Okay - I wrote to both, the bike for 6500 and the one for 6200. So far I have a response from the owner of the bike for 6200 - this is the one with the speedstar exhaust. Here's his reply:
Hello, I wanted to take a few minutes to get back with you on my warrior project? first I haven't made any intake mods I was in the process of doing so but I only found improvements on performance, so with time I'm sure I would look into stage 4 kits but really haven't found the need to do so. Also on tuning NO same as before only progress. If you have done research on these particular bikes most warrior projects have more than mine, but like I said it's so much bike I'm not in need of more speed. I put a Dunlop-Sportmax you can check them out on line a top of the line tire- 200/55R the 2 reasons I did that is to give me better highway travel and to fill in the wheel well without lowering it- if I was to lower it anymore I would lose cornering I DID NOT want to do that. I will be around this weekend unless I'm up at the mountain taking advantage of the new snow. I want to let you know that I'm under-selling this bike SO I don't have any wiggle room If you know what I mean, however, Its well worth my selling price I'm in the market for a dual sport these days.
As a result - I think that's out - not really wanting to pay the full amount there. Waiting to hear back on the other...hmmmm
Btw has anyone else gone to the 200/55R tire? Is his reasoning right or ??
Well -you're not too interested in his bike anyway, so it's kind of a moot point, but...
A speedstar exhaust is highly sought after, so that's why some guys are drooling and recommending that one. It is one of the only exhausts that actually improves performance, and it's really hard to scrape it, so it's a keeper. But if you got that bike and didn't like it, then you could EASILY sell it on the forum and get some pipes you like. I personally think they're fugly, but to each his own.
So on the right side, he took the stock airbox off, and put nothing back on. In a way this is no big deal, because you don't need a right side intake, the primary intake is under the tank, and comes in from the front bottom of the tank. A lot of guys remove the right side completely, or put a plate or a dragon or something there. I have a DIY cone, but it's more for looks than performance, although it does actually increase air flow. --- having said all of this, if he took the right side intake off, and DIDN'T block off the intake hole where it goes into the airbox, then he's running unfiltered air into the airbox under the tank. That could mean you have little particles of crap in the throttle bodies. Maybe no big deal, maybe a problem later.
His wandering story about stage IV kits is just him throwing out fancy terms. A stage IV kit has HC pistons, a competition cam etc. It doesn't have anything to do with the intake. You can improve the intake without all of that stuff, or you can do all of that stuff without touching the intake. You could put a SpeedStar intake on the right side, but again it's just the secondary intake, not the primary, so the air increase will not be dramatic.
As far as the Dunlop tire, it's basically a stock size tire. It might be a 1/2 inch taller than stock or something, I wouldn't know (we do have a tire comparison chart around here somewhere), so his story about filling in the fender really isn't worth a hill of beans either. I have to ask though -did he lower the rear end? I don't remember seeing it lowered. If he didn't, then the tire doesn't even reach the fender anyway. If he did, then it filled it in an extra half inch. Whoopee... I actually run a 190 instead of the stock 200, I like the extra handling it gives you, and you can't really tell by looking anyway. It also lasts longer. A lot of guys are like me. If you don't go fat, you probably go smaller. You used to be able to get a Metzler 210, but I think those have all dried up. That actually did fill in the fender a bit more. So... that whole story is just that -a story- but if it's a new tire then that's all that matters anyway. They aren't cheap, and a lot of us tend to go through a tire a year or so.
-edit: I note he said he wanted to fill in the fender without lowering it -so yeah, that whole story is lame. But he's just trying to impress you. Also, many have lowered the bike and love it. The only drawback is that it scrapes a lot easier. If you ride like that, you probably won't lower it. If you don't, you very well may...
Finally, he says he's underselling the bike already. Hmmm, not really...
Here's the link to KBB values for that bike:
Kelley Blue Book
Trade in value is $4205, and retail value is $6105. As you know, private value is somewhere in between.Obviously he has a few add ons, but he's not underselling it.