Motorcycle Modificiations

[KD99]

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1. A) GEARING: changes the delivery of power so drastically it can bring about renewed love and better suit the bike to a particular purpose.
B) frame sliders and engine case savers: better an easily replaceable couple $100 than cost of fairings n crankcase
C) appropriate fairings for your intent: extended wheel n suspension cowls for anything offroad, handguards windshield n leg fairings for trips. I've done day trips on a naked bike. That monotonous whistle will not fade from memory.

2) gearing. Pop wheelies significantly easier, fraction 0-100time, peaceful revs for hwy. Front sprockets are $10-50$ and change in minutes. Contingent on power and chain allowance.

Gearing and a thought through custom paint scheme. Keep tasteful and a novel colour can made a ride look tasty.

3) slip ons and most exhausts where the set arrived with a baffle and the baffle was taken out. Shut up or, at the very least, stay the hell from in front of me

 

[ReSTored]

As angered as some people get, I tend to keep my high beam on for this reason exactly.
I accept pissing people off so long as it reduces the risk of blood pissing out of me after an accident with an oblivious driver.

I've used a modulator for over 15 years and have yet to have anyone turn left in front of me. Love them or hate them modulators are effective. Mine is always off until a potential threat situation, leaving it on all the time is annoying to other drivers and just not necessary.

 

[N234]

I've used a modulator for over 15 years and have yet to have anyone turn left in front of me. Love them or hate them modulators are effective. Mine is always off until a potential threat situation, leaving it on all the time is annoying to other drivers and just not necessary.

It also blinds them, and can cause them to cross the yellow line. and is against the law...

 

[N234]

First, I went with brighter LED lighting for tails, turns, dash. Also adjusted my headlight angle, didn't replace the bulb...yet.
Suspension tune to suit my weight, pedal adjustments to suit my height (under-appreciated free mod of the century)
Adding engine bars and luggage rack, for touring/motogymkhana, this spring.

Been to riding school 3 times. It makes all of your bikes better, not just the current one.
#drivermod #ridermod

 

[boyoboy]

Huge fan of the shorty levers got myself a pair too... is it weird i do three finger pulls? lol i tried doing two but it just feels awkward to me.

power

I will use both a 3 finger or two finger pull depending on the bike and the brakes . On an older early 80s bike- I will use my 3 outside fingers for more power and leverage. On more modern bikes I use two inside fingers (index and middle finger).

 

[Trials]

In the olden days before hydraulic clutch we exercised theindex fingers until you Could one finger clutch and brake. I ride shorty levers and move them all the way in on the bars. They rarely break that way, they don't pinch the rest of your fingers if anything (including the ground) hits them and give great leverage because you are using the longest part of the lever like a trigger. ☝
also means you always have enough fingers to retain a firm grip on the bars at all time.

 

[CriticalCore]

Had the Akrapovic installed today. The deep bass between 1-5K RPM sounds like goddam GT Mustang V8.

Was slowly going the speed limit up-shifting to keep that euphoric growling going, and then the downshifts for deceleration sound incredible. I imagine I must've been cruising like a Harley rider with that deep growling exhaust at low RPM's lol, completely worth the cost for an Fz07.

I understand why people say it turns it into a different bike, pretty sure the throttle response felt smoother as well.

 

[Trials]

 

[Low rider]

Now a days when you say modifications, people mean add ons or changing stuff. like coloured lights, windscreen, levers, stupid crap like that.
In my day modifications, you took all that crap off and spent your money of go fast bits.
Like cams stroker kits high compression heads, or shaving your existing head, turbo or nitrous, fat swing arm to accept a huge back wheel.
Lowering front forks and retuning them to work like that.
Changing to flat slide carbs, velocity stacks, K&N filters, and last thing they would do was put a stupid loud exhaust on it.

I honestly don't know why people spend money on a bike these days. Yes, I put shorty levers on my bike, cause mine came from previous owner bent.
Everything else is completely stock.
Modifying now is only to make yourself happy about how it looks?????????

 

[Low rider]

I have a Harley - they demand that you constantly throw money at them to add stuff!

-4" handlebar risers, changed the ergonomics completely and makes the bike way more comfortable for me.
-Quick-release windshield, backrest/luggage rack and saddlebags. Easily convert from city cruiser to long-distance tourer.

I've also avoided spending big money on chrome and focused on inexpensive (For a Harley!) little things like chrome wheel spacers, headlight and turn signal trim, etc, which add detail to the bike and personalize it without making it gaudy.

For the record, I run quiet stock exhaust with Vance and Hines intake and FP3 tuner.


BTW, how do you not know if your exhaust is a full system or not?

I think this is a big reason I dislike Harley. They sell the bike for ungodly high prices and you still have to throw money on it because a lot of the stuff you want to change is absolute crap when left stock.

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