Last week my Rizoma tail tidy came in, and the week before that my bike Monkey integrated tail light arrived. Here's how I feel about each:
Bike Monkey integrated tail light. This part was shipped very quickly and had adequate instructions. It is advertised as plug and play, but you have to cut the factory KTM connections so I don't consider it truly plug and play. As the instructions state, it does require resistors or a no load flasher to make the signals flash at a normal rate. I used Rizoma resistors, and the signals work as advertised and are very visible. The housing, lens and reflector are different from the factory part, so it appears Bike Monkey spent the time to make their own tooling. The light bolted in easily, but the radius at the top rear edge was too high and wanted to overlap the bodywork out of the box, so I had to do some dremeling to get it to fit better. It still isn't perfect, but it is passable, and when I have more time or have an OCD flare up I will probably fix it. Overall I like this part a lot.
Rizoma tail tidy. I'm satisfied with the end result, but for what this part costs, the install should be smoother and the quality better. The license plate LED was defective, and the kit didn't come with two bolts required to mount the base to the tail. There are also no instructions or inventory sheet, so you have no idea if everything you should have is there. The only paperwork provided reminds you not to remove the current limiter for the LED. When the LED didn't work, I adapted the stock KTM plate light to the tail tidy because the scale of the LED looked wrong and I didn't want to have a half-assed install until a replacement part arrived. Also, if you want to retain your stock signals, this kit will not work with Akrapovic silencers. I've read elsewhere that there was a specific tail tidy Rizoma makes for the Akras, but I could not find it. With the stock silencers I think the signals will clear without a problem. To make the US plate fit, I trimmed about 1/4 inch off each edge. I'm happy with the final result, but getting the install where it should be took a lot more effort on my part than it should have.
Finally, I installed Akrapovic Evos this week as well. There are plenty of reviews on them so I won't repeat everything here, but I like them a lot, and the Akra map I had flashed yesterday made things much smoother. This exhaust is amazing.
Below are a few photos. Let me know if you guys would like to see any other views.
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Bike Monkey integrated tail light. This part was shipped very quickly and had adequate instructions. It is advertised as plug and play, but you have to cut the factory KTM connections so I don't consider it truly plug and play. As the instructions state, it does require resistors or a no load flasher to make the signals flash at a normal rate. I used Rizoma resistors, and the signals work as advertised and are very visible. The housing, lens and reflector are different from the factory part, so it appears Bike Monkey spent the time to make their own tooling. The light bolted in easily, but the radius at the top rear edge was too high and wanted to overlap the bodywork out of the box, so I had to do some dremeling to get it to fit better. It still isn't perfect, but it is passable, and when I have more time or have an OCD flare up I will probably fix it. Overall I like this part a lot.
Rizoma tail tidy. I'm satisfied with the end result, but for what this part costs, the install should be smoother and the quality better. The license plate LED was defective, and the kit didn't come with two bolts required to mount the base to the tail. There are also no instructions or inventory sheet, so you have no idea if everything you should have is there. The only paperwork provided reminds you not to remove the current limiter for the LED. When the LED didn't work, I adapted the stock KTM plate light to the tail tidy because the scale of the LED looked wrong and I didn't want to have a half-assed install until a replacement part arrived. Also, if you want to retain your stock signals, this kit will not work with Akrapovic silencers. I've read elsewhere that there was a specific tail tidy Rizoma makes for the Akras, but I could not find it. With the stock silencers I think the signals will clear without a problem. To make the US plate fit, I trimmed about 1/4 inch off each edge. I'm happy with the final result, but getting the install where it should be took a lot more effort on my part than it should have.
Finally, I installed Akrapovic Evos this week as well. There are plenty of reviews on them so I won't repeat everything here, but I like them a lot, and the Akra map I had flashed yesterday made things much smoother. This exhaust is amazing.
Below are a few photos. Let me know if you guys would like to see any other views.
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