Rook:
Go for the duals!
I have to agree, those Brocks CT-Dual titanium exhaust sytems are sick! Tuned for 08/09 ZX14s or prior years with flies out, two O2 bungs, titanium, and once ceramic coated they would be awesome.
But the Muzzy M14 makes a ton of horsepower throughout the range, and is nearly as light.
By the way, you can lift the CT-Dual in the palm of one hand, and it hardly feels like you are holding anything. $$$
Anyway, I am more and more wanting to do big distances. Not necessarily on highways, but 1,000s of miles on county roads, to go places I haven't been on a bike. As good as the RKA soft luggage is (and it IS very nice!) I think I am just going to turn my wonderful ZX14 into a 200 mph Super-Concours. Just the ability to lock two helmets inside a side- or top-case and the riding jacket as well is worth the transformation. All the time when I go on long rides with my club, I am always bumming hard bag space to put my helmet and jacket and gloves, etc. in when we get to your destination.
While I am going to add a fair amount of weight in the hard luggage and a comfortable seat, changing the exhaust, and eventually getting lighter wheels and brake rotors, etc, will go a long way to making up for it. Plus eventually its going to have 210 HP give or take a couple, so that will help too.
I might actually make it to Sturgis then. Heh
Living the Gypsy Life