I love the back fire, gives the bike some depth in the sound dept. I am trying to figure out how to make my exhaust a little louder. I have heard and read all types of suggestions.. I am open to many more if you have ideas, but not sure which would be the best way. Plus I would like to be able to tune it to the throaty sound I am looking for. So do i drill holes? do I remove length? and many more head scratchers.

As for the tail light. I am sure you replaced the bulb right. Reason I ask is this is a hard tail bike. Around here, the roads are harsh. I go through 4 to six bulbs every 3 months easy. Now and again one actually stays together longer than the rest. I have started using LED bulbs. http://www.ebay.com/itm/10-x-BAY15D-...53.m1438.l2649

Regular bulbs the filament for the tail light / plate light would always break. I am in the habit now of checking everytime i get on the bike. Just to be safe. Now these LED lights seem to handle the roughness of Houston roads. I only have a problem with the solder breaking on the and they fall apart. But overall the last. I would like to find an upgrade of these types of lights, only brighter. These are equal to the filament bulbs, so not real bright. I am just not sure the terminology 80 SMD 1210 LED Bulb refers to, and I see other bulbs with higher numbers. Makes me wonder if they would be brighter.