What's the Best Mod to Your Bike?

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What's the Best Mod to Your Bike?

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On your bike, what mod or upgrade is your favorite?

Mine, getting the Mustang Wide Touring seat. I can ride for hours & feel great at the end of the ride. Makes all the difference for me. :thumbup:

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Forwards, hands down. No more cramped feeling.

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So far, it's still Designer Springs, but that impression could change after the Cobra seat I got from Brox gets broke in. I don't personally seem to need forward controls. The bike, I think fits me pretty well. If I do decide to go with something more, 'forward' it'll probably be front crash bars and foot pegs installed on those. I would REALLY like to have floorboards though and installed in a more traditional position, right under me.

As it is, when I see those bumpy RR tracks coming, trying to get off the seat, is a job and I find myself really pulling myself up of the seat using the handlebars for leverage to do so. I don't like that. I want to be able to just stand up a bit, but I can't with the foot pegs positioned the way they are.

Oh well, that's just me, I guess.

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well, that is a hard decision to make, but I would have to say either the windshield or the throttle lock. The ws really cuts down on the wind hitting my chest and the throttle lock saves the wrist after a few hours of riding. Both help after riding all day. :rock:
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I gots a throttle lock too. They are very nice to have even if you're only going for about a 30 minute to an hour ride.

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I'll have to go with the back rest... if it weren't for that, I wouldn't be able to take long trips on the bike.
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Pro tac backrest, designer springs, Corbin dual tour seat, and Memphis shades windshield in that order

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Of course I like my straight pipes a lot too :wink:

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You guys and your drag pipes. :uhh:

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98VS1400 wrote:Yeah, I gotta go with the Designer springs also, but they are followed by the Cobra drags with Big City Thunder monster baffles. IMO, my bike has a killer sound thanks to those upgrades.
Again I agree with the Designer springs. Your pipes sound ok, but you haven't heard my bike(s) with the inexpensive Emgo exhaust. Pretty damn good sound without the inconveniences the pipe behind the rear cylinder present.

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Cup holder! :lmao:

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Hey PCC, how many tires you put on that thing? It does appear that a trike is in my future. The knees are getting bad, I am getting old and I need something to help hold up the trailer when I come to stop signs/lights. I guess I could go the way you did with the Blue Goose and put the trike kit on. :uhh:
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Or a side car so you get a big storage spot

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BlacktopTravelr wrote:Hey PCC, how many tires you put on that thing? It does appear that a trike is in my future. The knees are getting bad, I am getting old and I need something to help hold up the trailer when I come to stop signs/lights. I guess I could go the way you did with the Blue Goose and put the trike kit on. :uhh:

That is two car tires on the rear and a motorcycle rear tire reversed on the front. :lmao:

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PCC wrote: That is two car tires on the rear and a motorcycle rear tire reversed on the front. :lmao:

If you go with add on you will be happier if you modify the rake.
Yeh, I read that about the rake. I think it was HDI that mentioned it in one of our pm's we had about making the vs into a trike. But nobody here in the states makes the kit any more since Lehman quit making theirs. :bang: I keep looking on ebay, Amazon.com and craigslist for a vs trike but they are rare and cost an arm and a leg. :cry:
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PCC wrote: That is two car tires on the rear and a motorcycle rear tire reversed on the front. :lmao:

If you go with add on you will be happier if you modify the rake.
Yeh, I read that about the rake. I think it was HDI that mentioned it in one of our pm's we had about making the vs into a trike. But nobody here in the states makes the kit any more since Lehman quit making theirs. :bang: I keep looking on ebay, Amazon.com and craigslist for a vs trike but they are rare and cost an arm and a leg. :cry:
Make several trike kits. eBay used to have an econotrike kit for $1500. Most are universal and bolt right up with little more than drilling a few holes in the frame. Of course, they're not "true" trike kits, as it still uses the original rear wheel for propulsion.

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That is what PCC's Blue Goose had and she put a lot of miles on that bike before she sold it. I'd really like to have a true trike, but with my money situation I'll probably take whatever I can afford. :blink: This would be nice to have. :clap: But it is made overseas in the UK. :blink:

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http://www.trikezone.com/photo-gallery- ... -200-0.php

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BlacktopTravelr wrote:That is what PCC's Blue Goose had and she put a lot of miles on that bike before she sold it. I'd really like to have a true trike, but with my money situation I'll probably take whatever I can afford. :blink: This would be nice to have. :clap: But it is made overseas in the UK. :blink:

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Jolsen wrote:http://www.trikezone.com/photo-gallery- ... -200-0.php

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OOoooo, that looks like the National Cycles windshield on that trike. I used to have one, like it on my KZ900. I loved it because being all clear, it doesn't really screw up the looks of the bike overall, yet still provides all the windscreening you'd get from something else. I am considering another one for the 14. The only part that sucks about them is they scratch easily, but if you're careful while cleaning they are great. The lowers are already build in too, so buffeting is almost non existent.

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