a list of everything."
Best Upgrade: "The M4 exhaust and Revolution rotors...not many people have them."
Favorite Aspect: "The sound is the reason I bought it."
David
Age: 47 Year: 2002 Miles Done: 5,000
Mods: Full Yoshimura RS-3 stainless exhaust, air box mod
Best Upgrade: "The Yoshimura exhaust and the air box mod both significantly upped performance."
Favorite Aspect: "It looks original like the day it was made.
Christopher Miller
Age: 29 Year: 1999 Miles Done: 8,000
Mods: Custom paint, Yoshimura slip-ons, battery and casing, Michelin Pilot Race tires.
Best Upgrade: "The tires, that thing will pull 3rd gear wheelies in a downpour and never slip one time."
Favorite Aspect: "The seemingly endless tach, it just keeps winding up and pulling...then somewhere up there is a sixth gear I am told."
Terrill Merritt
Age: 28 Year: 2001 Miles Done: 30,000
Mods: TRE, NOS, lowered 2", Power Commander III, 10" chrome swingarm, shorty exhaust, chrome everything, custom paint
Best Upgrade: "The 10" swingarm to help keep the front wheel down as much as possible."
Favorite Aspect: "The torque."
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