The guy at Adventurespec was surprised by the fact that I had gotten a spacer that didn't fit. First time that happened according to him. He's sending me a new one. :023: Unfortunately we have a national holiday on friday which means that DHL will probably not get it to me until next week. Therefore, I will most likely not be able to mount it this weekend. I still hope DHL will surprise me but I'm not counting on it. I've got a lot of other stuff to do on the bike as well as a lot of non-bike chores to take care of so it doesn't really matter. I would have preferred to get it mounted if I could though.

As I expected DHL did not get the spacer to me in time for the weekend. Should be here before next weekend though.

This was a three day weekend due to a national holiday on friday. I had a lot of other stuff to do on friday and on saturday it was really cold and damp so I didn't do any work on the bike. However, today the weather was good and the temperature was nice so I got some bike stuff done.

The first thing I did was to finish the mounting of the main stand by getting the spring in place using the tool I got earlier in the week. The same tool was very handy during the mounting of the Akrapovic pipes as well.

I was actually a bit worried that the main stand would have a significant negative effect on ground clearance. It seems quite nicely tucked away when not used though so I don't think it will be a problem.

Here's the main stand down:
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And here's the main stand up:
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Here's the mounting bracket for the auxiliary lights.
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Next up was a preliminary mounting of the handle bar and risers. I also mounted the mirror and lever clusters. I will hold off on mounting the electrics until I can be relatively sure of what angle to mount the handle bars before I drill the hole needed to keep them in place. However, I did at least mount the new levers.

Here's the handlebar with the old levers:
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And here it is with the new levers (ignore the clutter of stuff in the background):
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In the pictures you can also see the new and slightly longer throttle cables. They're mounted at the other end but the mounting of the handlebar end isn't done yet.

Next up was the removal of the snorkel and changing the air filter.

Here's the stock air filter (on the left) and the new DNA filter (on the right):
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And here it is in place along with the DNA snorkel replacement:
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GPS mounting bar. I have a Touratech lockable mount for the GPS unit that will be mounted on this.

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Next up was the Power Commander. Before mounting it I updated the firmware and loaded one of the maps I've downloaded. The name of the map indicated that it was for a 2009 XTZ with Akra pipes and DNA air filter, i.e. exactly that same setup as mine. I hope it'll work well.

The PCV I've got was originally bought for my 2012 XTR. Before I sold it (after I bought this XTZ) I took the PCV off the bike. A friend of mine who also has an XTZ told me that the PCV is exactly the same for both XTR and XTZ. Since the cable harness connected to my PCV doesn't seem to allow installing the cables the way the instructions indicate I'm not sure my friend is actually right. I'm sure the actual PCV unit is the same but I'm not convinced the cable harness is the same. Well, I don't really feel like spending even more money buying a new PCV unless I really have to and since it seems possible to use the one I already have I figured I should at least try that before doing anything else.

I actually got the cables quite nicely tucked away. However, the ground cable was much too short to be able to connect it directly to the battery. First I thought I might cut it and add some more cable. Then I thought it may be good enough to ground it somewhere else. The mounting bracket for the rear brake fluid container is welded to the frame so I used that as a grounding point for the PCV. I hope this will work.

I'm also uncertain where to put the main PCV unit. The cable is too short to put it on the wheel house behind the battery. I'll work that out later.

I also mounted a quick connector for a CTEK battery charger and tucked it away quite nicely as well.

Here's what it looks like from above:
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Here's a couple of pictures from the right side of the bike after mounting the PCV. You can see the ground wire in the first one:
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Here's a couple of pictures of the O2 Optimizer (on the left side):

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Now I remounted the exhaust mid pipe and the heat shield.

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Exhaust "splitter" in place:

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Now the Akrapovic pipes are mounted. Looks nice. Can't wait to hear the sound but I'll have to be patient.

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