Ever customised a bike?

**froggyfrenchman** · 30th November 2005, 12:25

Right, who here is into customising their bikes? "Making them your own"

If you have done it in the past, what did you do and what did you start with, or do you just like to buy em stock and ride them that way?

Tell me your thoughts people...

**SARGE** · 30th November 2005, 13:05

god .. thats all i do.. currently building my FJ ( performance mods.. feels ok so far..)

done a few Harleys in my day .. couple Indians.. Vmax, Katana.. only stock bike ive ever ridden was an 85 Honda 650 Nighthawk bought new

**R1** · 30th November 2005, 13:32

I like to buy em stock thrash the nuts out of em, crash em, then customise (coz its cheaper than oem stuff) and apart from GSXR owners who wants too look like everyone else on a bike??

**DMNTD:Me** · 30th November 2005, 15:03

In the process now of sussing a few things that both Duc-Gurl and I can do on our bikes.
Personally I do like to ride something that looks like 20 others riding down the rd.
Just been chatting to the HPC guys re power coating rims and HPC coating exhausts and other parts.
Have also concidered putting a set of coloured LED lights under m'bike too.
Even thought of a matt black paint job with subtle graphics too... ...as it comes I guess.
Poser? Don't give a flying muck hole to be honest!

**Waylander** · 30th November 2005, 15:25

Originally Posted by **R1**

I like to buy em stock thrash the nuts out of em, crash em, then customise (coz its cheaper than oem stuff) and apart from GSXR owners who wants too look like everyone else on a bike??

Must be a suzuki thing then. Not just the GSXRs...

**Motu** · 30th November 2005, 16:36

It's not customising...I'd prefer to call it evolving,all my bikes are in a constant state of change.

**onearmedbandit** · 30th November 2005, 16:40

Yohi Tri-oval titanium exhaust, adjustable rearsets, undertail unit, modified seat back, clutch converted to right clipon, aftermarket steering dampner, video recording system. So far.

**Coyote** · 30th November 2005, 16:55

I'd like to customise my bike if I could afford it

http://www.hpcoatings.co.nz/prices1.htm Some of this stuff is not as expensive as I imagined

**Eurodave** · 30th November 2005, 16:56

Yep,I roll my own.

My biking career basically consists of buying shitters that I either fully restore, fully customise or just prettyfy to make them look & go good. I even go to the extent of making my own parts including seats & petrol tanks in fibreglass & metal & even make patterns for various fork braces, footpeg hangers, inlet manifolds & engine covers etc that I get cast in alloy at the local foundry.

Then I spray paint them here too. I also do all my own maintanance on all my bikes. The only time I go to bike shops is to drool over the latest & greatest or , rarely, to buy the occasional part

**inlinefour** · 30th November 2005, 17:17

Did it once to a CB400T, got it just the way I wanted it and some cager bowled me and stuffed the bike only a few weeks after finishing it. These days all the older bikes are kept original, they are worth more that way. Oh and I put a "Taranaki Hard Core" on the CBR windscreen. Does that count?

**Unit:Me** · 30th November 2005, 19:05

Originally Posted by alarumba

I'd like to customise my bike if I could afford it

http://www.hpcoatings.co.nz/prices1.htm Some of this stuff is not as expensive as I imagined

Same, just getting over purchasing the actual bike!

But made a point of buying a stock standard, like a blank canvas, leaves lots of scope to personalise it. Good to see this is not just the domain of young car hoons but is becoming generally accepted and encouraged across a wide spectrum of vehicles, and age groups.

**Sketchy_Racer** · 30th November 2005, 20:09

i like to take anything i own make it look slow......but make it really really fast so i suprise people when my shit really goes.....like my scooter- it out accelerates most cars to 60kph but looks really old and shit so the look of the boy racers as i pass them off the lights is priceless!! i can do mean power wheelies on it aswell

*waiting for shit flinging as to the fact i own a scooter*

Glenn

**ducatilover** · 30th November 2005, 20:10

a few weeks ago i discovered a large crack in my gpz400r's gearbox casing....

i decided to test to see if this crack would expant under simultaneous application of instant high pressure applications my scientific research prooved that, when hitting a gpz gearbox and crank case with a large sledge hammer it does'nt survive for very long

does that count as customising?