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So I ordered these after watching Mitch's videos and reading alot on the forum. I decided 21g was where I wanted to start, and now I know its the perfect size for me 
Now since I bought this bike used I wasn't sure if the belt was changed at 14,500 so I was using this as a chance to inspect it to, I knew someone had been in there though immediately when I saw all the bolts numbered lol....
A great idea by the way!
Everything looked pretty clean as I expected and this bike seems well cared for in all regards as the guy promised me it was.
Now I pulled the clutch bell off and the shoes where in great shape, and then the variator came off to install the sliders. The weights where in good shape with no flat spots I must say. At this point I had ordered a new belt being unsure of this ones condition, but it was just slightly less than 26mm which as I understand it is still well within acceptable limits as 22mm is what I read as the minimum.
The new belt I had on hand was 28.4mm, so being my belt now was good I put it back on and will save the new one till I need it later on down the road.
So this is where it all went terrible wrong lol.... I got it all back together and took off down the road and realized the speedo was now dead, I come back home and pull things apart again and immediately see this :evil1:
Oh yeah I smashed the **** outta that wire - I once freed from the case I taped up the frayed sections of the wire and all was good
Now onto the ride - holy cow what a difference, like most said why didn't Suzuki use these from the factory
First thing I noticed was the takeoff, no more clutch slipping and revving to 5500 or more to get moving, nope its about 4500 and the clutch is engaged and your off. That's just the start though - once moving depending on how much throttle I am giving it launches you to 6000 or more and your off like a rocket. Hit 50 or 60 and back off some and the RPM's drop to 4300 and its smooth and quiet. Onto the freeway I went, again fast launch down the ramp and I hit 75 indicated at 7500rpms and roll off to cruise and the tach drops to 5600 which normally it would have been right at 7000. Bike is working so much less with these, they are freaking awesome! Light throttle to maintain 75 indicated on flat freeway was down to 5400rpms, rode about 20 miles and I had reset my MPG's at the driveway and by the time I got home I had an average 67, from my normal 58 I was getting. It was still at 66.7 when I got to work.
Now let me tell you in traffic these make all the difference. Under light throttle in slow traffic they somehow get the clutch fully engaged at under 4000rpms and its smooth at lower rpms to. You don't have to rev up to 5500rpms just to move 200 feet and stop. Just when I am thinking it cant get better it does, when slowing down at about 18mph my clutch was disengaging and I was free rolling, but these sliders keep the revs up to about 3k until about 12mph and then it lets go. Providing way more engine braking. I've just got nothing bad to say so far. I am going to make an RPMs / Speedo video this afternoon hopefully in some different circumstances but I love love love these things!

Now since I bought this bike used I wasn't sure if the belt was changed at 14,500 so I was using this as a chance to inspect it to, I knew someone had been in there though immediately when I saw all the bolts numbered lol....
A great idea by the way!
Everything looked pretty clean as I expected and this bike seems well cared for in all regards as the guy promised me it was.

Now I pulled the clutch bell off and the shoes where in great shape, and then the variator came off to install the sliders. The weights where in good shape with no flat spots I must say. At this point I had ordered a new belt being unsure of this ones condition, but it was just slightly less than 26mm which as I understand it is still well within acceptable limits as 22mm is what I read as the minimum.

The new belt I had on hand was 28.4mm, so being my belt now was good I put it back on and will save the new one till I need it later on down the road.
So this is where it all went terrible wrong lol.... I got it all back together and took off down the road and realized the speedo was now dead, I come back home and pull things apart again and immediately see this :evil1:

Oh yeah I smashed the **** outta that wire - I once freed from the case I taped up the frayed sections of the wire and all was good
Now onto the ride - holy cow what a difference, like most said why didn't Suzuki use these from the factory
Now let me tell you in traffic these make all the difference. Under light throttle in slow traffic they somehow get the clutch fully engaged at under 4000rpms and its smooth at lower rpms to. You don't have to rev up to 5500rpms just to move 200 feet and stop. Just when I am thinking it cant get better it does, when slowing down at about 18mph my clutch was disengaging and I was free rolling, but these sliders keep the revs up to about 3k until about 12mph and then it lets go. Providing way more engine braking. I've just got nothing bad to say so far. I am going to make an RPMs / Speedo video this afternoon hopefully in some different circumstances but I love love love these things!